Top 15 U2 songs of the 80's

[bobsaget77]

I, as many others, believe that this is U2's greatest era of music; therefore it merits a ranking. This is studio material only.

1 Streets
2 Bad
3 Running To Stand Still
4 A Sort Of Homecoming
5 Tomorrow
6 One Tree Hill
7 New Year's Day
8 Wire
9 Sunday Bloody Sunday
10 Love Comes Tumbling
11 Mothers Of The Disappeared
12 A Day Without Me
13 Angel Of Harlem
14 Desire
15 Out Of Control

Tough having to make this list down to just 15.


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[RaisedByWolves]

1. Sunday Bloody Sunday
2. With Or Without You
3. Pride ( In The Name Of Love)
4. Bad
5. Where The Streets Have No Name
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
7. The Unforgettable Fire
8. New Year's Day
9. All I Want Is You
10. Running To Stand Still
11. Angel Of Harlem
12. I Will Follow
13. Gloria
14. One Tree Hill
15. Red Hill Mining Town

 

[PennyLanePHINS]

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. A Sort of Homecoming
3. One Tree Hill
4. New Year's Day
5. With or Without You
6. Bad
7. The Unforgettable Fire
8. Sunday Bloody Sunday
9. Angel of Harlem
10. The Electric Co.
11. Running To Stand Still
12. Tomorrow
13. Surrender
14. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
15. A Celebration

 

[mikal]

1. Bad
2. Where The Streets Have No Name
3. Love Comes Tumbling
4. Hawkmoon 269
5. Saturday Night
6. Drowning Man
7. The Unforgettable Fire
8. Running To Stand Still
9. New Year's Day
10. An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
11. Rejoice
12. With Or Without You
13. A Sort Of Homecoming
14. Bullet The Blue Sky
15. Promenade

 

[prbiker15]

Difficult.

Where the Streets Have No Name
A Sort of Homecoming
New Year's Day
The Unforgettable Fire
One Tree Hill
All I Want Is You
With or Without You
Bad
I Will Follow
Spanish Eyes
The Electric Co.
In God's Country
Pride
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Wire

 

[bobsaget77]

Darn. Forgot TUF and Hawkmoon. How could I forget those songs...some of my all time favorites.


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[mikal]

I still think An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart is one of the best songs of U2's career. It's in my top 10 all time.

 

[Bad Exit]

1. Bad
2. The Unforgettable Fire
3. Elvis Presley and America
4. Where the Streets Have no Name
5. Exit
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday
7. Twilight
8. Bullet the Blue Sky
9. An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
10. All I Want is You
11. Gloria
12. Running to Stand Still
13. Promenade
14. New Year's Day
(15. Wave of Sorrow / Red Hill Mining Town)*

*Ignore #15 if you want to count ACD/ITH as 2 separate songs.
*If we're not including b-sides/rarities, then ignore Wave of Sorrow and use RHMT.

 

[DaveC]

These are my favourites rather than my opinion of "best". I'll probably have a few uncommon picks in here:

1. Love Comes Tumbling
2. Heartland
3. 4th of July
4. Wire
5. Streets
6. WOWY
7. In God's Country
8. One Tree Hill
9. Exit
10. Bad
11. With a Shout (Jerusalem)
12. New Year's Day
13. Spanish Eyes
14. A Sort of Homecoming
15. Indian Summer Sky

Honourable Mentions:
Hawkmoon 269
Pride
Bullet the Blue Sky
Promenade
ISHFWILF

 

[Yahweh]

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. With Or Without You
3. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
4. All I Want Is You
5. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
6. New Years Day
7. Desire
8. The Unforgettable Fire
9. Bad
10. I Will Follow
11. Drowning Man
12. Running To Stand Still
13. Angel Of Harlem
14. Sunday Bloody Sunday
15. A Sort Of Homecoming

 

[Axver]

1. A Sort of Homecoming
2. One Tree Hill
3. Heartland
4. New Year's Day
5. The Unforgettable Fire
6. Bad
7. Gloria
8. Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop?)
9. Spanish Eyes
10. The Electric Co.
11. Wild Irish Rose
12. Twilight
13. Exit
14. An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart
15. Love Comes Tumbling

I fucking adore eighties U2. If I wasn't just counting studio versions, Hawkmoon 269 would be in the top ten for that sublime live version, and 11 O'clock Tick Tock would be in the top three.

 

[Axver]

Hang on, hang on, what are we all doing? Clearly everybody's #1 is Womanfish.

 

[Hollow Island]

1. Streets
2. Twilight
3. A Sort of a Homecoming
4. New Year's Day
5. Running to Stand Still
6. Bad
7. An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart
8. Red Hill Mining Town
9. Angel of Harlem
10. One Tree Hill
11. Another Time, Anther Place
12. Desire
13. Mothers of the Disappeared
14. Promenade
15. Sunday Bloody Sunday

 

[gareth brown]

(chronological order)

I Will Follow
An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
The Electric Co
Gloria
Tomorrow
New Year's Day
Surrender
Pride
Bad
The Three Sunrises
Love Comes Tumbling
Streets
With Or Without You
Red Hill Mining Town
Heartland

Honourable mentions:
Every other song U2 released during the 1980's.
Any subsequently released studio outtakes, demos, rehearsals or soundchecks, be they part of an official release or a bootleg.
The Sweetest Thing single mix
Anything left from that decade that hasn't yet seen the light of day.

 

[An Cat Gav]

1. Streets
2. One Tree Hill
3. Unforgettable Fire
4. An Cat Dubh
5 Tomorrow
6 New Years Day
7 All I Want Is you
8 A Sort Of Homecoming
9 Promenade
10 Red Hill Mining Town
11 Gloria
12 Pride
13 Desire
14 A Celebration
15 Running To Stand Still

If live versions were included Bad from Wide Awake in America would be number 1 and Hawkmoon from lovetown would make the top 15

 

[Hewson]

1. Out of Control
2. New Year's Day (Kevorkian Mix)
3. Like a Song
4. Wire
5. Rejoice
6. Electric Co. (UABRS)
7. Exit
8. The Unforgettable Fire
9. Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop)
10. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (UABRS)
11. One Tree Hill
12. Spanish Eyes
13. Gloria
14. Another Time, Another Place
15. Tomorrow

 

[roy]

1. With or Without You

2. Unforgettable Fire

3. Bad

4. Streets

5. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

6. Pride

7. One Tree Hill

8. New Years Day

9. All I Want Is you

10. Sunday Bloody Sunday

11. A Sort of Homecoming

12. Heartland

13. Desire

14. In Gods Country

15 Running To Stand Still


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[Irvine511]

this is much easier than 90s or 00s.

1. Where the Streets Have No Name
2. Bad
3. With or Without You
4. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday

(awe-inspiring stuff, and they all slay live ... then it gets more individualized)

6. Out of Control
7. Running To Stand Still
8. A Sort of Homecoming
9. Red Hill Mining Town
10. All I Want Is You
11. Drowning Man
12. Stories For Boys
13. One Tree Hill
14. Angel of Harlem
15. PITNOL

 

[Aardvark747]

1. Heartland
2. Streets
3. ISHFWILF
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. With Or Without You
6. One Tree Hill
7. Pride
8. Bad
9. Rejoice
10. A Day Without Me
11. NYD
12. SBS
13. Angel Of Harlem
14. Like A Song
15. Spanish Eyes

 

[djerdap]

1. Bullet the Blue Sky
2. Running To Stand Still
3. With or Without You
4. New Year's Day
5. The Unforgettable Fire
6. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
7. Tomorrow
8. Exit
9. Heartland
10. Bad
11. Where the Streets Have No Name
12. One Tree Hill
13. The Electric Co.
14. A Sort of Homecoming
15. Like a Song...

 

[Greatest Hits]

[FONT=&quot]Where the Streets Have no Name[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]A Sort of Homecoming[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The Unforgettable Fire[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Promenade[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sunday Bloody Sunday[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]With or Without You[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Hawkmoon 269[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Exit[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Out of Control[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Bad [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Heartland[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]God (Part II)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]40[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]11 Oclock Tick Tock[/FONT]

 

[BANZAI]

Streets
Bad
Unforgettable Fire
New Years Day
Still haven't Found
Electric Co
Heartland
All I Want Is you
Promenade
With or Without You
Red Hill Mining Town
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Gloria
Pride
Running To Stand Still

 

[MrPryck2U]

1- Bad
2- Unforgettable Fire
3- Sort of Homecoming
4- Pride
5- Running
6- Streets
7- Bullet
8- In God's Country
9- Red Hill
10- I Fall Down
11- I Will Follow
12- Sunday
13- New Year's
14- All I Want
15- Trip Through

 

[BigMacPhisto]

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. A Sort of Homecoming
3. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
4. Sunday Bloody Sunday
5. New Year's Day
6. With Or Without You
7. Bad
8. Gloria
9. One Tree Hill
10. Running To Stand Still
11. Red Hill Mining Town
12. A Day Without Me
13. Pride
14. The Unforgettable Fire
15. In God's Country


Boy - 1
October - 1
War - 2
Unforgettable Fire - 4
Joshua Tree - 7

 

[nbelcik]

In chronological order:
1. Out of Control
2. The Electric Co.
3. Tomorrow
4. Sunday Bloody Sunday
5. New Year's Day
6. Surrender
7. A Sort of Homecoming
8. The Unforgettable Fire
9. Bad
10. Where the Streets Have No Name
11. With or Without You
12. One Tree Hill
13. Angel of Harlem
14. Heartland
15. God Part II

Boy- 2
October- 1
War- 3
The Unforgettable Fire- 3
The Joshua Tree- 3
Rate and Hum- 3


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[BigMacPhisto]

Forgot Rattle & Hum existed. "All I Want Is You" makes my list at about #12.

 

[Harry Vest]

1. Bad
2. Tomorrow
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. Out of Control
5. Drowning Man
6. Running to Stand Still
7. New Years Day
8. Sunday Bloody Sunday
9. Bullet The Blue Sky
10. Exit
11. One Tree Hill
12. 40
13. Like a Song
14. I Threw a Brick Through a Window
15. Heartland

 

[Nick66]

From my POV, the Top 15 for the 90's was relatively easy, because 12 of those came from the same record, The Top 15 for the 00's is relatively difficult because it's hard to find 15 truly exceptional tracks from that era, while the Top 15 for the 80's is virtually impossible because there are so many exceptional tracks from that decade. There are 15 outstanding b-sides alone from that era, many of which are better than a good deal of the rest of U2's catalogue.

 

[Axver]

There are 15 outstanding b-sides alone from that era, many of which are better than a good deal of the rest of U2's catalogue.

This is completely true.

1984-87 in particular is an embarrassment of riches. You can make one great album by combining UF b-sides with the best material from Edge's Heroine soundtrack, and another with JT b-sides and other unreleased material.

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

In no order:

1. The electric co
2. 11 o clock tick tock
3. Another time, another place
4. With a shout
5. New year's day
6. Like a song
7. The Unforgettable Fire
8. Bad
9. Luminous times
10. Streets
11. Exit
12. One tree hill
13. Bullet the blue sky
14. Heartland
15. God Part 2