"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the second track on their tenth studio album,All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000),and was released as the album's second single on 29 January 2001. The band's lead vocalist Bono has said the song was inspired by a fictional conversation with his friend Michael Hutchence about suicide. The song peaked at number 52 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in Canada,their native Ireland,and Italy,while reaching the top 10 in Australia,Denmark,Finland,the Netherlands,Norway,Spain and the United Kingdom. In 2002,the song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony.
"Miss Sarajevo" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and British musician Brian Eno,credited to the pseudonym "Passengers". It was released on 20 November 1995 as the only single from their album Original Soundtracks 1. Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti makes a vocal appearance,singing the opera solo. The song was written about a group of women who held a beauty pageant during the Siege of Sarajevo as an act of defiance.
"Where the Streets Have No Name" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the opening track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree and was released as the album's third single in August 1987. The song's hook is a repeating guitar arpeggio using a delay effect,played during the song's introduction and again at the end. Lead vocalist Bono wrote the lyrics in response to the notion that it is possible to identify a person's religion and income based on the street on which they lived,particularly in Belfast. During the band's difficulties recording the song,producer Brian Eno considered erasing the song's tapes to have them start from scratch.
"One" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the third track from their seventh album,Achtung Baby (1991),and it was released as the record's third single on 24 February 1992. During the album's recording sessions at Hansa Studios in Berlin,conflict arose between the band members over the direction of U2's sound and the quality of their material. Tensions almost prompted the band to break up until they achieved a breakthrough with the improvisation of "One";the song was written after the band members were inspired by a chord progression that guitarist the Edge was playing in the studio. The lyrics,written by lead singer Bono,were inspired by the band members' fractured relationships and the German reunification. Although the lyrics ostensibly describe "disunity",they have been interpreted in other ways.
"New Year's Day" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the third track on their 1983 album War and was released as the album's lead single in January 1983. With lyrics written about the Polish Solidarity movement,"New Year's Day" is driven by Adam Clayton's distinctive bassline and the Edge's piano and guitar playing. It was the band's first UK hit single,peaking at number 10,and was also their first international hit,reaching for number 9 in Norway,number 11 on the Dutch Top 40,number 17 in Sweden,and number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States,becoming the band's first single to chart in the US.
"With or Without You" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the third track on their fifth studio album,The Joshua Tree (1987),and was released as the album's lead single on 16 March 1987. The song was the group's most successful single at the time,becoming their first number-one hit in both the United States and Canada by topping the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and the RPM national singles chart for one week,with a further three weeks at number two.
"Beautiful Day" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the first track on their tenth studio album,All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000),and was released as the album's lead single on 9 October 2000. The song was a commercial success,helping launch the album to multi-platinum status,and is one of U2's biggest hits to date.
"Everlasting Love" is a song written by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden,originally a 1967 hit for Robert Knight and since covered numerous times. The most successful version in the UK was performed by Love Affair and the highest-charting version in the U.S. was performed by Carl Carlton. Other cover versions were done by Town Criers,Rex Smith &Rachel Sweet,Sandra Cretu,U2 and Gloria Estefan.
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the second track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree and was released as the album's second single in May 1987. The song was a hit,becoming the band's second consecutive number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 while peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart.
"Vertigo" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the opening track on their eleventh studio album,How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004). It was released to radio as the album's lead single on 8 November 2004,and upon release,it received extensive airplay. The song was an international success,bolstered by its usage in a television advertisement featuring the band for Apple's iPod digital music player. The song lent its name to the band's 2005–2006 Vertigo Tour.
"Elevation" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the third track on their tenth studio album,All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000),and was released as the album's third single on 25 June 2001. The song became the band's 16th number-one single in their native Ireland and their second number one in the Netherlands. It also topped the charts in Canada and reached the top 10 in Australia,Denmark,Finland,Italy,Norway,Scotland,Spain,and the United Kingdom. A different mix of the song,entitled the "Tomb Raider mix",was included on the soundtrack of the 2001 film Lara Croft:Tomb Raider. In 2002,"Elevation" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony. The song lent its namesake to the band's 2001 Elevation Tour.
"Walk On" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the fourth track on their tenth studio album,All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000). The song was first released in Canada on 20 February 2001,then was given a UK release in November of the same year;it was the album's second single in Canada and the fourth internationally. The song was written about Burmese academic Aung San Suu Kyi,who was the chairperson of the National League for Democracy and was placed under house arrest from 1989 until 2010 for her pro-democracy activities,which led to the song being banned in Burma. In 2002,the song won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony,marking the first time an artist had won the award for songs from the same album in consecutive years.
"Please" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the eleventh track on their ninth album,Pop (1997),and was released as its fourth single on 22 September 1997 by Island Records. As with "Sunday Bloody Sunday",the song is about The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The single cover for this song features pictures of four Northern Irish politicians –Gerry Adams,David Trimble,Ian Paisley,and John Hume. Two months before the release of the single,live versions of "Please" and three other songs from the PopMart Tour were released on the Please:PopHeart Live EP in September 1997.
"Mysterious Ways" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the eighth track from their 1991 album,Achtung Baby,and was released as the album's second single on 2 December 1991,two weeks after the album. The song began as an improvisation called "Sick Puppy",with the band liking only the bass part that bassist Adam Clayton composed. The band struggled to build a song from it,with vocalist Bono and producer Daniel Lanois arguing intensely during one songwriting session. The song's breakthrough came after guitarist the Edge began experimenting with the Korg A3 effects unit. "Mysterious Ways" features a danceable beat,funky guitar hook,and conga-laden percussion,as well as mystical lyrics by Bono about romance and women.
"The Fly" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the seventh track from their 1991 album,Achtung Baby,and it was released as the album's first single on 21 October 1991 by Island Records. "The Fly" introduced a more abrasive-sounding U2,as the song featured danceable hip-hop beats,industrial textures,distorted vocals,and an elaborate guitar solo. Lead vocalist Bono described the song as "the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree",due to its departure from the sound that had traditionally characterised the band in the 1980s.
"When Love Comes to Town" is a song by Irish rock band U2 featuring blues guitarist B.B. King. It is the twelfth track from U2's 1988 album,Rattle and Hum,and was released in 1989 as the record's third single. The song was recorded at the historic Sun Studio in Memphis. "When Love Comes to Town" reached number one in the Irish Singles Chart,number six in the UK Singles Chart,number ten in the Dutch Top 40,and number two in the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
"Desire" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and the third track on their 1988 album,Rattle and Hum. It was released as the album's lead single on 19 September 1988,and became the band's first number-one single in the United Kingdom and Australia. It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States,and topped both the Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts,making it the first song to reach number one on both charts simultaneously. It reached number two on the Dutch Top 40. At the 31st Annual Grammy Awards,"Desire" won the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
"The Unforgettable Fire" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the title track of their fourth album (1984),and was released as the album's second single in April 1985. The band cited an art exhibition by victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that was held at The Peace Museum in Chicago as the lyrical inspiration for the song. It became U2's first number one single in Ireland,their third top-ten hit in the United Kingdom,reaching number six on the UK Singles Chart,and reached number eight on the Dutch singles chart.
"Pride (In the Name of Love)" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the second track on the band's 1984 album,The Unforgettable Fire,and was released as its lead single in September 1984. The song was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Written about the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.,"Pride" received mixed critical reviews at the time,but it was a major commercial success for U2 and has since become one of their most popular songs,as well as being re-evaluated positively by many as one of the greatest songs of all time. It appeared on the band's compilation albums The Best of 1980–1990 and U218 Singles and was reworked and re-recorded for Songs of Surrender (2023).
"Stay" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the fifth track on their eighth album,Zooropa (1993),and it was released as the album's third single on 22 November 1993 by Island Records. The song reached number one in Ireland and reached the top 10 in Australia,Iceland,the United Kingdom,and several other countries. The accompanying music video,directed by Wim Wenders,was shot in Berlin,Germany. The earliest incarnation of the song developed during sessions for the group's 1991 album Achtung Baby. It was written for and inspired by Frank Sinatra and bore his surname as the original working title. An alternative recording was used in the 1993 film Faraway,So Close!,also by Wim Wenders.
