List of songs recorded by U2 explained

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.

Songs

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Released as a commercial single
Released as a commercial non-album single
Song! scope="col"
Writer(s)Original releaseYearNotes
"4th of July"U21984[3]
"11 O'Clock Tick Tock" U21980[4]
"13 (There Is a Light)"U2Songs of Experience2017
"40"U2War1983[5]
"Acrobat"U2Achtung Baby1991[6]
"Ahimsa"
A. R. Rahman
2019[7]
"Alex Descends Into Hell for a Bottle of Milk / Korova 1"1991
"All Along the Watchtower"Bob DylanRattle and Hum1988[8] [9] [10]
"All Because of You" U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb2004[11]
"All I Want Is You" U2Rattle and Hum1988
U22000[12]
"Always Forever Now"
as Passengers
Original Soundtracks 11995[13]
"Amazing Grace"
Soweto Gospel Choir
Duals2011[14]
"American Soul"U2Songs of Experience2017
"Angel of Harlem" U2Rattle and Hum1988
"Angels Too Tied to the Ground"U2War (2008 deluxe edition)2008
"Another Day" U21980
"Another Time, Another Place"U2Boy1980
"Are You Gonna Wait Forever?"U22004[15]
"Atomic City"2023[16]
"Babyface"U2Zooropa1993
"Bad"U21984

The Dubliners, Kíla, A Band of Bowsies
2008
"Bang a Gong (Get It On)"
Elton John
Marc BolanAngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex2020[17] [18]
"Bass Trap"U21985
"Beach Sequence"
as Passengers
Original Soundtracks 11995
"Beat on the Brat"2003[19] [20]
"Beautiful Day" U2All That You Can't Leave Behind2000[21]
"Beautiful Ghost / Introduction to Songs of Experience"Unreleased & Rare2004[22]
"Because the Night"
Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Roy Bittan
2010[23]
"Big Girls Are Best"U22001[24]
U2Songs of Experience2017
"Blow Your House Down"U2Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary deluxe edition)2011
"Book of Your Heart"U2Songs of Experience (deluxe edition)2017
U21984
U21984
"Boy/Girl"U2Three1979
"Breathe"U2No Line on the Horizon2009[25]
"Bullet the Blue Sky"U21987
"California (There Is No End to Love)"U2Songs of Innocence2014
"Can't Help Falling in Love"1994[26] [27]
"Cartoon World"U2Boy (2008 deluxe edition)2008
U2Boy1980
"Cedars of Lebanon"No Line on the Horizon2009
"Cedarwood Road"U2Songs of Innocence2014
U21982
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"1987[28] [29]
"City of Blinding Lights" U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb2004
"Corpse (These Chains Are Way Too Long)"
as Passengers
Original Soundtracks 11995
"Crumbs from Your Table"U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb2004
U2Songs of Innocence (deluxe edition)2014
"Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car"U2Zooropa1993
"Dancing Barefoot"1989[30] [31]
U2Boy1980
"Deep in the Heart"U21987
"Desert of Our Love"U2 (20th Anniversary deluxe edition)2007
"Desire" U2Rattle and Hum1988

as Passengers
Original Soundtracks 11995
"Dirty Day"U2Zooropa1993
"Disappearing Act"U2 (2009 deluxe edition)2009
"Discothèque" U2Pop1997[32]
"Do You Feel Loved"U2Pop1997
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"Johnny Cash2001[33]
"Down All the Days"U2Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary "Super Deluxe" and "Uber Deluxe" editions)2011
"Drowning Man"U2War1983
"Drunk Chicken / America"
Allen Ginsberg
(20th Anniversary deluxe edition)2007
U2Boy1980
"Electrical Storm" U22002[34]
"Elevation" U2All That You Can't Leave Behind2000
"Elvis Ate America"
as Passengers; Howie B
Original Soundtracks 11995
"Elvis Presley and America"U21984
"Endless Deep"U21983
"Even Better Than the Real Thing" U2Achtung Baby1991
"Everlasting Love"1988[35]
"Every Breaking Wave" U2Songs of Innocence2014
"Everybody Loves a Winner"
Maria McKee
Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary "Super Deluxe" and "Uber Deluxe" editions)2011[36]
"Exit"U21987
"Fast Cars"U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (UK and Japan release)2004
"Fez – Being Born"No Line on the Horizon2009
"Fire" U2October1981
U2Zooropa1993
"Flower Child"U2Unreleased & Rare2004
U2Achtung Baby1991
U2Early Demos2004
"Fortunate Son"John Fogerty1991[37]
"Get On Your Boots" U2No Line on the Horizon2009
"Get Out of Your Own Way" U2Songs of Experience2017
"Gimme Shelter"
Mick Jagger, Fergie, will.i.am
Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
2010[38]
"Gloria" U2October1981[39]
"God Part II"U2Rattle and Hum1988
"Gone"U2Pop1997
"Grace"U2All That You Can't Leave Behind2000

Daniel Lanois
2000[40]
"Hallelujah Here She Comes"U21988[41]
U22002
"Happiness Is a Warm Gun"John Lennon
Paul McCartney
1997[42]
"Hawkmoon 269"U2Rattle and Hum1988
"Heartland"U2Rattle and Hum1988
"Heaven and Hell"U2Achtung 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 Hum1988
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" U2Batman Forever soundtrack1995[44]
"Holy Joe"U21997[45]
"I Believe in Father Christmas"2008[46] [47]
"I Fall Down"U2October1981
"I Remember You"2001[48]
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U21987
"I Threw a Brick Through a Window"U2October1981
"I Will Follow" U2Boy1980
"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" U2No Line on the Horizon2009
"I'm Not Your Baby"
Sinéad O'Connor
U21997
"If God Will Send His Angels" U2Pop1997
"If You Wear That Velvet Dress"U2Pop1997
"In God's Country" U21987
"In a Little While"U2All That You Can't Leave Behind2000
"Indian Summer Sky"U21984
"Instant Karma!"John Lennon2007[49] [50]
"Into the Heart"U2Boy1980
"Invisible" U22014[51] [52]
"Iris (Hold Me Close)"U2Songs of Innocence2014
"Is That All?"U2October1981
"Ito Okashi"
as Passengers; Holi
Original Soundtracks 11995
"J. Swallo"U21981
"Jesus Christ"Woody Guthrie1988[53] [54]
"Kite"U2All That You Can't Leave Behind2000
"Lady with the Spinning Head (UV1)"U21991
"Landlady"U2Songs of Experience2017
"Last Night on Earth" U2Pop1997
"Lemon" U2Zooropa1993
"Levitate"U2Unreleased & Rare2004
"Lights of Home"Songs of Experience2017
"Like a Song..."U2War1983
U2Songs of Experience2017
"Love and Peace or Else"U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb2004
"Love Comes Tumbling"U21985
"Love Is All We Have Left"U2Songs of Experience2017[55]
"Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way" U2Songs of Experience2017
"Love Is Blindness"U2Achtung Baby1991
"Love Rescue Me"
Bob Dylan
Rattle and Hum1988
"Love You Like Mad"U2Unreleased & Rare2004
"Lucifer's Hands"U2Songs of Innocence (deluxe edition)2014
"Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)"1987[56]
"MLK"U21984
"Maggie's Farm"Bob DylanLive for Ireland1986[57]
"Magnificent" No Line on the Horizon2009
U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb2004
"Mercy"U2Wide Awake in Europe2010[58]
"Miami"U2Pop1997
"Miracle Drug"U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb2004
U2Songs of Innocence2014[59]
"Miss Sarajevo"
as Passengers; Luciano Pavarotti
Original Soundtracks 11995
"Mofo" U2Pop1997
"Moment of Surrender"No Line on the Horizon2009
"Mother and Child Reunion"Paul Simon2016[60]
"Mothers of the Disappeared"U21987
"Mysterious Ways" U2Achtung Baby1991
"Native Son"U2Unreleased & Rare2004
"Near the Island"U2Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary "Super Deluxe" and "Uber Deluxe" editions)2011
"Neon Lights"2004[61]
"New Year's Day" U2War1983
"New York"U2All That You Can't Leave Behind2000
"Night and Day"Cole PorterRed Hot + Blue1990[62] [63]
"No Line on the Horizon"U2No Line on the Horizon2009
"North and South of the River"1997[64]
"North Star"U2 soundtrack[65] 2011[66]
"Numb" U2Zooropa1993
U2Boy1980
"October"U2October1981
"Oh Berlin"U2Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary "Super Deluxe" and "Uber Deluxe" editions)2011
"One" U2Achtung Baby1991[67]
"One Minute Warning"
as Passengers
Original Soundtracks 11995
"One Step Closer"U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb2004
"One Tree Hill" U21987
"Ordinary Love" soundtrack2013[68]
"Original of the Species"U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb2004
"Out of Control" U2Three1979[69]
"Paint It Black"Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
1991
"Peace on Earth"U2All That You Can't Leave Behind2000
"People Have the Power"
Eagles of Death Metal
2016[70] [71]
U2Pop1997
"Please" U2Pop1997
"Plot 180"
as Passengers
Original Soundtracks 11995
"Pop Muzik"Robin Scott1997[72] [73]
"Pride (In the Name of Love)" U21984
"Promenade"U21984
"Race Against Time"U21987[74]
"Raised by Wolves"U2Songs of Innocence2014
"Red Flag Day"U2Songs of Experience2017
"Red Hill Mining Town"U21987
"Red Light"U2War1983
U2War1983
"Rejoice"U2October1981
"Rise Up"U2 (20th Anniversary deluxe edition)2007
U21988[75]
"Running to Stand Still"U21987

Green Day
U218 Singles2006[76] [77]
"Salomé"U21991
"Satellite of Love"Lou Reed1991[78]
"Saturday Night"U2Boy (2008 deluxe edition)2008
"Scarlet"U2October1981
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
2005[79]
"Seconds"U2War1983
"Shadows and Tall Trees"U2Boy1980
"She's a Mystery to Me"2005[80] [81]
U2Songs of Experience2017
"Silver and Gold"Bono1987
"Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come"U21985
"Sleep Like a Baby Tonight"U2Songs of Innocence2014
"Slow Dancing"U21993[82] [83]
"Slug"
as Passengers
Original Soundtracks 11995
"Smile"U2Unreleased & Rare2004
"So Cruel"U2Achtung Baby1991
"Some Days Are Better Than Others"U2Zooropa1993
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb2004
"Song for Someone" U2Songs of Innocence2014
U21984
"Soon"[84] 2010[85]
"Spanish Eyes"U21987
"Speed of Life"U2Boy (2008 deluxe edition)2008
"Springhill Mining Disaster"Peggy Seeger2008[86] [87]
"Stand Up Comedy"U2No Line on the Horizon2009
"Staring at the Sun" U2Pop1997
"Stateless"U22000
"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" U2Zooropa1993
"Stories for Boys"U2Three1979
"Stranger in a Strange Land"U2October1981
"Street Mission"U2Early Demos2004
"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" U2All That You Can't Leave Behind2000
"Summer of Love"U2Songs of Experience2017
"Summer Rain"U22000
"Sun City"
Little Steven, Lou Reed, Rubén Blades, Nona Hendryx
Little Steven2014[88]
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" U2War1983
"Surrender"U2War1983
"Sweet Fire of Love"
Robbie Robertson U2
Robbie Robertson1987[89]
"Sweetest Thing"U21987[90]
"Testimony"
Robbie Robertson U2
Robbie RobertsonRobbie Robertson1987
"Theme from Let's Go Native"
as Passengers
Original Soundtracks 11995
"Theme from The Swan"
as Passengers
Original Soundtracks 11995
"Things to Make and Do"U21980
"This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now"U2Songs of Innocence2014
U21985
"Tomorrow"U2October1981
"Touch"U21980
"Tower of Song"
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen soundtrack2006. 2006. Various artists. Sony BMG. [91]
"Trash, Trampoline, and the Party Girl"U21982[92]
"Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop)"U21983
"Trip Through Your Wires"U21987
U2Songs of Innocence2014
"Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World"U2Achtung Baby1991
"Twilight"U21980
"Two Hearts Beat as One" U2War1983
"Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad"1997[93]
"Ultraviolet (Light My Way)"U2Achtung Baby1991
"Unchained Melody"1988[94] [95]
U21984
"United Colours"
as Passengers
Original Soundtracks 11995
"Unknown Caller"No Line on the Horizon2009
"Until the End of the World"U2Achtung Baby1991
"Van Diemen's Land"U2Rattle and Hum1988
"Vertigo" U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb2004
"Viva Davidoff"
as Passengers
1995[96]
"Volcano"U2Songs of Innocence2014
"Wake Up Dead Man"U2Pop1997
"Walk On" U2All That You Can't Leave Behind2000
"Walk to the Water"U21987

Johnny Cash
U2Zooropa1993
"Wave of Sorrow (Birdland)"U2 (20th Anniversary deluxe edition)2007
"What's Going On"Spotify Singles2017[97] [98]
"When I Look at the World"U2All That You Can't Leave Behind2000
"When Love Comes to Town"
B.B. King
U2Rattle and Hum1988
"Where Did It All Go Wrong?"U21991
"Where the Streets Have No Name" U21987[99]
"Where Is the Love?"
The Black Eyed Peas
2010[100]
"White as Snow"Traditional; No Line on the Horizon2009
"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" U2Achtung Baby1991
"Wild Honey"U2All That You Can't Leave Behind2000
"Window in the Skies" U2U218 Singles2006
"Winter"U2Linear soundtrack2009[101]
"Wire"U21984
"With a Shout (Jerusalem)"U2October1981
"With or Without You" U21987
"Xanax and Wine"U2Unreleased & Rare2004
"XXX"
Kendrick Lamar U2
Damn2017[102]
"Yahweh"U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb2004
"Yoshino Blossom"U2 (2009 deluxe edition)2009
"You're the Best Thing About Me" U2Songs of Experience2017
"Your Blue Room"
as Passengers
Original Soundtracks 11995
"Your Song Saved My Life" U2Sing 2 soundtrack2021[103]
"Zoo Station"U2Achtung Baby1991
"Zooropa"U2Zooropa1993

References

Footnotes

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 35 Years Ago: U2 Releases Debut EP '3'. Nick. DeRiso. 1 September 2014. Ultimate Classic Rock. 10 May 2017.
  2. Web site: Another Day. U2.com. 10 May 2017.
  3. The Unforgettable Fire (2009 edition) . U2 . 2009 . Deluxe edition booklet . Interscope Records. LC00268.
  4. Boy (2008 edition) . U2 . 2008 . Deluxe edition booklet . Interscope Records. B0010946-02.
  5. War (2008 edition) . U2 . 2008 . Deluxe edition booklet . Interscope Records. B0010949-02.
  6. Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary edition) . U2 . 2011 . Super deluxe edition booklet . Island Records . 2779370.
  7. "Ahimsa" . . 2019. Island Records.
  8. . U2 . 1988 . Island Records.
  9. Released as a live concert recording only
  10. [Bob Dylan]
  11. . U2 . 2004 . Island Records.
  12. "Beautiful Day" . U2 . 2000 . Island Records.
  13. . Passengers . 1995 . Island Records.
  14. . U2 . 2011 . Island Records . U2.COM6.
  15. "Vertigo" . U2 . 2004 . Island Records.
  16. Web site: U2 release new single 'Atomic City'. Arun. Starkey. Far Out. 29 September 2023. 23 October 2023.
  17. AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex . Various artists. . 2020.
  18. [T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]
  19. . Various artists. . 2003.
  20. [Ramones]
  21. . U2 . Island Records . 2000.
  22. The Complete U2. 2004. U2. Interscope Records.
  23. The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts. Various artists. Time Life. 2010.
  24. "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" . U2 . Island Records . 2000.
  25. . U2 . Island Records . 2009.
  26. . U2 . Island Records . 1994.
  27. [Elvis Presley]
  28. A Very Special Christmas. Various artists. 1987. A&M Records.
  29. [Darlene Love]
  30. "When Love Comes to Town" . U2 . 1988. Island Records.
  31. [Patti Smith Group]
  32. Pop. U2. Island Records. 1997.
  33. [Johnny Cash]
  34. The Best of 1990–2000. 2002. U2. Island Records.
  35. [Robert Knight (musician)|Robert Knight]
  36. [William Bell (singer)|William Bell]
  37. [Creedence Clearwater Revival]
  38. [The Rolling Stones]
  39. October (2008 edition) . U2 . Deluxe edition booklet . 2008 . B0010948-02 . Interscope Records.
  40. The Million Dollar Hotel. Various artists. 2000. Island Records.
  41. "Desire" . U2 . 1988. Island Records.
  42. [The Beatles]
  43. ¡Released! The Human Rights Concerts – 1986: A Conspiracy of Hope. Various artists. 2014. Shout! Factory.
  44. Batman Forever. 1995. Various artists. Atlantic Records.
  45. "Discothèque". 1997. U2. Island Records.
  46. U2 Premiere 'Father Christmas' to Kick Off (RED)WIRE. Daniel. Kreps. Rolling Stone. 3 December 2008. 10 February 2015. 13 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150213071243/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/u2-premiere-father-christmas-to-kick-off-red-wire-20081203. dead.
  47. [Greg Lake]
  48. "Elevation". U2. 2001. Island Records.
  49. . Various artists. Warner Bros. Records. 2007.
  50. [John Lennon]
  51. U2 Raises Over $3 Million For (RED) With 'Invisible' Free Download. Andrew. Hampp. 4 February 2014. 13 February 2015. Billboard.
  52. Released in a digital format only
  53. . Various artists. 1988. Columbia Records.
  54. [Woody Guthrie]
  55. Songs of Experience. U2. 2017. Island Records.
  56. "With or Without You" . U2 . 1987. Island Records.
  57. Live for Ireland. Various artists. 1986. MCA Records.
  58. Wide Awake in Europe. U2. 2010. Interscope Records.
  59. Songs of Innocence. U2. 2014. Island Records.
  60. [Paul Simon]
  61. [Kraftwerk]
  62. . Various artists. . 1990.
  63. [Cole Porter]
  64. "Staring at the Sun". 1997. U2. Island Records.
  65. Featured in the film, but has not been separately released
  66. Web site: U2 Debuts 'North Star' From Transformers: Dark of the Moon at Miami Show. Miami New Times. S.. Pajot. 30 June 2011. 9 February 2015.
  67. Re-recorded with Mary J. Blige for The Breakthrough (2006) and released as a commercial single
  68. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Various artists. 2013. Decca Records.
  69. Re-recorded for Boy (1980)
  70. . U2 . 2016. Island Records.
  71. [Patti Smith]
  72. "Last Night on Earth". 1997. U2. Island Records.
  73. [M (band)|M]
  74. "Where the Streets Have No Name" . U2 . 1987. Island Records.
  75. "Angel of Harlem" . U2 . 1988. Island Records.
  76. U218 Singles. U2. Interscope Records. 2006.
  77. [The Skids]
  78. [Lou Reed]
  79. Chart Beat. Billboard. 14 July 2005. 13 February 2015.
  80. "All Because of You". U2. 2005. Interscope Records.
  81. [Roy Orbison]
  82. "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)". U2. 1993. Island Records.
  83. Re-recorded Willie Nelson for the "If God Will Send His Angels" single (1997)
  84. Single released exclusive as part of the U2360° at the Rose Bowl super deluxe box set
  85. Web site: Audio: Listen to U2's 'Soon,' outtake left over from the 'No Line on the Horizon' sessions. Slicing Up Eyeballs. 30 June 2010. 24 February 2015.
  86. The Late Late Show Tribute to The Dubliners. Various artists. Celtic Airs. 2008.
  87. [Peggy Seeger]
  88. [Artists United Against Apartheid]
  89. Robbie Robertson. 1987. Robbie Robertson. Geffen Records.
  90. Re-recorded as "Sweetest Thing" (The Single Mix) for The Best of 1980–1990 (1998) and released as a commercial single
  91. [Leonard Cohen]
  92. Also released as "Party Girl"
  93. "If God Will Send His Angels". 1997. U2. Island Records.
  94. "All I Want Is You" . U2 . 1988. Island Records.
  95. [Todd Duncan]
  96. "Miss Sarajevo". Passengers. Island Records. 1995.
  97. Web site: U2 releases two songs under 'Spotify Singles' feature. Matt. McGee. 12 December 2017. 13 December 2017. @U2.
  98. [Marvin Gaye]
  99. The Joshua Tree (20th Anniversary edition) . U2 . 2008 . Deluxe edition booklet . Interscope Records. B0010304-00.
  100. [The Black Eyed Peas]
  101. Linear. U2. 2009. Interscope Records.
  102. Damn. Kendrick Lamar. 2017. Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records.
  103. Web site: U2 Share New Song "Your Song Saved My Life": Listen. Evan. Minsker. 3 November 2021. Pitchfork. 26 July 2022.