U218 Singles
U2
U218 Singles is U2’s 2006 greatest‑hits compilation, designed as a concise, single‑disc overview of the band’s biggest songs from 1979 through 2006. Released in November 2006 by Island/Interscope, it is their third major hits collection but the first to span their entire career rather than a specific decade, condensing 26 years into 18 tracks: 16 of their most famous singles plus two new recordings. The set was issued in multiple formats—CD, double LP, and a deluxe CD+DVD edition that added the U218 Videos music‑video compilation—and quickly became one of the year’s top‑selling albums worldwide, debuting at number 12 in the U.S. and spending 45 weeks on the Billboard 200.
The track list foregrounds U2’s best‑known anthems: “Beautiful Day,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “Pride (In the Name of Love),” “With or Without You,” “New Year’s Day,” “Where the Streets Have No Name,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “One,” “Desire,” “Walk On,” “Elevation,” “Vertigo,” “Mysterious Ways,” “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of,” “Sweetest Thing,” and “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own.” The two new tracks are “The Saints Are Coming,” a collaboration with Green Day covering the Skids’ punk song in a version tied to Hurricane Katrina relief, and “Window in the Skies,” a string‑laden, mid‑tempo rock ballad produced by Rick Rubin. Critics noted that the selection slightly favors the band’s post‑1990 work and omits material from more experimental albums like Zooropa and Pop, making U218 Singles a somewhat conservative but effective “starter kit” for casual listeners that reaffirms U2’s identity as stadium‑scale, anthem‑writing rock mainstays.
U218 Singles is U2’s 2006 greatest‑hits compilation, designed as a concise, single‑disc overview of the band’s biggest songs from 1979 through 2006. Released in November 2006 by Island/Interscope, it is their third major hits collection but the first to span their entire career rather than a specific decade, condensing 26 years into 18 tracks: 16 of their most famous singles plus two new recordings. The set was issued in multiple formats—CD, double LP, and a deluxe CD+DVD edition that added the U218 Videos music‑video compilation—and quickly became one of the year’s top‑selling albums worldwide, debuting at number 12 in the U.S. and spending 45 weeks on the Billboard 200.
The track list foregrounds U2’s best‑known anthems: “Beautiful Day,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “Pride (In the Name of Love),” “With or Without You,” “New Year’s Day,” “Where the Streets Have No Name,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “One,” “Desire,” “Walk On,” “Elevation,” “Vertigo,” “Mysterious Ways,” “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of,” “Sweetest Thing,” and “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own.” The two new tracks are “The Saints Are Coming,” a collaboration with Green Day covering the Skids’ punk song in a version tied to Hurricane Katrina relief, and “Window in the Skies,” a string‑laden, mid‑tempo rock ballad produced by Rick Rubin. Critics noted that the selection slightly favors the band’s post‑1990 work and omits material from more experimental albums like Zooropa and Pop, making U218 Singles a somewhat conservative but effective “starter kit” for casual listeners that reaffirms U2’s identity as stadium‑scale, anthem‑writing rock mainstays.
U218 Singles
U2
U218 Singles is U2’s 2006 greatest‑hits compilation, designed as a concise, single‑disc overview of the band’s biggest songs from 1979 through 2006. Released in November 2006 by Island/Interscope, it is their third major hits collection but the first to span their entire career rather than a specific decade, condensing 26 years into 18 tracks: 16 of their most famous singles plus two new recordings. The set was issued in multiple formats—CD, double LP, and a deluxe CD+DVD edition that added the U218 Videos music‑video compilation—and quickly became one of the year’s top‑selling albums worldwide, debuting at number 12 in the U.S. and spending 45 weeks on the Billboard 200.
The track list foregrounds U2’s best‑known anthems: “Beautiful Day,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “Pride (In the Name of Love),” “With or Without You,” “New Year’s Day,” “Where the Streets Have No Name,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “One,” “Desire,” “Walk On,” “Elevation,” “Vertigo,” “Mysterious Ways,” “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of,” “Sweetest Thing,” and “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own.” The two new tracks are “The Saints Are Coming,” a collaboration with Green Day covering the Skids’ punk song in a version tied to Hurricane Katrina relief, and “Window in the Skies,” a string‑laden, mid‑tempo rock ballad produced by Rick Rubin. Critics noted that the selection slightly favors the band’s post‑1990 work and omits material from more experimental albums like Zooropa and Pop, making U218 Singles a somewhat conservative but effective “starter kit” for casual listeners that reaffirms U2’s identity as stadium‑scale, anthem‑writing rock mainstays.
U218 Singles is U2’s 2006 greatest‑hits compilation, designed as a concise, single‑disc overview of the band’s biggest songs from 1979 through 2006. Released in November 2006 by Island/Interscope, it is their third major hits collection but the first to span their entire career rather than a specific decade, condensing 26 years into 18 tracks: 16 of their most famous singles plus two new recordings. The set was issued in multiple formats—CD, double LP, and a deluxe CD+DVD edition that added the U218 Videos music‑video compilation—and quickly became one of the year’s top‑selling albums worldwide, debuting at number 12 in the U.S. and spending 45 weeks on the Billboard 200.
The track list foregrounds U2’s best‑known anthems: “Beautiful Day,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “Pride (In the Name of Love),” “With or Without You,” “New Year’s Day,” “Where the Streets Have No Name,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “One,” “Desire,” “Walk On,” “Elevation,” “Vertigo,” “Mysterious Ways,” “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of,” “Sweetest Thing,” and “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own.” The two new tracks are “The Saints Are Coming,” a collaboration with Green Day covering the Skids’ punk song in a version tied to Hurricane Katrina relief, and “Window in the Skies,” a string‑laden, mid‑tempo rock ballad produced by Rick Rubin. Critics noted that the selection slightly favors the band’s post‑1990 work and omits material from more experimental albums like Zooropa and Pop, making U218 Singles a somewhat conservative but effective “starter kit” for casual listeners that reaffirms U2’s identity as stadium‑scale, anthem‑writing rock mainstays.