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The following year, readers of Q voted "One" the fifth-greatest song in history. [49] The song subsequently appeared as one of seven U2 songs in the 2006 music reference book 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories, and Secrets. [50] It is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll ...
Following the release of their single "Another Day" in 1980, U2 signed a recording contract with Island Records, [2] and released their first album, Boy, later that year. The band has since released 15 full-length studio albums, the most recent being Songs of Surrender in 2023.
U2's follow up albums Zooropa and Pop continued the band's experimentation with alternative rock and electronic dance music, reaching number one worldwide but with reduced sales. U2 regained commercial favour with the release of All That You Can't Leave Behind in 2000, returning to a more mainstream sound.
Songs of Experience was released on 1 December 2017. [324] Lyrically, the album reflects the "political and personal apocalypse" that Bono felt in 2016. [325] The first single, "You're the Best Thing About Me", [326] is one of several songs from the record for which Bono wrote the lyrics as letters addressed to people and places closest to his ...
One of the photos from this session depicted a naked Clayton. [100] [104] Overall, Corbijn's images for Achtung Baby were intended to confound expectations of U2, [55] and their full colour contrasted with the monochromatic imagery on past sleeves. [102] A Trabant from the Zoo TV Tour, displayed at the Dublin Hard Rock Cafe. The group were ...
Walk On (U2 song) The Wanderer (U2 song) When I Look at the World; When Love Comes to Town; Where the Streets Have No Name; White as Snow (song) Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses; Wild Honey (U2 song) Window in the Skies; Winter (U2 song) Wire (U2 song) With a Shout (Jerusalem) With or Without You
Sunday Bloody Sunday" is the opening track and third single from U2's 1983 album, War. The song is noted for its militaristic drumbeat, simple but harsh guitar, and melodic harmonies. [73] One of U2's most overtly political songs, its lyrics describe the horror felt by an observer of The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Original Soundtracks 1 is a studio album recorded by the Irish rock band U2 and English producer Brian Eno as a side project under the pseudonym Passengers.Released on 6 November 1995, the album is a collection of songs written for mostly imaginary films (the exceptions being songs for Ghost in the Shell, Miss Sarajevo, and Beyond the Clouds).