U2's Most Famous Songs

[julianamendoza]

how about miss sarajevo?

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Coming up with a shortlist of equally well known songs.........

Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Where The Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
With Or Without You
Desire
Mysterious Ways
One
Beautiful Day
Vertigo

After that, you'd have "New Year's Day", "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Elevation" which are well known by the rock crowd.

 

[tommyvill]

the first time
lemon
grace
wild honey
trip tru ur wires
scarlet
shadows and tall trees
i threw a brick tru de window
daddy' s gonna pay 4 ur crashed car
and the most famous one:
womanfish

 

[LMP]

I think it's pretty much this:

- One
- With or Without You
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Beautiful Day
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- Pride (In the Name of Love)
- Mysterious Ways
- New Year's Day
- Vertigo

Ironically, I think their best work is in the '90s and it's probably the least-well known among casual fans or the general consumer

 

[katiebu21]

1. Until the End of the World
2. Walk On
3. Streets
4. Desire
5. Pride
6. One
7. Sunday Bloody Sunday
8. New Years Day
9. The Unforgettable Fire
10. The Fly

Those aren't in any order.

oops i thought we were doing "best" songs haha! that's what i get for not paying enough attention!

 

[VertigoGal]

Beautiful Day
Sunday Bloody Sunday
One
Still Haven't Found
New Year's Day
Elevation

something like that order, I could be wrong though.

 

[mickey]

U2 has been and still largely is the most consistent band/artist act for quite some time now. Almost everything post Joshua Tree could qualify as "famous". It would be more fruitful to compile a list of their material that isn't well known.

Not well known
Joshua
Exit
Mothers

Rattle
Hawkmoon
Love rescue me
when love comes to town
freedom for my people

Achtung
so cruel
trying to throw arms/world
ultraviolet
love/blindness

Zooropa < aside from U2 fans, largely unknown material
zooropa
babyface
somedays
last time
wanderer

pop
everything's either been sampled or remixed

ATYCLB
grace
wild honey

HTDAAB
man/woman
love/peace
one step closer


Give or take a few, practically 1 in 4 U2 songs elicit a "that was by U2?" reaction, whenever they're informed.

But, to answer your question, I'd reckon it might be "one" - it's got universal appeal across all sorts of genres.

 

[Irishteen]

Beautiful Day
Elevation
Vertigo
Sometimes
Desire
With Or Without you
I Still Haven't found
Pride
All I Want Is You