Rate the Song Series: Surrender

[Irishteen]

Pretty uneventful round last time, Two Hearts Beat as One went straight into the middle of the rankings with a 6.51, while Red Light went all the way down to the bottom end of the scale with a weak 4.31

Interference's Top U2 Songs
1 New Year's Day 9.07 (Best Single/War Track)
2 Drowning Man 8.43 (Best Album Track)
3 Gloria 8.42 (Best October Track)
4 The Electric Co. 8.29 (Best Boy Track)
5 Tomorrow 8.24
6 11 O'Clock Tick Tock 8.15 (Best Non-Album Song)
7 An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart 8.12
8 Sunday Bloody Sunday 8.06
9 Like a Song... 7.84
10 Out of Control 7.79
11 October 7.71
12 Seconds 7.70
13 A Celebration 7.70
14 A Day Without Me 7.65
15 Another Time, Another Place 7.56
16 Rejoice 7.52
17 I Will Follow 7.48
18 I Threw a Brick Through a Window 7.35
19 Treasure 7.11 (Best B-Side)
20 Twilight 6.91
21 Fire 6.90
22 I Fall Down 6.83
23 Shadows and Tall Trees 6.72
24 Endless Deep 6.70
25 Stories for Boys 6.59
26 Two Hearts Beat As One 6.51
27 The Ocean 6.40
28 With a Shout 6.35
29 The Fool 6.33 (Best Unreleased Song)
30 Party Girl 6.21
31 Street Mission 6.13
32 Lost on a Silent Planet 6.00
33 Scarlet 5.95
34 Stranger in a Strange Land 5.94
35 Speed of Life 5.92
36 Saturday Night 5.92
37 The Dream is Over 5.67
38 Touch 5.65
39 Cartoon World 5.50
40 Things to Make and Do 5.47
41 False Prophet 5.45
42 Trevor 5.20
43 The Refugee 5.14
44 Another Day 5.12
45 Is That All? 5.00
46 Boy/Girl 4.41
47 Alone in the Light 4.33
48 Red Light 4.31 (Worst Album Track)
49 Angels too Tied to the Ground 4.29
50 Silver Lining 4.18
51 Jack in a Box 3.92
52 J Swallo 3.91
53 Twilight (Demo Version) 3.62 (Worst B-Side)
54 Inside Out 3.41
55 Father is an Elephant 3.40
56 Be There 3.00
57 Carry Me Home 2.25
58 Tonight 2.00


This round we'll be bringing War to a close with Surrender and "40". As always you can vote based on any version of the song you want and the poll will be open for a day

 

[mikal]

i'd give it a 6. i like it but it will never be one of my favorites.

 

[theFly51]

10. One of my top 10 favs from U2

 

[nielsgov]

5. I don't like it but I don't know really know why. Maybe it's how Bono sings it.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Always loved the verse about suicide. I'll give it a 6.

 

[LemonMelon]

9. Unusually catchy for the era, and supremely well executed at that.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

9. I love this, highlight of side 2 for me (yes I have the vinyl record...)

 

[coolian2]

seven, only because i couldn't bring myself to rate it up there with drowning man.

 

[digitize]

Five... not really interesting.

 

[Axver]

8. Good song, almost great.

 

[Alisaura]

4 - Meh. It has a couple of good lines, but I'd probably listen to 40 first.

Wish I hadn't missed the Refugee and DM rounds, ho hum.

 

[The Sad Punk]

10!

 

[An Cat Gav]

7. Good song but not quite great. Much better when they did it live.

 

[cobl04]

got herself up on the 48th floor
gotta find out, find out what she's living for

ebbs and flows, but i gave 40 an 8 so 8 it is

 

[intedomine]

It's always lacked a certain something in my reckoning. Gee, Side 2 of War is weak.

 

[gman]

I scored it a 9. Mainly because i love the live version of the song. Takes me back to happy times

 

[mellow moog]

I scored it a 9. Mainly because i love the live version of the song. Takes me back to happy times

I give it an 8 based on the live version alone. This song had something special live and when Bono was on form he did some incredible snippets in this song. (look for the lorelei 83 gig Video which mad up most of what appeared on the Under a Blood Red sky LP).
"A Little loving, a little praying, for tomorrow, a little...peace!!!"