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U2
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 Paul "Bono"
Hewson, Dave "The Edge" Evans, Adam
Clayton, and Larry Mullen, Jr. U2 came together
in Dublin, Ireland in 1976. The band spent the
end of the 70s finding their
"alternative" niche, gradually rose to
rock super-stardom in the 80s, and continued
their mastery of rock, pop, alternative fusion
into the 90s and beyond. U2 provided rock music
with a message - often on politics and religion.
With large-scale world tours and successful LP
releases, U2 have made
 U2 began in 1976 when 14
year-old Larry Mullen wanted to form a band at
his high school in Dublin, the Mount Temple
School. Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, and a guy
named Dick Evans responded to Larry's ad and they
formed a band named 'Feedback.' A year later they
changed their name to 'Hype' and Dick Evans left
the band. With Evans gone, the name was changed
to U2.
 U2 caught a break when they won a
talent contest and were approached by a manager.
An EP called U2:3 was released and
successful in Ireland but the band was not making
much headway elsewhere.
- October 20: U2 signed with Island
Records and released their debut LP, Boy. Produced by Steve
Lillywhite, Boy introduced U2's
sound to America's alternative radio with a
refreshing dose of alternative-rock in a sea of
post-punk synthesizers. The band had a moderate
alternative hit with "I Will Follow."
At the time, Rolling Stone magazine said
of the group: "U2 is talented, charming and
potentially (they're all still under 21)
exceptional."
     
 October 12: Increasing success in the
U.S. and the UK came with release of October. Produced by Steve
Lillywhite, October contained the
singles "Gloria" and "Fire."
Critics of the LP began to praise The Edge's
guitar style as the potential driving force of
U2's sound.
 February 28: College radio success
turned into rock radio dominance with the release
of War. Produced by Steve
Lillywhite, War presented the band's
harder edge and even harder lyrical preaching.
Tracks such as "New Years Day," "Sunday Bloody
Sunday," and "Two Hearts Beat As
One" became instant rock classics and U2
became known for their live concert performances.
War was ranked # 40 in Rolling
Stone magazine's "100 Best Albums of
the 80s" and said of the LP: "War makes for impressive
listening, but more important, it deals with a
difficult subject in a sensiable way..."
 November 21: U2 released the live LP Under
A Blood Red Sky produced by Jimmy Iovine. The live
performances were taken from the band's
"War" tour recorded in Denver, Boston,
and West Germany.
 September 28: U2 released The
Unforgettable Fire produced by Brian Eno and Daniel
Lanois and had their first major pop hit with
their tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.,
"Pride (In The Name Of Love)."
- March 14: U2 appeared on the cover
of Rolling Stone.
 June: U2 performed with the
Amnesty International 'A Conspiracy Of Hope'
tour.
- March 9: Bono appeared on the
cover of Rolling Stone.
 November 2: U2 topped the UK singles
chart for 1 week with with "The Fly."- November 9: U2 topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 2 weeks with "The Fly."
- November 14: U2 appeared on the cover
of Rolling Stone.
- November 16: U2 hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "The Fly."
- November 18: U2 entered the new decade
with a more electronic sound with the release of Achtung
Baby
produced by Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, and Steve
Lillywhite.
 The LP was supported with a
worldwide tour called Zoo TV. The band had fun
with their success - mocking the media that made
them famous while using media to incredible
heights to create their tour. The LP sold over 10
million copies world-wide. - November 30: U2 topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 9 weeks with "Mysterious Ways."
- April 4: U2 topped the Billboard
Album Rock Tracks chart for 2 weeks and the
Modern Rock Tracks chart for a week with "One."
- October 1: Bono appeared on the
cover of Rolling Stone.
- March 4: Bono appeared on the
cover of Rolling Stone.
- July 6: The electronic sound
continued with the release of Zooropa which followed with the
Zooropa tour. The LP showed U2 declining with
record sales but were still favorites with
critics and longtime fans. The moderate hits U2
had with the LP included "Lemon," "Numb," and (Stay (Faraway, So Close)" and showed U2's
experimental side of music. Entertainment
Weekly called the LP, "U2's most
adventurous outing yet."
- July 17: U2 topped the UK LP chart
for 1 week with Zooropa.
 July 24: U2 hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Numb." - July 24: U2 topped the Billboard
200 LP chart for 2 weeks with Zooropa.
- December 11: U2 topped the Billboard
Dance Music Club Play chart for 1 week with
"Lemon."
   
 March 1: U2 hit the Top 10 with "Discotheque."- March 4: U2 released Pop which was more
experimental with U2's dance and electronic
tendencies. The band followed up the LP with a
world tour called the 'PopMart Tour', which again
was highly successful. The band had some success
with the tracks, "Discotheque," "Staring At The Sun," "Last Night On Earth," and
"Please." Rolling Stone said
of the LP: "Taken on its own, away from the
chart numbers and the big shtick of PopMart, Pop is simply an album of
great pop. For some reason, for a lot of folks,
that's just not enough."
- March 15: U2 topped the UK LP chart
for 1 week with Pop.
- March 22: U2 hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Staring At The Sun."
- March 22: U2 topped the Billboard
200 Albums chart for 1 week with Pop.
 March 22: U2 topped the Billboard
Dance Music Club Play chart for 2 weeks with
"Discotheque."
- May 7: Pop was certified platinum.
- May 29: U2 appeared on the cover
of Rolling Stone.
- August: U2's 'PopMart Tour' was
blocked from coming to Dublin, Ireland. The band
was hoping to perform in Dublin at the end of
August, but Ireland's High Court voted to block
the tour because of planing laws. Almost $3
million worth of tickets for the 2 shows were
already sold. Later, the Irish Supreme Court
unanimously ruled that the 'PopMart Tour' could
make a stop in Dublin and U2 played Landsdowne
Road Stadium August 30th and 31st.
 September: A man claiming to have
lost his hearing as a result of a U2 concert was
awarded $34,000 by French courts. The ruling was
against the organizers of a 1993 concert, and not
the band itself. The man reportedly snuck past
security to get a better view of the band and
closer to the speakers.- After making a
promise on New Years Eve in 1995 to return to
Sarajevo and perform, Bono did just that when U2
returned to the city. The concert event was the
first major concert in Sarajevo since the war
ended. Over 45,000 people attended. "If rock
'n roll music means anything, it's some kind of
liberation...It is about freedom in the
end," Bono proclaimed in 1995. After
stepping off the plane, Bono told reporters:
"It's great to be back. Are we really here?
We've been working for 4 years to come."
After the concert Bono stated, "It was one
of the toughest and one of the sweetest nights of
my life, that's for sure" and told the
concert crowd, "Forget the past, live the
future, viva Sarajevo!"
- April 26: The 200th episode of The
Simpsons featured many guest stars including
U2 and Aerosmith.
- September 5: It was reported that U2
had agreed with Polygram Records to release 3
hits compilations to the tune of $50 million,
with the first arriving stores in November.
- November 10: U2
The Best of 1980-1990 was released with a
limited released second CD of b-sides (U2
The Best of 1980-1990/ The B-Sides). A remake of the b-side
"The
Sweetest Thing" was also released as a single
and hit the Top 40. Bono said of the single:
"It was written during the album sessions
for The
Joshua Tree and it was (his wife's) birthday
and I didn't make it (home) for the birthday...
so I wanted to write her a little sweet song, but
it ended up a little bit sour as all the best
love songs are... I was like, 'I can't write just
straight love songs, they make me want to
throw-up'." The Edge told CMJ Online
that the band won't be touring in support of the
greatest hits release, "...we're, at the
moment, starting to write some songs and consider
going into the studio for our next studio
album."
- November 14: U2
The Best of 1980-1990 topped the UK Albums chart
for 1 week.
 November 14: U2 hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "The Sweetest Thing."
- March 13: The next new material to
be released by U2 was in the form of 7 new tracks
on the soundtrack to The
Million Dollar Hotel with the single "The
Ground Beneath Her Feet." The soundtrack
also features tracks by the 'Million Dollar Hotel
Band' which features Bono on vocals, Daniel
Lanois, Brian Eno, and others.
 October 21: U2 topped the UK singles
chart with "Beautiful Day."- October 28: U2 hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Beautiful Day."
- October 31: U2 released All
That You Can't Leave Behind. The Edge talked with Rolling
Stone about the future of the band: "As
long as the band is still as hungry as we are and
as long as the music is still with us, we will
continue. If people lost interest, or lost heart,
or just decided that this wasn't really what they
wanted to do, that would be it. I don't think we
would keep going as a way of getting out of the
house or earning a few quid."
- May 8: Bono could be heard on
the soundtrack for the film Moulin
Rouge
doing a T-Rex cover of
"Children Of The Revolution" with Gavin
Friday.
- August: Bono's father died during
the month in Dublin, Ireland. A few days later
the band performed in front of their largest
Ireland audience ever and dedicated
"Kite" to his father.
- December 31: U2 ended the year as the
top-grossing tour with over $143 million in
ticket sales.
 December 31: Readers of Rolling
Stone voted U2 as Artist of the Year, Best
Album, Best Tour, Best Rock Artist, and Best
Band, and Bono as Best Male Performer. Critics in
Rolling Stone voted U2 as Best Band and
Best Tour of the Year and Bono as Best Male
Performer.
- February 3: U2 performed at the
halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVI.
- February 27: U2 won 4 more Grammy Awards for Record of the Year ("Walk On"), Best Pop Performance by a
Duo or Group with Vocal ("Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out
Of"), Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
("Elevation"), and Best Rock Album (All
That You Can't Leave Behind), and was nominated for Album of the Year (All
That You Can't Leave Behind), Best Rock Song ("Walk On" and "Elevation"), and Song of the Year ("Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out
Of"). The band opened the show with a
performance of "Walk On."
 February 27: Bono said at the Grammy Awards: "It's still an
extraordinary thing to behold, the sound of a
rock band in full flight. The promise that your
friendship will survive commerce, being broke,
not being broke, some really lousy haircuts, the
'80s, and that maybe 20 years later you may find
yourself at an awards ceremony with the same
people you started out with and just think, 'Wow'
Thank you so much.'"
- April 22: Bono was
heard on Daniel Lanois' LP, Shine, on the
track "Falling At Your Feet."
 September: Bono met with Bush to
attempt and convince him to increase AIDS funding
but left disappointed.
- January 25: Bono was nominated for a
Golden Globe Award for Original Song: "Time
Enough For Tears" from the film In
America.
 July 2: U2 performed in London,
England, as part of the worldwide Live 8 concerts. The mission of
the concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure the G8
leaders to take action by doubling aid, canceling
debt, and delivering trade justice for Africa.
 September 9: U2 performed on Shelter
From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast
- a benefit program shown on all the major
networks simultaneously to raise money for those
affected by Hurricane Katrina. - September 10: U2 performed on ReAct
Now: Music & Relief - a benefit program
shown on music video channels to raise money for
those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
- November 3: Bono appeared on the
cover of Rolling Stone.
- February 7: U2 topped the Billboard
Adult Alternative Songs chart for 4 weeks with
"Get On Your Boots."
- September 26: U2 performed
"Breathe," "Moment Of
Surrender," and "Ultraviolet" on Saturday
Night Live.
- December 31: U2 had the highest
grossing tour in North America in 2009.
 January 12: U2 won a Golden Globe
Award for Best Original Song for "Ordinary
Love" from the film Mandela: Long Walk
To Freedom.
- March 2: U2 were nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Original Song
("Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long
Walk To Freedom).
- March 22: U2 topped the Billboard
Adult Alternative Songs chart for 2 weeks with
"Invisible."
- November 1: U2 topped the Billboard
Alternative Albums chart for 1 week with Songs
Of Innocence.
- November 22: U2 topped the Billboard
Adult Alternative Songs chart for 2 weeks with
"The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)."
- November 14: U2 cancelled their
concert in Paris after the terrorist attacks the
previous day. The concert was to air live on HBO.
U2 returned to play in Paris on December 6th and
7th.
- October 21: U2 topped the Billboard
Adult Alternative Songs chart for 7 weeks with
"You're The Best Thing About Me."
 July 28: U2 topped the Billboard
Dance Club Play chart for 1 week with "Love
Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way."
- April 1: U2 topped the Billboard
Albums Sales chart for 1 week, Rock Albums chart
for 1 week, and Alternative Albums chart for 1
week with Songs
Of Surrender.
- September 29: U2 became the first
performance at the Las Vegas $2.3 billion Sphere
- an immersive concert hall. Their 'U2:UV Achtung
Baby Live At Sphere' extended into 2024. The
performances were without Mullen who was
recovering from a surgery.
 November 18: U2 topped the Billboard
Adult Alternative Airplay chart for 2 weeks with
"Atomic City."
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Boy
Released: October 20, 1980
US: Platinum
 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 63
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Rolling
Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 417
Tracks: "I Will
Follow" - "Twilight" -
"An Cat Dubh" - "Into The
Heart" - "Out Of Control" -
"Stories For Boys" - "The
Ocean" - "A Day Without Me" -
"Another Time, Another Place" -
"The Electric Co." - "Shadows
And Tall Trees"
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October
Released: October 12, 1981
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 104
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Gloria" -
"I Fall Down" - "I Threw A
Brick Through A Window" -
"Rejoice" - "Fire" -
"Tomorrow" - "October" -
"With A Shout" - "Stranger In
A Strange Land" - "Scarlet" -
"Is That All?"
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War
Released: February 28, 1983
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 12
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Rolling
Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 221
Tracks: "Sunday Bloody
Sunday" - "Seconds" - "New
Year's Day" - "Like A
Song..." - "Drowning Man" -
"The Refugee" - "Two Hearts
Beat As One" - "Red Light" -
"Surrender" - "'40'"
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Under
A Blood Red Sky
Released: November 21, 1983
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 28
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Live Tracks: "Gloria" -
"11 O'clock Tick Tock" - "I
Will Follow" - "Party Girl" -
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" - "The
Electric Co." - "New
Years Day" - "'40'"
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The
Unforgettable Fire
Released: September 28, 1984
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 12
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "A Sort Of
Homecoming" - "Pride (In The Name Of
Love)"
- "Wire" - "The Unforgettable
Fire" - "Promenade" -
"4th Of July" - "Bad" -
"Indian Summer Sky" - "Elvis
Presley And America" - "MLK"
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Wide
Awake In America (EP)
Released: May 20, 1985
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 37
Tracks: "Bad"
(live) - "A Sort Of Homecoming"
(live) - "Three Sunrises" -
"Love Comes Tumbling"
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The
Joshua Tree
The
Joshua Tree (Deluxe Edition) (2CD)
The
Joshua Tree (Super Deluxe Edition) (4CD)
Released: March 9, 1987
US: 10x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 9
weeks)
Billboard #1: Top Pop Compact Disks
Grammy Winner: Album of the Year, Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group
Rolling Stone: 
Rolling
Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 26
Entertainment
Weekly: '100 Best Albums of the Last 25
Years': # 63
VH1: '100
Greatest Albums': # 15
Tracks: "Where The Streets Have
No Name"
- "I Still Haven't Found
What I'm Looking For" - "With Or Without You" - "Bullet
The Blue Sky" - "Running To Stand
Still" - "Red Hill Mining
Town" - "In God's Country" - "Trip
Through Your Wires" - "One Tree
Hill" - "Exit" - "Mothers
Of The Disappeared"
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Rattle
& Hum
Released: October 3, 1988
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 6
weeks)
Billboard #1: Top Pop Compact Disks
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Helter
Skelter" (live) - "Van Diemen's
Land" - "Desire" - "Hawkmoon
269" - "All Along The
Watchtower" (live) - "I Still Haven't Found
What I'm Looking For" (live) - "Silver And
Gold" (live) - "Pride (In The Name Of
Love)"
(live) - "Angel Of Harlem" - "Love
Rescue Me" - "When Love Comes To
Town" (with B.B. King) -
"Heartland" - "God Part
II" - "Bullet The Blue Sky"
(live) - "All I Want Is You"
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Achtung
Baby
Released: November 19, 1991
US: 8x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for
1week)
Grammy Winner: Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group
Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: A
Rolling
Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 62
Entertainment
Weekly: '100 Best Albums of the Last 25
Years': # 3
VH1: '100
Greatest Albums': # 65
Tracks: "Zoo
Station" - "Even Better Than The
Real Thing" - "One" - "Until
The End Of The World" - "Who's Gonna Ride Your
Wild Horses" - "So Cruel" -
"The Fly" - "Mysterious Ways" - "Tryin'
To Throw Your Arms Around The World" -
"Ultra Violet (Light My Way)" -
"Acrobat" - "Love Is
Blindness"
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Zooropa
Released: July 6, 1993
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 2
weeks)
Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music
Performance
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A
Tracks: "Zooropa" -
"Babyface" - "Numb" - "Lemon" - "Stay (Faraway, So
Close)"
- "Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed
Car" - "Some Days Are Better Than
Others" - "The First Time" -
"Dirty Day" - "The
Wanderer" (featuring Johnny Cash)
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Original
Soundtrack, Vol. 1 (The Passengers)
Released: November 6, 1995
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 76
Tracks: "United
Colours" - "Slug" - "Your
Blue Room" - "Always Forever
Now" - "A Different Kind Of
Blue" - "Beach Sequence" -
"Miss Sarajevo" - "Ito
Okashi" - "One Minute Warning"
- "Corpse (These Chains Are Way Too
Long)" - "Elvis Ate America" -
"Plot 180" - "Theme From 'The
Swan'" - "Theme From 'Let's Go
Native'"
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Pop
Released: March 4, 1997
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week)
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Discotheque" - "Do You
Feel Loved" - "Mofo" -
"If God Will Send His Angels" -
"Staring At The Sun" - "Last Night On Earth" -
"Gone" - "Miami" -
"The Playboy Mansion" - "If
You Wear That Velvet Dress" -
"Please" - "Wake Up Dead
Man"
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U2
The Best of 1980-1990/ The B-Sides
U2
The Best of 1980-1990
Released: November 10,1998
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Pride (In The Name Of
Love)"
- "New
Years Day" - "With Or Without You" - "I Still Haven't Found
What I'm Looking For" - "Sunday Bloody
Sunday" - "Bad" - "Where The Streets Have
No Name"
- "I Will Follow" - "The
Unforgettable Fire" - "The
Sweetest Thing" - "Desire" - "When
Love Comes To Town" (with B.B. King) -
"Angel Of Harlem" - "All I Want Is You"
B-Sides: "The Three
Sunrises" - "Spanish Eyes" -
"The
Sweetest Thing" (original) - "Love
Comes Tumbling" - "Bass Trap"
- "Dancing Barefoot" -
"Everlasting Love" -
"Unchained Melody" - "Walk To
The Water" - "Luminous (Hold On To
Love)" - "Hallelujah Here She
Comes" - "Silver And Gold" -
"Endless Deep" - "A Room At
The Heartbreak Hotel" - "Trash,
Trampoline & The Party Girl"
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All
That You Can't Leave Behind
All
That You Can't Leave Behind (20th Anniversary
Edition)
Released: October 31, 2000
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 3
Billboard #1: Internet Albums
Grammy Winner: Best Rock Album
Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A
Rolling
Stone: '500 Greatest Albums of All-Time': # 139
Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)'': # 13
Tracks: "Beautiful
Day"
- "Stuck In A Moment You
Can't Get Out Of" - "Elevation" - "Walk On" -
"Kite" - "In A Little
While" - "Wild Honey" -
"Peace On Earth" - "When I
Look At The World" - "New
York" - "Grace"
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The
Best Of 1990 - 2000 / B-Sides
The
Best Of 1990 - 2000
Released: November 5, 2002
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 3
Billboard #1: Internet Albums
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Even Better Than The
Real Thing" - "Mysterious Ways" - "Beautiful
Day"
- "Electrical Storm" (William Orbit
Mix) - "One" - "Miss
Sarajevo" - "Stay (Faraway, So
Close)"
- "Stuck In A Moment You
Can't Get Out Of" - "Gone" (New
Mix) - "Until The End Of The World"
- "The Hands That Built America" -
"Discotheque" (New Mix) -
"Hold Me, Thrill Me,
Kiss Me, Kill Me" - "Staring At The Sun" (New Mix) -
"Numb" (New Mix) -
"The First Time"
B-Sides: "Lady With The
Spinning Head" (Extended Dance Mix) -
"Dirty Day" (Junk Day Mix) -
"Summer Rain" - "Electrical Storm" - "North
And South Of The River" - "Your
Blue Room" - "Happiness Is A Warm
Gun" (The Gun Mix) - "Salome"
(Zooromancer Remix) - "Even Better Than The
Real Thing" (The Perfecto Mix) -
"Numb" (Gimme Some More
Dignity Mix) - "Mysterious Ways" (Solar Plexus
Club Mix) - "If God Will Send His
Angels" (Big Yam Mix) - "Lemon" (Jeep Mix) -
"Discotheque" (Hexidecimal
Mix)
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How
To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Released: November 23, 2004
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week)
Billboard #1: Internet Albums
Grammy Winner: Album of the Year, Best Rock Album
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)'': # 68
Tracks: "Vertigo" - "Miracle
Drug" - "Sometimes You Can't
Make It On Your Own" - "Love And Peace Or
Else" - "City Of Blinding
Lights" - "All Because Of You"
- "A Man And A Woman" -
"Crumbs From Your Table" -
"One Step Closer" - "Original
Of The Species" - "Yaweh"
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 |
U218
Singles
Released: November 17, 2006
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 12
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Beautiful
Day"
- "I Still Haven't Found
What I'm Looking For" - "Pride (In The Name Of
Love)"
- "With Or Without You" - "Vertigo" - "New
Years Day" - "Mysterious Ways" - "Stuck In A Moment You
Can't Get Out Of" - "Where The Streets Have
No Name"
- "The
Sweetest Thing" - "Sunday Bloody
Sunday" - "One" - "Desire" - "Walk On" - "" -
"Elevation" - "Sometimes You Can't
Make It On Your Own" - "The Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day)
- "Window In The Skies"
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No
Line On The Horizon
Released: March 3, 2009
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week)
Billboard #1: Rock Albums,
Alternative Albums, Internet Albums, Digital
Albums
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)'': # 36
Tracks: "No Line On The
Horizon" - "Magnificent" -
"Moment Of Surrender" -
"Unknown Caller" - "I'll Go
Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" -
"Get On Your Boots" - "Stand
Up Comedy" - "FEZ-Being Born"
- "White As Snow" -
"Breathe" - "Cedars Of
Lebanon"
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Songs
Of Innocence
Released: September 9, 2014
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 9
Billboard #1: Alternative Albums
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album
Tracks: "The Miracle (Of
Joey Ramone)" - "Every Breaking
Wave" - "California (There Is No
End To Love)" - "Song For
Someone" - "Iris (Hold Me
Close)" - "Volcano" -
"Raised By Wolves" -
"Cedarwood Road" - "Sleep Like
A Baby Tonight" - "This Is Where
You Can Reach Me Now" - "The
Troubles"
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Songs
Of Experience
Released: December 1, 2017
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week)
Billboard #1: Album Sales, Rock
Albums, Alternative Albums, Internet Albums
Tracks: "Love Is All We
Have Left" - "LIghts Of Home"
- "You're The Best Thing About Me"
- "Get Out Of Your Own Way" -
"American Soul" - "Red Flag
Day" - "The Showman (Little More
Better)" - "The Little Things That
Give You Away" - "Landlady" -
"The Blackout" - "Love Is
Bigger THan Anything In Its Way" -
"13 (There Is A Light)"
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Songs
Of Surrender
Released: March 17, 2023
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 5
Billboard #1: Album Sales, Rock
Albums, Alternative Albums
Tracks: "One" -
"Where The Streets Have
No Name"
- "Stories For Boys" - "Walk
On (Ukraine)" - "Pride (In The Name Of
Love)"
- "City Of Blinding Lights" -
"Ordinary Love" -
"Invisible" - "Vertigo" - "I Still Haven't Found
What I'm Looking For" - "The Fly" - "If God
Will Send His Angels" - "Stay (Faraway, So
Close)"
- "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - "I
Will Follow" - "40"
|
 |
Zoo
TV: Live In Dublin 1993 (EP)
Released: August 30, 2024
Live Tracks: "Zoo
Station" - "Mysterious Ways" -
"Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The
World" - "Stay (Faraway, So
Close)" - "Love Is Blindness"
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| |
| 1 |
With Or Without You
from the LP The
Joshua Tree
ARC chart run: 32 - 22 - 12 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 8 - 19 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 1
Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Hot 100 Airplay,
Album Rock Tracks
MTV VMA Winner: Viewer's Choice
MTV VMA Nominee: Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Overall Performance
Rolling Stone &
MTV: '100 Greatest Pop Songs': # 8
VH1: '100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years': # 21
VH1: '100 Greatest
Songs of the 80's': # 13 |
1(3) |
13 |
1987 |
 |
| 2 |
I Still Haven't Found What
I'm Looking For
from the LP The
Joshua Tree
ARC chart run: 34 - 24 - 14 - 8 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 12 - 27 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 6
Billboard
# 1: Hot 100, Hot 100 Airplay
Grammy Nominee: Record of the Year, Song of the Year
MTV VMA Nominee Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Concept Video |
1(3) |
13 |
1987 |
 |
| 3 |
Beautiful Day
from the LP All
That You Can't Leave Behind
ARC chart run: 36 - 30 - 27 - 24 - 21 - 19 - 18 - 14 - 10 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 6 - 13 - 27 - 34 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 36
RIAA
Certification: Gold
Billboard
# 1: Dance Music Club Play
Grammy Winner: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
MTV VMA Nominee: Video of the Year, Best Group Video
Rolling Stone: '100
Best Songs of the Decade (2000-2009)': # 9 |
4 |
18 |
2001 |
|
| 4 |
One
from the LP Achtung
Baby
ARC chart run: 38 - 27 - 20 - 16 - 15 - 12 - 8 - 6 - 4 - 6 - 12 - 20 - 27 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 48
Billboard
# 1: Modern Rock Tracks, Album Rock
Tracks
Rolling Stone: '500
Greatest Songs of All-Time': # 36
Rolling Stone: 'The
100 Top Music Videos': # 99
VH1: '100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years': # 5
VH1: '100 Greatest Songs of
the 90's': # 2 |
4 |
14 |
1992 |
 |
| 5 |
Mysterious Ways
from the LP Achtung
Baby
ARC chart run: 30 - 20 - 15 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 11 - 18 - 23 - 33 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 52
Billboard
# 1: Modern Rock Tracks, Album Rock
Tracks
Rolling Stone: 'The
100 Top Music Videos': # 76 |
6 |
14 |
1992 |
 |
| 6 |
Desire
from the LP Rattle
& Hum
ARC chart run: 28 - 20 - 15 - 12 - 8 - 6 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 12 - 23 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 33
RIAA
Certification: Gold
Billboard
# 1: Album Rock Tracks, Modern Rock
Tracks
Grammy Winner: Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group |
1(1) |
12 |
1988 |
 |
| 7 |
Staring At The Sun
from the LP Pop
ARC chart run: 37 - 27 - 20 - 15 - 11 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 7 - 13 - 22 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 53
Billboard
# 1: Modern Rock Tracks |
4 |
13 |
1997 |
|
| 8 |
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,
Kill Me
from the Batman
Forever soundtrack
ARC chart run: 39 - 30 - 22 - 17 - 15 - 13 - 12 - 10 - 12 - 20 - 32 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 77
Billboard
# 1: Modern Rock Tracks, Album Rock
Tracks
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Song, Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Video from a Film |
10 |
12 |
1995 |
 |
| 9 |
Vertigo
from the LP How
To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 32 - 30 - off - 39 - 35 - 28 - 26 - 23 - 20 - 18 - 18 - 26 - 27 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 73
RIAA
Certification: Gold
Billboard
# 1: Digital Tracks, Modern Rock Tracks
Grammy Winner: Best Music Video, Short Form, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Group Video, Best Direction, Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography, Breakthrough Video |
18 |
15 |
2004 |
 |
| 10 |
Theme From "Mission:
Impossible"
[Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen]
from the Mission:
Impossible soundtrack
ARC chart run: 34 - 25 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 11 - 27 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 77
Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Instrumental Performance
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Video from a Film |
6 |
9 |
1996 |
 |
| 11 |
Where The Streets Have No
Name
from the LP The
Joshua Tree
ARC chart run: 35 - 27 - 20 - 17 - 10 - 7 - 6 - 16 - 29 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 100
Grammy Winner: Best Performance Music Video
MTV VMA Nominee Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Stage Performance Video
VH1: '100 Greatest Music
Videos Ever Made': # 62
VH1: '100 Greatest
Videos': # 94 |
6 |
10 |
1987 |
 |
| 12 |
Angel Of Harlem
from the LP Rattle
& Hum
ARC chart run: 39 - 29 - 24 - 18 - 16 - 12 - 9 - 21 - 33 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 124
Billboard
# 1: Album Rock Tracks
Grammy Nominee: Best Song
Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other
Visual Media |
9 |
9 |
1989 |
 |
| 13 |
Discotheque
from the LP Pop
ARC chart run: 40 - 30 - 25 - 19 - 13 - 10 - 8 - 18 - 27 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 98
RIAA
Certification: Gold |
8 |
9 |
1997 |
 |
| 14 |
Stuck In A Moment You Can't
Get Out Of
from the LP All
That You Can't Leave Behind
ARC chart run: 37 - 34 - 31 - 28 - 25 - 22 - 19 - 18 - 22 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 109
Billboard
# 1: Modern Rock Tracks, Dance Music
Club Play, Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales
Grammy Winner: Best Pop Performance by a
Duo or Group with Vocal
Grammy Nominee: Song of the Year |
18 |
10 |
2001 |
 |
| 15 |
Even Better Than The Real
Thing
from the LP Achtung
Baby
ARC chart run: 38 - 34 - 28 - 23 - 19 - 16 - 13 - 17 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 112
Billboard
# 1: Album Rock Tracks
MTV VMA Winner: Best Group Video, Best Special Effects
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Editing |
13 |
9 |
1992 |
 |
| 16 |
Sometimes You Can't Make It
On Your Own
from the LP How
To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
ARC chart run: 40 - 37 - 33 - 29 - 27 - 24 - 22 - 20 - 32 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 113
Grammy Winner: Song of the Year, Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group |
20 |
10 |
2005 |
|
| 17 |
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild
Horses
from the LP from Achtung
Baby
ARC chart run: 37 - 29 - 27 - 23 - 21 - 18 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 134 |
18 |
7 |
1993 |
 |
| 18 |
The Sweetest Thing
from the LP U2
The Best of 1980-1990
ARC chart run: 39 - 32 - 28 - 27 - 27 - 23 - 33 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 132 |
23 |
7 |
1998 |
|
| 19 |
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
from The
Unforgettable Fire
ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 32 - 29 - 26 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 165
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Group Video
VH1: '100 Greatest
Songs of the 80's': # 38 |
26 |
6 |
1984 |
 |
| 20 |
Walk On
from the LP All
That You Can't Leave Behind
ARC chart run: 39 - 38 - 34 - 31 - 29 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 141
Grammy Winner: Record of the Year
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Song, Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group |
29 |
5 |
2001 |
 |
| 21 |
Numb
from the LP Zooropa
ARC chart run: 37 - 34 - 29 - 25 - 23 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 170 |
23 |
5 |
1993 |
|
| 22 |
All I Want Is You
from the LP Rattle
& Hum and Reality
Bites soundtrack
ARC chart run: 37 - 35 - 32 - 29 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 182 |
**
29 |
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4 |
1989
1994 |
 |
| 23 |
Last Night On Earth
from the LP Pop
ARC chart run: 40 - 31 - 28 - 25 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 171 |
25 |
4 |
1997 |
 |
| 24 |
Stay (Faraway, So Close)
from
the LP Zooropa
ARC chart run: 38 - 33 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 196 |
31 |
3 |
1994 |
 |
| 25 |
In God's Country
from the LP The
Joshua Tree
ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 202 |
32 |
3 |
1988 |
 |
| 26 |
Electrical Storm
from the LP The
Best Of 1990 - 2000
ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 30 - 27 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 172 |
27 |
4 |
2002 |
 |
| 27 |
The Fly
from the LP Achtung
Baby
ARC chart run: 36 - 31 - 28 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 200
Billboard
# 1: Modern Rock Tracks |
28 |
3 |
1991 |
|
| 28 |
Elevation
from the LP All
That You Can't Leave Behind
ARC chart run: 39 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 180
Grammy Winner: Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Song
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Video from a Film, Best Special Effects, Best Editing |
37 |
2 |
2001 |
 |
| 29 |
Lemon
from the LP Zooropa
ARC chart run: 37 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 199
Billboard
# 1: Dance Music Club Play |
34 |
2 |
1993 |
 |
| 30 |
The Saints Are Coming
[U2 & Green Day]
from the LP U218
Singles
ARC chart run: 39 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 156
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
MTV VMA Nominee: Most Earthshattering
Collaboration |
36 |
2 |
2006 |
 |
| 31 |
New Year's Day
from the LP War
ARC chart run: 38 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 227 |
38 |
1 |
1983 |
 |
| |
| |
Another Day
|
** |
** |
1980 |
|
| |
11 O'Clock Tick Tock
|
** |
** |
1980 |
|
| |
A Day Without Me
from the LP Boy |
** |
** |
1980 |
|
| |
Fire
from the LP October |
** |
** |
1981 |
|
| |
Gloria
from the LP October |
** |
** |
1981 |
|
| |
Two Hearts Beat As One
from the LP War |
** |
** |
1983 |
|
| |
Sunday Bloody Sunday
from the LP War
MTV: '100 Greatest Videos Ever Made':
# 93 |
** |
** |
1983 |
 |
| |
I Will Follow
from the LP Boy and Under
A Blood Red Sky |
** |
** |
1984 |
 |
| |
The Unforgettable Fire
from The
Unforgettable Fire |
** |
** |
1985 |
|
| |
Bad
from the LP Wide
Awake In America |
** |
** |
1985 |
 |
| |
One Tree Hill
from The
Joshua Tree |
** |
** |
1988 |
 |
| |
When Love Comes To Town
[U2 with B.B. King]
from the LP Rattle
& Hum
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
MTV VMA Winner: Best Video from a Film |
** |
** |
1989 |
 |
| |
Until The End Of The World
from the LP Achtung
Baby |
** |
** |
1992 |
 |
| |
Miss Sarajevo
from the LP Original
Soundtrack, Vol. 1 |
** |
** |
1995 |
|
| |
Please
from the LP Pop |
** |
** |
1997 |
|
| |
If God Will Send His Angels
from the LP Pop |
** |
** |
1997 |
|
| |
Mofo
from the LP Pop |
** |
** |
1997 |
|
| |
The Hands That Built America
from the Gangs
Of New York soundtrack
Grammy Nominee: Best Song
Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other
Visual Media |
** |
** |
2003 |
|
| |
All Because Of You
from the LP How
To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb |
** |
** |
2005 |
|
| |
City Of Blinding Lights
from the LP How
To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Grammy Winner: Best Rock Song |
** |
** |
2005 |
 |
| |
One
[Mary J. Blige & U2]
from the Mary
J. Blige LP The
Breakthrough
Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals |
** |
** |
2006 |
|
| |
Window In The Skies
from the LP U218
Singles
Billboard
# 1: Adult Alternative Songs
Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group |
** |
** |
2006 |
|
| |
Get On Your Boots
from the LP No
Line On The Horizon
Billboard
# 1: Adult Alternative Songs |
** |
** |
2009 |
 |
| |
Magnificent
from the LP No
Line On The Horizon |
** |
** |
2009 |
 |
| |
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go
Crazy Tonight
from the LP No
Line On The Horizon
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group, Best Rock Song |
** |
** |
2009 |
 |
| |
Moment Of Surrender
from the LP No
Line On The Horizon
Rolling Stone: '100
Best Songs of the Decade (2000-2009)': # 36 |
** |
** |
2009 |
 |
| |
Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)
[Jay-Z,
Bono, The Edge & Rihanna]
from the Hope
For Haiti compilation |
** |
** |
2010 |
 |
| |
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
from the LP Songs
Of Innocence
Billboard
# 1: Adult Alternative Songs |
** |
** |
2014 |
 |
| |
Every Breaking Wave
from the LP Songs
Of Innocence |
** |
** |
2014 |
|
| |
Song For Someone
from the LP Songs
Of Innocence |
** |
** |
2015 |
 |
| |
You're The Best Thing About
Me
from the LP Songs
Of Experience
Billboard
# 1: Adult Alternative Songs |
** |
** |
2017 |
 |
| |
Get Out Of Your Own Way
from the LP Songs
Of Experience |
** |
** |
2017 |
|
| |
Atomic City
from the digital
download
Billboard
# 1: Adult Alternative Songs
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Rock Video |
** |
** |
2017 |
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