Please vote for your FAVOURITE song(s).
The top SEVEN songs from this era proceed to the Nineties Semi-Final.
Welcome to the Achtung Baby era round in Best Song Survivor v2! The object of this game is to find Interference's favourite U2 songs. Each album will be featured in a single round with the non-album tracks from its era. The amount of finalists from each era is based on seeding from the latest U2 Album Survivor. These rounds will last 48 hours and will be multiple choice polls where you vote for your favourite tracks (within reason). A suggestion is to vote for the amount of tracks that will proceed to the next round, although this is not a hard and fast rule. Remember that there is a tradeoff: if you vote for more songs, the power of each of your votes is dampened, but if you vote for fewer songs, you get to spread your influence less far.
Only original U2 songs with official studio releases will compete. However, you are free to vote on the basis of live versions, alternate versions, remixes, etc., as in the normal version of Survivor. Basically whatever you think best represents the song in your mind.
The late eighties semi came down to the wire, with an excruciatingly close tussle for the last guaranteed finals berth (eighth place) and the potential wildcard slot for ninth. Running to Stand Still put in a valiant attempt for the wildcard, securing 19 votes out of 48, or 39.58% of the vote. Unfortunately, it fell short - both in total votes and percentage - of the early eighties wildcard contender, 11 O'clock Tick Tock, which had won 20 votes out of 47 or 42.55%. RTSS also, incidentally, fell short of the percentage of sixth place in the early eighties round (Out of Control got 19 out of 47, or 40.43%). This means that 11OTT goes through as the sole non-album track so far to make the grand final, and it doesn't even go through as the bottom-ranked seed; Heartland, in eighth place here, actually has a slightly worse percentage.
The eight songs representing the late eighties comprise three songs from the Joshua Tree, three songs from the Unforgettable Fire, and two songs from Rattle and Hum. No non-album tracks. Five of the eight were singles; five (though not entirely the same five) appear on Best Ofs.
(bold = qualified for grand final)
1. Where the Streets Have No Name - 34 votes
2. With or Without You - 32
3. A Sort of Homecoming - 30
=4. Bad - 29
=4. The Unforgettable Fire - 29
6. All I Want Is You - 27
7. One Tree Hill - 21
8. Heartland - 20
9. Running to Stand Still - 19
10. In God's Country - 14
11. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - 13
=12. Exit - 12
=12. Pride - 12
14. Hawkmoon 269 - 11
15. Love Comes Tumbling - 10
=16. God Part II - 9
=16. Promenade - 9
18. Desire - 7
19. Wire - 3
(Total voters: 48)
The eighties grand finalists are thus:
11 O'clock Tick Tock
The Electric Co.
Gloria
Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year's Day
A Sort of Homecoming
The Unforgettable Fire
Bad
Where the Streets Have No Name
With or Without You
One Tree Hill
Heartland
All I Want Is You
The top SEVEN songs from this era proceed to the Nineties Semi-Final.
Welcome to the Achtung Baby era round in Best Song Survivor v2! The object of this game is to find Interference's favourite U2 songs. Each album will be featured in a single round with the non-album tracks from its era. The amount of finalists from each era is based on seeding from the latest U2 Album Survivor. These rounds will last 48 hours and will be multiple choice polls where you vote for your favourite tracks (within reason). A suggestion is to vote for the amount of tracks that will proceed to the next round, although this is not a hard and fast rule. Remember that there is a tradeoff: if you vote for more songs, the power of each of your votes is dampened, but if you vote for fewer songs, you get to spread your influence less far.
Only original U2 songs with official studio releases will compete. However, you are free to vote on the basis of live versions, alternate versions, remixes, etc., as in the normal version of Survivor. Basically whatever you think best represents the song in your mind.
The late eighties semi came down to the wire, with an excruciatingly close tussle for the last guaranteed finals berth (eighth place) and the potential wildcard slot for ninth. Running to Stand Still put in a valiant attempt for the wildcard, securing 19 votes out of 48, or 39.58% of the vote. Unfortunately, it fell short - both in total votes and percentage - of the early eighties wildcard contender, 11 O'clock Tick Tock, which had won 20 votes out of 47 or 42.55%. RTSS also, incidentally, fell short of the percentage of sixth place in the early eighties round (Out of Control got 19 out of 47, or 40.43%). This means that 11OTT goes through as the sole non-album track so far to make the grand final, and it doesn't even go through as the bottom-ranked seed; Heartland, in eighth place here, actually has a slightly worse percentage.
The eight songs representing the late eighties comprise three songs from the Joshua Tree, three songs from the Unforgettable Fire, and two songs from Rattle and Hum. No non-album tracks. Five of the eight were singles; five (though not entirely the same five) appear on Best Ofs.
(bold = qualified for grand final)
1. Where the Streets Have No Name - 34 votes
2. With or Without You - 32
3. A Sort of Homecoming - 30
=4. Bad - 29
=4. The Unforgettable Fire - 29
6. All I Want Is You - 27
7. One Tree Hill - 21
8. Heartland - 20
9. Running to Stand Still - 19
10. In God's Country - 14
11. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - 13
=12. Exit - 12
=12. Pride - 12
14. Hawkmoon 269 - 11
15. Love Comes Tumbling - 10
=16. God Part II - 9
=16. Promenade - 9
18. Desire - 7
19. Wire - 3
(Total voters: 48)
The eighties grand finalists are thus:
11 O'clock Tick Tock
The Electric Co.
Gloria
Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year's Day
A Sort of Homecoming
The Unforgettable Fire
Bad
Where the Streets Have No Name
With or Without You
One Tree Hill
Heartland
All I Want Is You
I narrowed it down to all of AB, LWTSH, WDIAGW, Salome and Blow Your House Down
