What do you think are U2's Top 5 BEST Songs From Each Decade?

[TheEdge25]

I know it's going to be hard to pick just five, but give it a shot. I'll post mine now, and in no particular order, just the five that I think are the best from each decade:

1980's:

1 - Where The Streets Have No Name
2 - Bad
3 - I Will Follow
4 - All I Want Is You
5 - With or Without You

1990's:

1 - Mysterious Ways
2 - Lemon
3 - Please
4 - Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
5 - Mofo/The Fly

2000's:

1 - Moment of Surrender
2 - Beautiful Day
3 - Kite
4 - City of Blinding Lights
5 - Crazy Tonight

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

these are in chronological order, not ranked.

1980s:
1. a day without me
2. seconds
3. drowning man
4. the unforgettable fire
5. heartland

1990s:
1. even better than the real thing
2. zooropa
3. your blue room
4. a different kind of blue
5. discotheque

2000s:
1. the ground beneath her feet
2. no line on the horizon
3. unknown caller
4. fez/being born
5. breathe

 

[cobl04]

Where the Streets Have No Name
With or Without You
Running to Stand Still
Bad
A Sort of Homecoming

Until the End of the World
Zooropa
The Fly
Stay
Please (not the gratuitous strings single version)

Kite
Moment of Surrender
Fez Being Born
When I Look at the World
City of Blinding Lights

 

[No spoken words]

No order:

A Sort of Homecoming
The Unforgettable Fire
Bad
One Tree Hill
Heartland

Acrobat
Until the End of the World
Zooropa
Stay
Mofo

When I Look at the World
Breathe
No Line on the Horizon
Fez Being Born
The Ground Beneath Her Feet

 

[Niceman]

2000s:
Moment of Surrender
No Line on the Horizon
Original of the Species
In a Little While
Electrical Storm

1990s:
The Fly
Zooropa
Discotheque
Gone
Please

1980s:
Impossible to have a consistent answer, but at this moment I'd say:

With or Without You
All I Want is You
Exit
A Sort of Homecoming
Where the Streets Have No Name

 

[U2DMfan]

No particular order and only as of this moment.

1980's
Streets
Bad
With or Without You
New Years Day
All I Want is You

1990's
Until The End Of The World
Acrobat
Mofo
Zooropa
Lemon

2000's
Fez:Being Born
Kite
No Line On The Horizon
Unknown Caller
Smile

 

[IanIinTheSky]

1980s
Bad
Streets
Pride
I Will Follow
New Years Day

1990s
Stay
The Fly
Zoo Station
Discotheque
Miss Sarajevo

2000s
No Line on the Horizon
Moment of Surrender
Beautiful Day
City of Blinding Lights
Electrical Storm

 

[Salome]

1980s:
A Sort of Homecoming
I Still haven't found ...
The Unforgettable Fire
Where the streets ...
New Year's Day

1990s:
Lemon
The Fly
The Wanderer
MOFO
Until the End of the World

2000s:
Moment of Surrender
Stuck in a moment ...
Beautiful Day
Unknown Caller
Peace on Earth

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

80's (so hard to pick...)

Like a song
11 o'clock tick tock
Exit
The Unforgettable fire
Bad

90's

The Fly
Acrobat
One
Mofo
Please

00's

Kite
Yahweh
Fez-Being born
Moment of Surrender
Mercy (2004 version)

but 5 from each decade is a nightmare.... 10 would be easier...

 

[JoRu]

1980's:
Bad
One Tree Hill
Where The Streets Have No Name
Running To Stand Still
All I Want Is You

1990's:
The Fly
Zooropa
Gone
Until The End Of The World
Stay (Faraway, So Close)

2000's:
Beautiful Day
Moment of Surrender
When I Look At The World
Cedars of Lebanon
City of Blinding Lights

(In no particular order)

 

[2861U2]

1980s:
1) Bad
2) With Or Without You
3) Gloria
4) All I Want Is You
5) Out Of Control

1990s:
1) One
2) Until The End Of The World
3) Your Blue Room
4) Staring At The Sun
5) Love Is Blindness

2000s:
1) Beautiful Day
2) Electrical Storm
3) The Ground Beneath Her Feet
4) Miracle Drug
5) When I Look At The World

 

[Mirror Ball Man]

1980's
Where the streets have no name
With or without you
Bad
A sort of homecoming
The unforgettable fire

1990's
The Fly
Lemon
Stay (Faraway so close)
Zooropa
Please

2000's
Moment of surrender
Miracle drug
Electrical Storm
Mercy
Kite

 

[sabretooth47]

These would probably change daily:



1980s:
1) Unforgettable Fire
2) An Cat Dubh/Heart
3) Streets
4) One Tree Hill
5) Drowning Man

1990s:
1) The Fly
2) Lemon
3) Mysterious Ways
4) Mofo
5) Ultraviolet

2000s:
1) New York
2) Kite
3) Vertigo
4) Unknown Caller
5) Fez - Being Born

 

[Fly-2000]

Gah, the 90s gave me the most trouble here to be honest:

1980s:
1) With or Without You
2) The Unforgettable Fire
3) All I Want is You
4) Drowning Man
5) Running To Stand Still

1990s:
1) The Fly
2) Zooropa
3) Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
4) Miss Sarajevo
5) Please (Album Version)

2000s:
1) Magnificent
2) Kite
3) No Line on the Horizon
4) Walk On
5) Fez/Being Born

 

[Joey788]

1980s:

1. Bad
2. Where the Streets Have No Name
3. I Will Follow
4. With or Without You
5. One Tree Hill

1990s:

1. The Fly
2. Mysterious Ways
3. Please
4. Acrobat
5. Gone

2000s:

1. Beautiful Day
2. Moment of Surrender
3. Kite
4. No Line On The Horizon
5. City of Blinding Lights

 

[nielsgov]

The Unforgettable Fire
Bad
Running To Stand Still
Where The Streets Have No Name
Drowning Man
(Other candidates: Tomorrow, New Year's Day, A Sort Of Homecoming, Exit)

Please (live > album > single)
Your Blue Room
Love Is Blindness
Gone
Ultraviolet
(Other candidates: Until The End Of The World, The Fly, Zooropa, Lemon, Do You Feel Loved)

Moment Of Surrender
FEZ-Being Born
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Kite
Unknown Caller
(Other candidates: In A Little While, Walk On, Miracle Drug, No Line On The Horizon)

That was very difficult.

 

[wolbersu2]

1980's

Tomorrow
Drowning man
Seconds
Heartland
The unforgettable fire

1990's

Lemon
Until the end of the world
Gone
Lady with the spinning head
Mofo

2000's

Miracle drug
Magnificent
Unknown caller
When I look at the world
The hands that built America

Not released: Mercy/EBW would have been in my top five if they would have gotten a proper release...

 

[sandj1]

80s (definitely the most difficult for me to narrow to 5 --I want to add more from the first 3 albums)

Bad
Running to Stand Still
Unforgettable Fire
Streets
New Years Day

90s

Ultraviolet
Stay
Zooropa
The Fly (for my 11 year old -- her fav)
Lemon (for my 8 year old -- her fav)

2000s

No line on the Horizon
Fez/Being Born
Kite
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug (tried to pick something from HTDAAB. COBL would be next.)

 

[Scorpionac]

My picks:

A Day Without Me
A Sort of Homecoming
Where the Streets Have No Name
Running to Stand Still
Angel of Harlem

Mysterious Ways
Zooropa
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Discotheque
Please

The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Beautiful Day
Electrical Storm
Moment of Surrender
Fez-Being Born