The best U2 songs
The top 3 according to 66 votes from people: One · With or Without You · Where the Streets Have No Name. (Updated Sep 23, 2023.)
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.
Top 17
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1
One
1991. Achtung Baby's ballad, for many their best song.
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2
With or Without You
1987. Their first US number one.
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3
Where the Streets Have No Name
1987. The opener of The Joshua Tree, filmed on an LA rooftop.
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4
Beautiful Day
2000. The comeback that won three Grammys.
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5
New Year's Day
1983. Piano, bass and a cold wind.
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6
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1983. Their most political song, about the Troubles.
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7
All I Want Is You
1988. The string-laden ballad from Rattle and Hum.
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8
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
1987. Gospel rock; first for The A.V. Club.
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9
I Will Follow
1980. The punk energy of their debut.
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10
Mysterious Ways
1991. Achtung Baby's dance groove.
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11
The Fly
1991. The guitar noise that reinvented the band.
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12
Even Better Than the Real Thing
1991. The Zoo TV era in one song.
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13
Pride (In the Name of Love)
1984. A tribute to Martin Luther King.
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14
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
1993. From Wim Wenders' film.
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15
Until the End of the World
1991. A dialogue between Jesus and Judas.
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16
Vertigo
2004. The iPod advert song.
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17
Bad
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.
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Comments (2)
One at number one over Streets?? Where the Streets Have No Name live is the best moment in rock, period
Bad at Live Aid is all you need to know about U2 live