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Below are the 16 songs which competed for the title of Greatest Opening Song Line, in the knockout competition which ran from 19-30 April.



	1 Warren Zevon Werewolves Of London
"Saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand, walking through the streets of Soho in the rain, he was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's, going to get himself a big dish of beef chow mein" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	2 Bill Haley & The Comets Rock Around The Clock
"One two three o'clock, four o'clock, rock" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	3 Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe
"Hey Joe, where you goin with that gun in your hand?" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	4 Little Richard Tutti Frutti
"A Wop Bop a Loo Bop a Lop Bam Boom" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	5 Lynyrd Skynyrd Freebird
"If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	6 Bruce Springsteen Hungry Heart
"Got a wife and kid in Baltimore Jack, I went out for a ride and I never went back" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	7 ELO Telephone Line
"Hello how are you, are you feeling alright, through all these lonely lonely lonely lonely nights - is what I'd say, I'd call you everyday, if you'd pick up that telephone" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	8 Paul Simon Kodachrome
"When I look back on all the crap I learnt in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	9 Morrissey Everyday Is Like Sunday
"Trudging slowly through wet sand, back to the bench where your clothes were stolen" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	10 Elvis Costello Alison
"Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long girl, and the way you look, I can tell that you are not impressed" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	Manic Street Preachers Design for Life
"Libraries gave us power, then work came and made us free" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	Pink Floyd See Emily Play
"Emily tries but misunderstands, she's often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till tomorrow" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	Rolling Stones Jumpin Jack Flash
"I was born in a crossfire hurricane" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	Sheryl Crow Run Baby Run
"She was born in November 1963, the day Aldous Huxley died" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	Whitney Houston My Love is Your Love
"If tomorrow is judgement day and I'm standing on the front line, and the Lord asks me what I did with my life, I will say I spent it with you" More in Radio 2 Music >>



	The Police Roxanne
"Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light" More in Radio 2 Music >>


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