Greatest Hits!!??!!

[gcagora]

Okay, I decided to burn a "Greatest Hits" CD from my collection.

Here is the deal, though.

I want THE definitive U2 Collection. What songs do you guys suggest? Should I take at least one song from each cd?

Here is my list so far, argue as you see fit...

Boy - I Will Follow;
October - *None*;
War - Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Years Day, 40;
Unforgetable Fire - Pride;
Joshua Tree - Where the Streets, With or Without, I Still Haven't Found, Bullet in the Blue;
Rattle and Hum - Angel of Harlem, Desire, When Loves Comes;
Achtung Baby - One, Fly, Mysterious Ways;
Zooropa - Lemon;
Pop - Staring at the Sun;
GH - Sweetest Thing;
All that You - Beautiful Day, Stuck in a Moment, Walk On

Remember, the whole collection MUST fit on one CD (80 minutes). Right now my list is a little over time!

Please help!

 

[Mighty Marv]

Do not leave out "October." Use the remastered version on the "Greatest Hits."
Remember it is a hidden track at the end of the CD, and it sounds great.

Mighty Marv

 

[Giant Lemon]

I agree that October would be a good addition just so you'd have something from that album. And what about Bad?

 

[SicilianGoddess]

What about Gloria from October?

I like that song.

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Sicy's Website

 

[anitram]

Bad.

It's conspicuously missing.

 

[IvanClaytonJnr]

1980-2001 GH , right ? here is mine :

1.I will follow/2.Gloria/3.Sunday Bloody Sunday 4. New Year's Day/ 5. Pride/6.Where The Streets Have No Name /7.I Still haven't found What I'm Looking For /8.With Or Without You /9.All I Want Is You / 10. The Fly /11.One /12.Mysterious Ways /13. Stay ( Faraway So close ! ) /13. Discotheque /14.The Ground Beneath Her Feet / 15. Beautiful Day / 16. Walk On / 17. Grace

 

[Bonochick]

If you have to shorten it a bit, perhaps "Stay" instead of "Lemon" would be a good alternative from Zooropa (not that I have anything against "Lemon", but I know it's a lengthier track).

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"I don't know you,
But you don't know the half of it..."

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

Bad
Stay
Please
Out of Control
A SOrt of Homecoming
All I Want is You!
October

 

[mikal]

U2 has too many hits to fit on one cd.

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"I'm gonna start a day care!"-Bono

 

[broshere]

i am doing this same thing. im making two 120 minute tapes for a friend or mine. she is a new u2 fan and i am a life long fan. we both talked about getting together, and im wondering the same thing. what songs should i put on? what should the set list be?
i have all studio albums, cd singles, and a ton of bootlegs. if anyone could help me also that would be great.
for the other person on here i would start out with:
elevation
with or without you
until the end...
nyd

ill finish this later, i am at work now.

 

[broshere]

i would put "stay" from zooropa or the acoustic version from the walk on single.

 

[ouizy]

I think you really need to define "greatest hits."

Do you mean your favorite songs? Do you mean their best selling singles, or most popular songs?

I mean for me to leave off Bad, Zooropa, October, One Tree Hill is simply a sin.

 

[One Tree Still]

If you're talking DEFINITIVE...

1. I Will Follow
2. Gloria (or October)
3. Sunday Bloody Sunday
4. 40
5. Pride
6. Bad
7. Streets
8. I Still Haven't Found
9. With Or Without You
10. Desire
11. All I Want is You
12. One
13. The Fly
14. Stay
15. Please (single version)
16. Beautiful Day
17. Walk On

I realize this reads like a "Greatest Singles" album, but they are the songs that "define" U2 in the broadest sense. A lot of my faves are missing, but this comp would still be pretty sweet.