U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. The band formed in 1976 and released their debut EP Three in 1979 exclusively in Ireland.[1] Following the release of their single "Another Day" in 1980, U2 signed a recording contract with Island Records,[2] and released their first album, Boy, later that year. The band has since released 15 full-length studio albums, the most recent being Songs of Surrender in 2023., U2 have released 436 songs.
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| Writer(s) | Original release | Year | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "4th of July" | U2 | 1984 | [3] | |||
| "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" | U2 | 1980 | [4] | |||
| "13 (There Is a Light)" | U2 | Songs of Experience | 2017 | |||
| "40" | U2 | War | 1983 | [5] | ||
| "Acrobat" | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | [6] | ||
| "Ahimsa" A. R. Rahman | 2019 | [7] | ||||
| "Alex Descends Into Hell for a Bottle of Milk / Korova 1" | 1991 | |||||
| "All Along the Watchtower" | Bob Dylan | Rattle and Hum | 1988 | [8] | [9] [10] | |
| "All Because of You" | U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2004 | [11] | ||
| "All I Want Is You" | U2 | Rattle and Hum | 1988 | |||
| U2 | 2000 | [12] | ||||
| "Always Forever Now" as Passengers | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | [13] | |||
| "Amazing Grace" Soweto Gospel Choir | Duals | 2011 | [14] | |||
| "American Soul" | U2 | Songs of Experience | 2017 | |||
| "Angel of Harlem" | U2 | Rattle and Hum | 1988 | |||
| "Angels Too Tied to the Ground" | U2 | War (2008 deluxe edition) | 2008 | |||
| "Another Day" | U2 | 1980 | ||||
| "Another Time, Another Place" | U2 | Boy | 1980 | |||
| "Are You Gonna Wait Forever?" | U2 | 2004 | [15] | |||
| "Atomic City" | 2023 | [16] | ||||
| "Babyface" | U2 | Zooropa | 1993 | |||
| "Bad" | U2 | 1984 | ||||
| The Dubliners, Kíla, A Band of Bowsies | 2008 | |||||
| "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" Elton John | Marc Bolan | AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex | 2020 | [17] | [18] | |
| "Bass Trap" | U2 | 1985 | ||||
| "Beach Sequence" as Passengers | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "Beat on the Brat" | 2003 | [19] | [20] | |||
| "Beautiful Day" | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2000 | [21] | ||
| "Beautiful Ghost / Introduction to Songs of Experience" | Unreleased & Rare | 2004 | [22] | |||
| "Because the Night" Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Roy Bittan | 2010 | [23] | ||||
| "Big Girls Are Best" | U2 | 2001 | [24] | |||
| U2 | Songs of Experience | 2017 | ||||
| "Blow Your House Down" | U2 | Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary deluxe edition) | 2011 | |||
| "Book of Your Heart" | U2 | Songs of Experience (deluxe edition) | 2017 | |||
| U2 | 1984 | |||||
| U2 | 1984 | |||||
| "Boy/Girl" | U2 | Three | 1979 | |||
| "Breathe" | U2 | No Line on the Horizon | 2009 | [25] | ||
| "Bullet the Blue Sky" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
| "California (There Is No End to Love)" | U2 | Songs of Innocence | 2014 | |||
| "Can't Help Falling in Love" | 1994 | [26] | [27] | |||
| "Cartoon World" | U2 | Boy (2008 deluxe edition) | 2008 | |||
| U2 | Boy | 1980 | ||||
| "Cedars of Lebanon" | No Line on the Horizon | 2009 | ||||
| "Cedarwood Road" | U2 | Songs of Innocence | 2014 | |||
| U2 | 1982 | |||||
| "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" | 1987 | [28] | [29] | |||
| "City of Blinding Lights" | U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2004 | |||
| "Corpse (These Chains Are Way Too Long)" as Passengers | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "Crumbs from Your Table" | U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2004 | |||
| U2 | Songs of Innocence (deluxe edition) | 2014 | ||||
| "Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car" | U2 | Zooropa | 1993 | |||
| "Dancing Barefoot" | 1989 | [30] | [31] | |||
| U2 | Boy | 1980 | ||||
| "Deep in the Heart" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
| "Desert of Our Love" | U2 | (20th Anniversary deluxe edition) | 2007 | |||
| "Desire" | U2 | Rattle and Hum | 1988 | |||
as Passengers | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "Dirty Day" | U2 | Zooropa | 1993 | |||
| "Disappearing Act" | U2 | (2009 deluxe edition) | 2009 | |||
| "Discothèque" | U2 | Pop | 1997 | [32] | ||
| "Do You Feel Loved" | U2 | Pop | 1997 | |||
| "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" | Johnny Cash | 2001 | [33] | |||
| "Down All the Days" | U2 | Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary "Super Deluxe" and "Uber Deluxe" editions) | 2011 | |||
| "Drowning Man" | U2 | War | 1983 | |||
| "Drunk Chicken / America" Allen Ginsberg | (20th Anniversary deluxe edition) | 2007 | ||||
| U2 | Boy | 1980 | ||||
| "Electrical Storm" | U2 | 2002 | [34] | |||
| "Elevation" | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2000 | |||
| "Elvis Ate America" as Passengers; Howie B | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "Elvis Presley and America" | U2 | 1984 | ||||
| "Endless Deep" | U2 | 1983 | ||||
| "Even Better Than the Real Thing" | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | |||
| "Everlasting Love" | 1988 | [35] | ||||
| "Every Breaking Wave" | U2 | Songs of Innocence | 2014 | |||
| "Everybody Loves a Winner" Maria McKee | Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary "Super Deluxe" and "Uber Deluxe" editions) | 2011 | [36] | |||
| "Exit" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
| "Fast Cars" | U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (UK and Japan release) | 2004 | |||
| "Fez – Being Born" | No Line on the Horizon | 2009 | ||||
| "Fire" | U2 | October | 1981 | |||
| U2 | Zooropa | 1993 | ||||
| "Flower Child" | U2 | Unreleased & Rare | 2004 | |||
| U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | ||||
| U2 | Early Demos | 2004 | ||||
| "Fortunate Son" | John Fogerty | 1991 | [37] | |||
| "Get On Your Boots" | U2 | No Line on the Horizon | 2009 | |||
| "Get Out of Your Own Way" | U2 | Songs of Experience | 2017 | |||
| "Gimme Shelter" Mick Jagger, Fergie, will.i.am | Mick Jagger Keith Richards | 2010 | [38] | |||
| "Gloria" | U2 | October | 1981 | [39] | ||
| "God Part II" | U2 | Rattle and Hum | 1988 | |||
| "Gone" | U2 | Pop | 1997 | |||
| "Grace" | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2000 | |||
Daniel Lanois | 2000 | [40] | ||||
| "Hallelujah Here She Comes" | U2 | 1988 | [41] | |||
| U2 | 2002 | |||||
| "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" | John Lennon Paul McCartney | 1997 | [42] | |||
| "Hawkmoon 269" | U2 | Rattle and Hum | 1988 | |||
| "Heartland" | U2 | Rattle and Hum | 1988 | |||
| "Heaven and Hell" | U2 | Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary "Super Deluxe" and "Uber Deluxe" editions) | 2011 | |||
| "Help!" | John Lennon Paul McCartney | 2014 | [43] | |||
| "Helter Skelter" | John Lennon Paul McCartney | Rattle and Hum | 1988 | |||
| "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" | U2 | Batman Forever soundtrack | 1995 | [44] | ||
| "Holy Joe" | U2 | 1997 | [45] | |||
| "I Believe in Father Christmas" | 2008 | [46] | [47] | |||
| "I Fall Down" | U2 | October | 1981 | |||
| "I Remember You" | 2001 | [48] | ||||
| "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
| "I Threw a Brick Through a Window" | U2 | October | 1981 | |||
| "I Will Follow" | U2 | Boy | 1980 | |||
| "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" | U2 | No Line on the Horizon | 2009 | |||
| "I'm Not Your Baby" Sinéad O'Connor | U2 | 1997 | ||||
| "If God Will Send His Angels" | U2 | Pop | 1997 | |||
| "If You Wear That Velvet Dress" | U2 | Pop | 1997 | |||
| "In God's Country" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
| "In a Little While" | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2000 | |||
| "Indian Summer Sky" | U2 | 1984 | ||||
| "Instant Karma!" | John Lennon | 2007 | [49] | [50] | ||
| "Into the Heart" | U2 | Boy | 1980 | |||
| "Invisible" | U2 | 2014 | [51] | [52] | ||
| "Iris (Hold Me Close)" | U2 | Songs of Innocence | 2014 | |||
| "Is That All?" | U2 | October | 1981 | |||
| "Ito Okashi" as Passengers; Holi | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "J. Swallo" | U2 | 1981 | ||||
| "Jesus Christ" | Woody Guthrie | 1988 | [53] | [54] | ||
| "Kite" | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2000 | |||
| "Lady with the Spinning Head (UV1)" | U2 | 1991 | ||||
| "Landlady" | U2 | Songs of Experience | 2017 | |||
| "Last Night on Earth" | U2 | Pop | 1997 | |||
| "Lemon" | U2 | Zooropa | 1993 | |||
| "Levitate" | U2 | Unreleased & Rare | 2004 | |||
| "Lights of Home" | Songs of Experience | 2017 | ||||
| "Like a Song..." | U2 | War | 1983 | |||
| U2 | Songs of Experience | 2017 | ||||
| "Love and Peace or Else" | U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2004 | |||
| "Love Comes Tumbling" | U2 | 1985 | ||||
| "Love Is All We Have Left" | U2 | Songs of Experience | 2017 | [55] | ||
| "Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way" | U2 | Songs of Experience | 2017 | |||
| "Love Is Blindness" | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | |||
| "Love Rescue Me" Bob Dylan | Rattle and Hum | 1988 | ||||
| "Love You Like Mad" | U2 | Unreleased & Rare | 2004 | |||
| "Lucifer's Hands" | U2 | Songs of Innocence (deluxe edition) | 2014 | |||
| "Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)" | 1987 | [56] | ||||
| "MLK" | U2 | 1984 | ||||
| "Maggie's Farm" | Bob Dylan | Live for Ireland | 1986 | [57] | ||
| "Magnificent" | No Line on the Horizon | 2009 | ||||
| U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2004 | ||||
| "Mercy" | U2 | Wide Awake in Europe | 2010 | [58] | ||
| "Miami" | U2 | Pop | 1997 | |||
| "Miracle Drug" | U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2004 | |||
| U2 | Songs of Innocence | 2014 | [59] | |||
| "Miss Sarajevo" as Passengers; Luciano Pavarotti | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "Mofo" | U2 | Pop | 1997 | |||
| "Moment of Surrender" | No Line on the Horizon | 2009 | ||||
| "Mother and Child Reunion" | Paul Simon | 2016 | [60] | |||
| "Mothers of the Disappeared" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
| "Mysterious Ways" | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | |||
| "Native Son" | U2 | Unreleased & Rare | 2004 | |||
| "Near the Island" | U2 | Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary "Super Deluxe" and "Uber Deluxe" editions) | 2011 | |||
| "Neon Lights" | 2004 | [61] | ||||
| "New Year's Day" | U2 | War | 1983 | |||
| "New York" | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2000 | |||
| "Night and Day" | Cole Porter | Red Hot + Blue | 1990 | [62] | [63] | |
| "No Line on the Horizon" | U2 | No Line on the Horizon | 2009 | |||
| "North and South of the River" | 1997 | [64] | ||||
| "North Star" | U2 | soundtrack[65] | 2011 | [66] | ||
| "Numb" | U2 | Zooropa | 1993 | |||
| U2 | Boy | 1980 | ||||
| "October" | U2 | October | 1981 | |||
| "Oh Berlin" | U2 | Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary "Super Deluxe" and "Uber Deluxe" editions) | 2011 | |||
| "One" | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | [67] | ||
| "One Minute Warning" as Passengers | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "One Step Closer" | U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2004 | |||
| "One Tree Hill" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
| "Ordinary Love" | soundtrack | 2013 | [68] | |||
| "Original of the Species" | U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2004 | |||
| "Out of Control" | U2 | Three | 1979 | [69] | ||
| "Paint It Black" | Mick Jagger Keith Richards | 1991 | ||||
| "Peace on Earth" | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2000 | |||
| "People Have the Power" Eagles of Death Metal | 2016 | [70] | [71] | |||
| U2 | Pop | 1997 | ||||
| "Please" | U2 | Pop | 1997 | |||
| "Plot 180" as Passengers | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "Pop Muzik" | Robin Scott | 1997 | [72] | [73] | ||
| "Pride (In the Name of Love)" | U2 | 1984 | ||||
| "Promenade" | U2 | 1984 | ||||
| "Race Against Time" | U2 | 1987 | [74] | |||
| "Raised by Wolves" | U2 | Songs of Innocence | 2014 | |||
| "Red Flag Day" | U2 | Songs of Experience | 2017 | |||
| "Red Hill Mining Town" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
| "Red Light" | U2 | War | 1983 | |||
| U2 | War | 1983 | ||||
| "Rejoice" | U2 | October | 1981 | |||
| "Rise Up" | U2 | (20th Anniversary deluxe edition) | 2007 | |||
| U2 | 1988 | [75] | ||||
| "Running to Stand Still" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
| Green Day | U218 Singles | 2006 | [76] | [77] | ||
| "Salomé" | U2 | 1991 | ||||
| "Satellite of Love" | Lou Reed | 1991 | [78] | |||
| "Saturday Night" | U2 | Boy (2008 deluxe edition) | 2008 | |||
| "Scarlet" | U2 | October | 1981 | |||
| "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Paul McCartney | John Lennon Paul McCartney | 2005 | [79] | |||
| "Seconds" | U2 | War | 1983 | |||
| "Shadows and Tall Trees" | U2 | Boy | 1980 | |||
| "She's a Mystery to Me" | 2005 | [80] | [81] | |||
| U2 | Songs of Experience | 2017 | ||||
| "Silver and Gold" | Bono | 1987 | ||||
| "Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come" | U2 | 1985 | ||||
| "Sleep Like a Baby Tonight" | U2 | Songs of Innocence | 2014 | |||
| "Slow Dancing" | U2 | 1993 | [82] | [83] | ||
| "Slug" as Passengers | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "Smile" | U2 | Unreleased & Rare | 2004 | |||
| "So Cruel" | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | |||
| "Some Days Are Better Than Others" | U2 | Zooropa | 1993 | |||
| "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" | U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2004 | |||
| "Song for Someone" | U2 | Songs of Innocence | 2014 | |||
| U2 | 1984 | |||||
| "Soon" | [84] | 2010 | [85] | |||
| "Spanish Eyes" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
| "Speed of Life" | U2 | Boy (2008 deluxe edition) | 2008 | |||
| "Springhill Mining Disaster" | Peggy Seeger | 2008 | [86] | [87] | ||
| "Stand Up Comedy" | U2 | No Line on the Horizon | 2009 | |||
| "Staring at the Sun" | U2 | Pop | 1997 | |||
| "Stateless" | U2 | 2000 | ||||
| "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" | U2 | Zooropa | 1993 | |||
| "Stories for Boys" | U2 | Three | 1979 | |||
| "Stranger in a Strange Land" | U2 | October | 1981 | |||
| "Street Mission" | U2 | Early Demos | 2004 | |||
| "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2000 | |||
| "Summer of Love" | U2 | Songs of Experience | 2017 | |||
| "Summer Rain" | U2 | 2000 | ||||
| "Sun City" Little Steven, Lou Reed, Rubén Blades, Nona Hendryx | Little Steven | 2014 | [88] | |||
| "Sunday Bloody Sunday" | U2 | War | 1983 | |||
| "Surrender" | U2 | War | 1983 | |||
| "Sweet Fire of Love" Robbie Robertson U2 | Robbie Robertson | 1987 | [89] | |||
| "Sweetest Thing" | U2 | 1987 | [90] | |||
| "Testimony" Robbie Robertson U2 | Robbie Robertson | Robbie Robertson | 1987 | |||
| "Theme from Let's Go Native" as Passengers | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "Theme from The Swan" as Passengers | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "Things to Make and Do" | U2 | 1980 | ||||
| "This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now" | U2 | Songs of Innocence | 2014 | |||
| U2 | 1985 | |||||
| "Tomorrow" | U2 | October | 1981 | |||
| "Touch" | U2 | 1980 | ||||
| "Tower of Song" Leonard Cohen | Leonard Cohen | soundtrack | 2006 | . 2006. Various artists. Sony BMG. | [91] | |
| "Trash, Trampoline, and the Party Girl" | U2 | 1982 | [92] | |||
| "Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop)" | U2 | 1983 | ||||
| "Trip Through Your Wires" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
| U2 | Songs of Innocence | 2014 | ||||
| "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World" | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | |||
| "Twilight" | U2 | 1980 | ||||
| "Two Hearts Beat as One" | U2 | War | 1983 | |||
| "Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad" | 1997 | [93] | ||||
| "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | |||
| "Unchained Melody" | 1988 | [94] | [95] | |||
| U2 | 1984 | |||||
| "United Colours" as Passengers | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "Unknown Caller" | No Line on the Horizon | 2009 | ||||
| "Until the End of the World" | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | |||
| "Van Diemen's Land" | U2 | Rattle and Hum | 1988 | |||
| "Vertigo" | U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2004 | |||
| "Viva Davidoff" as Passengers | 1995 | [96] | ||||
| "Volcano" | U2 | Songs of Innocence | 2014 | |||
| "Wake Up Dead Man" | U2 | Pop | 1997 | |||
| "Walk On" | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2000 | |||
| "Walk to the Water" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
Johnny Cash | U2 | Zooropa | 1993 | |||
| "Wave of Sorrow (Birdland)" | U2 | (20th Anniversary deluxe edition) | 2007 | |||
| "What's Going On" | Spotify Singles | 2017 | [97] | [98] | ||
| "When I Look at the World" | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2000 | |||
| "When Love Comes to Town" B.B. King | U2 | Rattle and Hum | 1988 | |||
| "Where Did It All Go Wrong?" | U2 | 1991 | ||||
| "Where the Streets Have No Name" | U2 | 1987 | [99] | |||
| "Where Is the Love?" The Black Eyed Peas | 2010 | [100] | ||||
| "White as Snow" | Traditional; | No Line on the Horizon | 2009 | |||
| "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | |||
| "Wild Honey" | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | 2000 | |||
| "Window in the Skies" | U2 | U218 Singles | 2006 | |||
| "Winter" | U2 | Linear soundtrack | 2009 | [101] | ||
| "Wire" | U2 | 1984 | ||||
| "With a Shout (Jerusalem)" | U2 | October | 1981 | |||
| "With or Without You" | U2 | 1987 | ||||
| "Xanax and Wine" | U2 | Unreleased & Rare | 2004 | |||
| "XXX" Kendrick Lamar U2 | Damn | 2017 | [102] | |||
| "Yahweh" | U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2004 | |||
| "Yoshino Blossom" | U2 | (2009 deluxe edition) | 2009 | |||
| "You're the Best Thing About Me" | U2 | Songs of Experience | 2017 | |||
| "Your Blue Room" as Passengers | Original Soundtracks 1 | 1995 | ||||
| "Your Song Saved My Life" | U2 | Sing 2 soundtrack | 2021 | [103] | ||
| "Zoo Station" | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | |||
| "Zooropa" | U2 | Zooropa | 1993 |
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