Ok, Top 7 U2 songs which were never singles

[Chewystick69]

At least never released in America. I believe One Tree Hill was a single In Australia and New Zealand.

1. One Tree Hill
2. Like A Song
3. Elvis Presley And America
4. Spanish Eyes
5. Heartland
6. Shadows And Tall Trees
7. Acrobat

Any others?

 

[LMP]

Bad
Until the End of the World
Gone
Love and Peace or Else
Hawkmoon 269
God Part II
Zoo Station

 

[JCOSTER]

Electric Storm
Velvet Dress
Hawkmoon 269
If God will Send His Angels
Stay Far Away so Close
Miracle Drug
Kite

 

[goincommando]

JCOSTER, Electircal Storm was only a single.

 

[LMP]

Electric Storm
Velvet Dress
Hawkmoon 269
If God will Send His Angels
Stay Far Away so Close
Miracle Drug
Kite

Stay, If God Will Send His Angels, and Electrical Storm were all singles

 

[SecretFly]

Ultraviolet light
Kite
Miracle Drug
If God would send his angels
Zoo Station
Everlasting love
Gone

 

[Chewystick69]

LEMONMACPHISTO,
I Can't believe i left Bad & Gone off my list. I'll have to alter it.

 

[Axver]

At least never released in America.

Stuff that. I'll go for never a single anywhere.

Eighties singles: http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/sing1.html
Nineties singles: http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/sing2.html
2000s singles: http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/sing3.html

Now, if we're just talking top seven songs that weren't singles, regardless of their single-worthiness:

1. Heartland
2. Acrobat
3. Gone
4. Wild Irish Rose
5. Slug
6. Spanish Eyes
7. God Part II

But that's just my top 15 with the singles removed until I reach a total of seven. The following is a rather tentative list of the top seven songs that should have been singles:

1. Spanish Eyes (I'm convinced this would have been a gigantic hit)
2. Gone
3. Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop?)
4. God Part II
5. Crumbs From Your Table
6. The Electric Co.
7. Wire

 

[MrBrau1]

Kite
Gone
Drowning Man
Zooropa
Acrobat
Crumbs From Your Table
A Sort Of Homecoming

 

[Windmilllane]

Bad
Until the End of the World
Miracle Drug
Some Days are Better than Others
God Part II
Running to Stand Still
So Cruel

 

[love_u2_adam]

Miami
ultra violet
one tree hill
running to stand still
the playboy mansion
man and a women
wild honey

 

[Nube Gris]

slow dancing
the three sunrises
viva davidoff
never let me go
with a shout
red light
big girls are best

 

[2861U2]

Always
Miracle Drug
Gone
Bad
Promenade
In A Little While
Running To Stand Still

 

[Aygo]

Gone
Until the end of the world
Yahweh
Bad
Wake up dead man
Zoo station
Running to stand still

...perhaps I'd add Bullet, Tomorrow, Acrobat and LAPOE

 

[impy13]

UV
Acrobat
UTTEOTW
Gone
Exit
A Sort Of Homecoming
Slug (I'm counting it as a U2 song)

 

[scottyT]

Bad
Until the End of the World
Running to Stand Still
Ultraviolet
God Part 2
Gone
She's a Mystery to Me/Mystery Girl.

 

[SleepyDeadMan]

1 Acrobat
2 Gone
3 Zooropa
4 Until the End of the World
5 Bad
6 The Electric Co.
7 Kite (just beat out Miracle Drug and Slug)

 

[jacobus]

Acrobat
UTEOTW
God Part II
Daddys Gonna Pay For You Crashed Car
Miami
Wire
Running To Stand Still

 

[DignityPassesBy]

Kite
Bad
Crumbs From Your Table
Gone
Dirty Day
Running To Stand Still

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Excluding songs that were released as promos ("Until The End Of The World" and "Zooropa"), as singles anywhere in the world ("One Tree Hill"), or in some cases basically a single (Wide Awake In America is the "Bad"/"A Sort Of Homecoming" single)......

1. Red Hill Mining Town
2. Running To Stand Still
3. Seconds
4. Kite
5. I Fall Down
6. Ultraviolet
7. Do You Feel Loved

 

[Pero]

Acrobat
Ultra Violet
Bad
Gone
Zoo Station
When i look at the world
Heartland

 

[Ellay]

I disagree with just about all the songs mentioned so far as I don't think they would appeal to the mass market.

That is apart from UTEOTW, which arguably should have been released instead of wild horses

Also, Bad - classic song - though would a radio edit do it justice?

and Treasure - Great Song, ideal single length - shame it's not finished!! Has become one of my all time favourites.

 

[poison]

1. The Electric Co
2. Bad
3. Heartland
4. Until The End Of The World
5. So Cruel/Acrobat
6. In A Little While/Kite
7. Miracle Drug/ Crumbs From Your Table

 

[1stepcloser]

UTEOTW
In A Little While
Spanish Eyes
A Sort of Homecoming
Seconds
A Day Without Me
Ultraviolet (light my way)

i these would have done well. They're not my very favourite songs but as singles for the radio i think they could have been popular

 

[BigMacPhisto]

A Day Without Me

That was actually the first single off of Boy and the best track if I may say so myself.

 

[MumblingBono]

Zooropa
Until The End Of The World
Running To Stand Still
Bad
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Crumbs From Your Table
Kite

 

[JCOSTER]

JCOSTER, Electircal Storm was only a single.

I have Electrical Storm on the brain lately......

 

[JCOSTER]

Stay, If God Will Send His Angels, and Electrical Storm were all singles

They were where was I, I wonder when this was going on?

 

[GibsonGirl]

I wonder when this was going on?

1993, 1997 and 2002.

 

[impy13]

Looks like no Slug love after Axver and I, solidfying it's complete underrated-ness.