

It’s easy to write off Rattle and Hum as an unfortunate post-Joshua Tree hiccup, but the album has quite a few forgotten gems like this horn-filled tribute to Billie Holiday. The spacious title track proved that to be a great decision. With the commercial success of Warand they lured Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois to produce The Unforgettable Fire. “The Unforgettable Fire” (The Unforgettable Fire) It’s hard to separate the music from the dancing rainbow silhouettes, but “Vertigo” is just a monstrously catchy tune.ġ8. “Vertigo” (How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb) Part of the Original SoundtracksPavoratti, allowing Bono a rare moment of understated vocals.ġ9. Here are the 20 best U2 songs of all time:Ģ0.

All five of the first tracks off Joshua Tree made this list, but it also draws from nearly every era-from Boy all the way up to Atomic Bomb (and an argument could be made for No Line on the Horizon’s “Magnificent” or “White as Snow”). I polled our Twitter followers and my fanatical friends, who then suggested more than 50 different songs, including just about every cut from War, Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby. songs, I had to take a stab at doing the same for U2. After having so much fun compiling the list of the Best R.E.M.
