# The best U2 songs

From I Will Follow to Beautiful Day: the U2 songs critics and fans rank highest, most of them from The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby.

- 66 votes · 17 items
- Sep 23, 2023 · Ayanda
- https://even.best/en/l/3280/the-best-u2-songs

## Top 17

1. **One** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 1991. Achtung Baby's ballad, for many their best song.
2. **With or Without You** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1987. Their first US number one.
3. **Where the Streets Have No Name** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1987. The opener of The Joshua Tree, filmed on an LA rooftop.
4. **Beautiful Day** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 2000. The comeback that won three Grammys.
5. **New Year's Day** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1983. Piano, bass and a cold wind.
6. **Sunday Bloody Sunday** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1983. Their most political song, about the Troubles.
7. **All I Want Is You** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1988. The string-laden ballad from Rattle and Hum.
8. **I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1987. Gospel rock; first for The A.V. Club.
9. **I Will Follow** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1980. The punk energy of their debut.
10. **Mysterious Ways** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1991. Achtung Baby's dance groove.
11. **The Fly** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1991. The guitar noise that reinvented the band.
12. **Even Better Than the Real Thing** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1991. The Zoo TV era in one song.
13. **Pride (In the Name of Love)** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — 1984. A tribute to Martin Luther King.
14. **Stay (Faraway, So Close!)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1993. From Wim Wenders' film.
15. **Until the End of the World** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1991. A dialogue between Jesus and Judas.
16. **Vertigo** (-1 · ▲2 ▼3) — 2004. The iPod advert song.
17. **Bad** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — 1984. The song that stopped Live Aid.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.