Song that ‘changed the world’

A panel of music journalists, commissioned by Britain’s QMagazine, put That’s All Right top of a list of ‘‘100 ground-breaking, world-altering songs that changed music and the world forever’’.

It beat dozens of better known tracks including The Beatles’ I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Bob Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone and Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys. I Wanna Hold Your Hand, the song which launched The Beatles in the United States, came second, while the Sex Pistols’ provocative punk anthem God Save the Queen was third.

The results of the poll raised a few eyebrows. ‘‘That’s All Right is a wonderful track and we all hail it for starting Elvis’s recording career but it didn’t change anything,’’ veteran music journalist Paul Gambaccini told BBC TV.

‘‘When it was released it wasn’t even released in this country and it was never a hit in the United States. But we look back to Elvis because he is the credible founder of Rock and Roll…,’’ he said.

Grunge gurus Nirvana were fifth with Smells like Teen Spirit while British band New Order came in ninth with their celebrated dance track Blue Monday — the biggest-selling 12-inch single of all time.

The earliest release was Billie Holiday’s 1939 rendition of Strange Fruit while the most recent was rapper Eminem My Name Is from 1999.

A special edition of QMagazine — 100 Songs that Changed the World — is due to be released on Wednesday.