Want to brush up on the biggest band in the world? Start by listening to this list of essential U2 songs and then check out our two-part Deep Cuts feature (Part I and Part II):
Boy
I Will Follow
War
Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year’s Day
Two Hearts Beat As One
“40”
Under A Blood Red Sky
Sunday Bloody Sunday [live]
The Unforgettable Fire
A Sort of Homecoming
Pride (In The Name of Love)
The Unforgettable Fire
Bad
The Joshua Tree
Where the Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
With or Without You
Bullet the Blue Sky
In God’s Country
Rattle & Hum
Desire
Angel of Harlem
God, Pt 2
All I Want Is You
When Love Comes to Town
Achtung Baby
Even Better Than the Real Thing
One
Until the End of the World
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Zooropa
Numb
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Batman Forever Soundtrack
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Pop
Discotheque
Staring at the Sun
The Best of 1980-1990
The Sweetest Thing
All That You Can’t Leave Behind
Beautiful Day
Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
Elevation
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Vertigo
Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own
All Because of You
Other songs that charted: “Surrender,” “Spanish Eyes,” “Dancing Barefoot,” “Everlasting Love,” “Night and Day,” “Lemon,” “Zooropa,” “Please,” “The Ground Beneath Her Feet,” “If God Will Send His Angels,” “Walk On” and “Electrical Storm.”
By John Paulsen
Tags: playlists, pop music, rock music, U2