What do you think is the least single-worthy of U2's singles?
This does not necessarily mean your least favourite single - just the single that you think shouldn't have really been a single off that album.
I think my vote goes to Last Night On Earth.
This, to me, is a song with no hook. I don't hate the song. But I don't particularly like it either. I like it more than singles such as Discotheque, The Miracle, GOYB, Numb (if that counts as a proper single). But those songs still seem like singles, rather than the b-side/illusive album track feel that LNOE gives me.
The intro is AWESOME, but it's only a few seconds. Furthermore, the single version rearranges this intro and ruins it IMO. (It's fine on the video though).
But the rest of the song is just a middle of the road rocker for me with no hook. It surprises me that it was the THIRD single off Pop, let alone a single at all. Gone, or Mofo, would have made more sense in its place.
LNOE's chart positions on a whole weren't very good either. It didn't do terribly, but it was the third single off its album, so had an advantage over 4th and 5th singles off of albums, and yet still managed to do worse than most of those. It obviously varies with different countries, but from looking at the overall picture of chart positions all around the world, I'd say that LNOE did worse than EBTTRT, WGRYWH, Please, Walk On, which were all later than 3rd singles off of their respective albums. I think there's a reason for this - LNOE isn't that good of a song, and also has no hook. Just my opinion of course, but I have a feeling that many people didn't rate the song.
So what's your choice of U2's least single-worthy single?
This does not necessarily mean your least favourite single - just the single that you think shouldn't have really been a single off that album.
I think my vote goes to Last Night On Earth.
This, to me, is a song with no hook. I don't hate the song. But I don't particularly like it either. I like it more than singles such as Discotheque, The Miracle, GOYB, Numb (if that counts as a proper single). But those songs still seem like singles, rather than the b-side/illusive album track feel that LNOE gives me.
The intro is AWESOME, but it's only a few seconds. Furthermore, the single version rearranges this intro and ruins it IMO. (It's fine on the video though).
But the rest of the song is just a middle of the road rocker for me with no hook. It surprises me that it was the THIRD single off Pop, let alone a single at all. Gone, or Mofo, would have made more sense in its place.
LNOE's chart positions on a whole weren't very good either. It didn't do terribly, but it was the third single off its album, so had an advantage over 4th and 5th singles off of albums, and yet still managed to do worse than most of those. It obviously varies with different countries, but from looking at the overall picture of chart positions all around the world, I'd say that LNOE did worse than EBTTRT, WGRYWH, Please, Walk On, which were all later than 3rd singles off of their respective albums. I think there's a reason for this - LNOE isn't that good of a song, and also has no hook. Just my opinion of course, but I have a feeling that many people didn't rate the song.
So what's your choice of U2's least single-worthy single?
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