Zootlesque said:
I don't follow charts either, or sales figures! Maybe we need STING2 here.
Maybe they didn't choose Hold Me Thrill Me, cos it was on the soundtrack to Batman Forever, a film that (correct me if I'm wrong) did not do well in the US. And I guess they didn't pick Discotheque because Pop had comparatively bad sales figures in the US. Seems like it's a very US centric decision to me.
Discotheque did very well in the US. In the billboard hot 100 it goes:
1. With Or Without You (3 weeks)
1. I Still Haven't Found What Im Looking for (2 weeks)
3. Desire
9. Mysterious Ways
10. Discotheque
13. Where The Streets have No Name
14. Angel Of Harlem
16. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
21. Beautiful Day
26. Staring At The Sun
32. Even Better Than The Real Thing
33. Pride
34 (or was it 36). Vertigo
35. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
44. In God's Country
50. All I Want Is You (1994 - Reality Bites soundtrack)
52. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
53. New Years Day
56 (I think). The Saints Are Coming
57. Last Night On Earth
61. The Fly
61. Numb
61. Stay
63. The Sweetest Thing
68. When Love Comes To Town
71. Lemon
77. Electrical Storm
81. I Will Follow (1984, Under A Blood Red Sky Live Single)
83. All I Want Is You (1989)
99. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Also making it was Larry & Adams Theme from Mission Impossible at #7 (!?!?!?) and Wyclef and Bono's New Day at #41
Want a double CD? There it is. Just switch the live I Will Follow to the studio, and add in, Out Of Control, Gloria, October, Red Rocks Sunday Bloody Sunday, Elevation & COBL and you've got it.