Which Songs Should be Singles

[Roland of Gilead]

I personally feel that COBL would be the perfect anniversary single (3rd one) for U2 and Island. Put it with 11'O Clock and you might have the great single ever put together. And I think Sometimes... is going to do well on the charts on those cold winter days. Original... would be excellent about this time next year.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

One more thing, this album WILL have 5 singles.

 

[dandy]

my uneducated guesses:

city of blinding lights
all because of you
original of the species

and possibly crumbs from your table

this isn't to say the other songs aren't *really, really fucking brilliant*, because they are. not every great song is released as single, nor does every great song need to be. remember, 'bad' and 'until the end of the world' were not singles, and they're two of the greatest--and most popular--U2 songs ever.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

My favorite U2 songs are not singles.

Bad
End of the World
One Tree Hill
Gone
Kite
Running to Stand Still

 

[UltraVioletMofo]

COBL is a sinlge hit even with its length. Theres so many songs out there now that are equal in length to it. And many more before it that are just as long if not longer. If the song is good then people dont realize its a long song.

But I would love for them to release LAPOE as a single.
I think it would shock a lot of people and be just the shot the album sales would need 6-8 months after its released.

 

[mkjc]

I say the world needs to hear Original of the Species and Yahweh. But I have no idea how they choose singles. The last few albums it seems they've disagreed with me more often than not.