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Not counting the regional singles (Sunday bloody Sunday, “40”, In God’s country & One tree hill)

Out of control – strong song still a regular to this day
Another day – never made it beyond CBS days
11 O’ clock tick tock – Standard up to Unforgettable fire tour and welcomed when it made brief appearances on Lovetown & Elevation tours
I will follow – still a standard to this day
A day without me – lasted until the War tour
Gloria – made regular appearances up to Lovetown and welcomed when it appeared on the Vertigo tour
Fire – abandoned early like most October songs
A celebration – requested by Steve Lillywhite on u2 twitter request day, rehearsed for Vertigo but unlikely to appear again
New year’s day – still a standard to this day and one of U2’s most popular singles
Two hearts beat as one – disappeared after Unforgettable fire tour apart from a one off appearance in Dublin on Lovetown
Pride (In the name of love) – Still a semi-standard to this day
The unforgettable fire – A standard until Lovetown (where it alternated with One tree hill in the post – MLK slot) and a great welcome addition to early 360 shows
With or without you – still a standard to this day
I still haven’t found what I’m looking for – still a standard to this day
Where the streets have no name – still a standard to this day (although not quite so on The Joshua tree tour !!)
Desire – still a regular to this day but mainly as a diluted acoustic version
Angel of Harlem - – still a standard to this day and much improved since Larry & Adam returned to the song on Elevation
When love comes to town – the ZOO TV version proved they can do it without B.B. King but sadly never played since
All I want is you – still a standard to this day
The fly – welcome in various forms on every tour since it’s release apart from Popmart
Mysterious ways – still a standard to this day
One – Never left out of a show since it’s release
Even better than the real thing – disappeared early on Elevation tour but welcomed back midway on 360
Who’s gonna ride your wild horses – dropped after 1992 part of ZOO TV, brief acoustic appearances on Elevation tour and a welcome rarity full band song on Vertigo
Numb – only played on Zooropa / Zoomerang legs of ZOO TV
Lemon – only played on Zooropa / Zoomerang legs of ZOO TV
Stay (Far away, so close) Full band version only played on Zooropa / Zoomerang legs of ZOO TV but Edge’s preferred acoustic Bono & Edge version has been a regular since the Elevation tour
Miss Sarajevo – played at Pavarotti’s Modena shows, once in Sarajevo and Popmart and a big song on Vertigo and 360
Hold me, theill me, kiss me, kill me – a big song on every tour except Elevation since it’s release
Discotheque – played a few times on Vertigo but has only appeared as a snippet in “Crazy tonight” on 360 since then
Staring at the sun – full band version dropped early on Popmart tour and replaced with the Bono & Edge acoustic version which was also a standard on Elevation tour. Only other appearance was Clinton show in 2011
Last night on Earth – disappeared after Popmart tour
Please - disappeared after Popmart tour to appear briefly in acoustic form at end of Elevation tour
If God will send his angels - dropped early on Popmart tour
Mofo (only release on single as remix) – hasn’t been played since Popmart (although rehearsed during Vertigo tour)
Sweetest thing – played regularly in early Elevation shows featuring Bono on piano
Beautiful day – Never left out of a show since it’s release
Stuck in a moment you can’t get out of
Elevation – played in most shows since it’s release
Walk on – standard on Elevation tour, played acoustically a few times on Elevation and a standard on 360
Electrical storm – played a few times in very early 360 tours (featuring Larry on xylophone)
Vertigo – Never left out of a show since it’s release
All because of you – played regularly on Vertigo tour only
Sometimes you can’t make it on your own – standard on vertigo tour only
City of blinding lights – Never left out of a show since it’s release
Original of the species – played occasionally on Vertigo tour sometimes featuring Terry Lawless (U2’s hidden keyboard player) on piano
The saints are coming – played a few times at the end of Vertigo tour
Window in the skies – played a few times at the end of Vertigo tour
Get on your boots – standard on 360 tour
Magnificent standard on 360 tour
I’ll go crazy if I don’t go crazy tonight – played in No line on the horizon promo tour and once in Barcelona for single promo video shoot – remix version was a standard on 360 tour
Invisible –remains to be seen
Ordinary love –remains to be seen
The miracle (of Joey Ramone) –remains to be seen
Every breaking wave –remains to be seen
Song for someone –remains to be seen

treasure

9 years

The strength of single choices from Unforgettable fire to Achtung baby is pretty apparent !!

LikeASong

9 years

Originally posted by treasure:The strength of single choices from Unforgettable fire to Achtung baby is pretty apparent !!

There's a reason why it's the band's golden age!

Nice work. It's fucking painful to see no bold text on the Pop songs at all, but hey.

PS. Little correction: Hold me, theill me, kiss me, kill me – a big song on every tour except Elevation since it’s release (you should include Vertigo Tour too).

treasure

9 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
There's a reason why it's the band's golden age!

Nice work. It's fucking painful to see no bold text on the Pop songs at all, but hey.

PS. Little correction: Hold me, theill me, kiss me, kill me – a big song on every tour except Elevation since it’s release (you should include Vertigo Tour too).

Good point but I done well after the wine no ?

treasure

9 years

I also neglected to mention that Out of control was absent from ZOO TV & Popmart !!

BelgianBono

9 years

So... We need a strong single ! We'll have to wait decades

treasure

9 years

Seems like we'll have no more physical singles

Sad that the last singles to stay in the set were released 10 years ago

I think "A man & a woman" would have been a big single

treasure

9 years

Ordinary love did have a b side at least

Bloodraven

9 years

Great work...

treasure

9 years

Originally posted by Bloodraven:Great work...

Thanks

CMIPalaeo

9 years

Originally posted by treasure:Seems like we'll have no more physical singles

Sad that the last singles to stay in the set were released 10 years ago

I think "A man & a woman" would have been a big single

I don't know about it being a big single, but A Man and a Woman is certainly one of my favourite U2 songs.

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