Complete List Of U2 Songs From A to Z

From Dublin clubs to stadiums around the world, U2 built one of rock music’s most enduring catalogs. This complete A to Z guide covers every officially released U2 song, including studio recordings, soundtrack contributions, collaborations, B-sides, and later reinterpretations.

Under the Dublin sky in 1976, a group of ambitious teenagers answered a call for musicians that would forever change the face of rock music. This was the beginning of U2, an iconic band formed by Bono (Paul Hewson), The Edge (David Evans), Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. Hailing from Ireland, they channeled their youthful energy into creating a sound that was equal parts raw emotion and innovative artistry, setting the stage for a career that would span decades.

From their debut album Boy in 1980 to their most recent release, U2 has produced fifteen studio albums, carving out a legacy of both critical acclaim and commercial success. Albums like The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby became cultural touchstones, featuring hits that topped charts worldwide and earned the band a staggering 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other rock group in history. With over 170 million records sold, U2’s influence transcends music, touching on themes of social justice and human rights in both their lyrics and activism.

Known for their groundbreaking live performances, including the unforgettable Zoo TV Tour and 360° Tour, U2 redefined what it meant to connect with audiences, blending spectacle with sincerity. As pioneers in the MTV era, their visually arresting music videos and anthemic tracks like “With or Without You” and “One” cemented their status as global superstars. Their music continues to resonate with fans of all generations, embodying a spirit of reinvention and timelessness.

This introduction serves as a gateway to an exhaustive A-to-Z list of U2’s songs, a testament to their enduring creativity and the profound mark they’ve left on the rock music landscape.

A – D

“4th of July” – The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

“11 O’Clock Tick Tock” – 11 O’Clock Tick Tock single (1980)

“11 O’Clock Tick Tock” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“13 (There Is a Light)” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“40” – War (1983)

“40” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Acrobat” – Achtung Baby (1991)

“Ahimsa” – Ahimsa single (2019)

“Alex Descends Into Hell for a Bottle of Milk / Korova 1” – The Fly single (1991)

“All Along the Watchtower” – Rattle and Hum (1988)

“All Because of You” – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

“All I Want Is You” – Rattle and Hum (1988)

“All I Want Is You” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Always” – Beautiful Day single (2000)

“Always Forever Now” – Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)

“American Soul” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“Angel of Harlem” – Rattle and Hum (1988)

“Angels Too Tied to the Ground” – War (2008 deluxe edition)

“Another Day” – Another Day single (1980)

“Another Time, Another Place” – Boy (1980)

“Are You Gonna Wait Forever?” – Vertigo single (2004)

“Atomic City” – Atomic City single (2023)

“Babyface” – Zooropa (1993)

“Bad” – The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

“Bad” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“The Ballad of Ronnie Drew” – The Ballad of Ronnie Drew single (2008)

“Bang a Gong (Get It On)” – AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex (2020)

“Bass Trap” – The Unforgettable Fire single (1985)

“Beach Sequence” – Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)

“Beautiful Day” – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“Beautiful Day” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Big Girls Are Best” – Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of single (2001)

“The Blackout” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“Blow Your House Down” – Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary deluxe edition) (2011)

“Book of Your Heart” – Songs of Experience (deluxe edition) (2017)

“Boomerang I” – Pride (In the Name of Love) single (1984)

“Boomerang II” – Pride (In the Name of Love) single (1984)

“Boy/Girl” – Three (1979)

“Breathe” – No Line on the Horizon (2009)

“Bullet the Blue Sky” – The Joshua Tree (1987)

“California (There Is No End to Love)” – Songs of Innocence (2014)

“Cartoon World” – Boy (2008 deluxe edition)

“An Cat Dubh” – Boy (1980)

“Cedars of Lebanon” – No Line on the Horizon (2009)

“Cedarwood Road” – Songs of Innocence (2014)

“Cedarwood Road” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“A Celebration” – A Celebration single (1982)

“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” – A Very Special Christmas (1987)

“City of Blinding Lights” – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

“City of Blinding Lights” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Country Mile” – How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb (2024)

“Crumbs from Your Table” – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

“The Crystal Ballroom” – Songs of Innocence (deluxe edition) (2014)

“Daddy’s Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car” – Zooropa (1993)

“Dancing Barefoot” – When Love Comes to Town single (1989)

“A Day Without Me” – Boy (1980)

“Deep in the Heart” – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For single (1987)

“Desire” – Rattle and Hum (1988)

“Desire” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Dirty Day” – Zooropa (1993)

“Dirty Day” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Disappearing Act” – The Unforgettable Fire (2009 deluxe edition)

E – M

“The Electric Co.” – Boy (1980)

“Electrical Storm” – The Best of 1990–2000 (2002)

“Electrical Storm” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Elevation” – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“Elvis Ate America” – Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)

“Elvis Presley and America” – The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

“Endless Deep” – Sunday Bloody Sunday and Two Hearts Beat as One singles (1983)

“Even Better Than the Real Thing” – Achtung Baby (1991)

“Everlasting Love” – All I Want Is You single (1988)

“Every Breaking Wave” – Songs of Innocence (2014)

“Every Breaking Wave” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Everybody Loves a Winner” – Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary editions) (2011)

“Exit” – The Joshua Tree (1987)

“Evidence of Life” – How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb (2024)

“Fast Cars” – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (UK and Japan release) (2004)

“Fez – Being Born” – No Line on the Horizon (2009)

“Fire” – October (1981)

“The First Time” – Zooropa (1993)

“Flower Child” – Unreleased & Rare (2004)

“The Fly” – Achtung Baby (1991)

“The Fly” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“The Fool” – Early Demos (2004)

“Fortunate Son” – Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses single (1991)

“Get On Your Boots” – No Line on the Horizon (2009)

“Get Out of Your Own Way” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“Get Out of Your Own Way” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Gimme Shelter” – The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (2010)

“Gloria” – October (1981)

“God Part II” – Rattle and Hum (1988)

“Gone” – Pop (1997)

“Grace” – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“The Ground Beneath Her Feet” – The Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack (2000)

“Hallelujah Here She Comes” – Desire single (1988)

“The Hands That Built America” – The Best of 1990–2000 (2002)

“Happiness” – How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb (2024)

“Happiness Is a Warm Gun” – Last Night on Earth single (1997)

“Hawkmoon 269” – Rattle and Hum (1988)

“Heartland” – Rattle and Hum (1988)

“Heaven and Hell” – Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary editions) (2011)

“Help!” – ¡Released! The Human Rights Concerts – 1986: A Conspiracy of Hope (2014)

“Helter Skelter” – Rattle and Hum (1988)

“Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me” – Batman Forever soundtrack (1995)

“Holy Joe” – Discothèque single (1997)

“I Believe in Father Christmas” – (RED)Wire Vol. 1 Issue 2 (2008)

“I Don’t Wanna See You Smile” – Unreleased & Rare (2004)

“I Fall Down” – October (1981)

“I Remember You” – Elevation single (2001)

“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” – The Joshua Tree (1987)

“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“I Threw a Brick Through a Window” – October (1981)

“I Will Follow” – Boy (1980)

“I Will Follow” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” – No Line on the Horizon (2009)

“I’m Not Your Baby” – The End of Violence soundtrack (1997)

“If God Will Send His Angels” – Pop (1997)

“If God Will Send His Angels” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“If You Wear That Velvet Dress” – Pop (1997)

“In God’s Country” – The Joshua Tree (1987)

“In a Little While” – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“Indian Summer Sky” – The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

“Instant Karma!” – Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (2007)

“Into the Heart” – Boy (1980)

“Invisible” – Invisible single (2014)

“Invisible” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Iris (Hold Me Close)” – Songs of Innocence (2014)

“Is That All?” – October (1981)

“Ito Okashi” – Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)

“J. Swallo” – Fire single (1981)

“Jesus Christ” – Folkways: A Vision Shared (1988)

“Kite” – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“Lady with the Spinning Head (UV1)” – One single (1991)

“Landlady” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“Last Night on Earth” – Pop (1997)

“Lemon” – Zooropa (1993)

“Levitate” – Unreleased & Rare (2004)

“Lights of Home” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“Lights of Home” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Like a Song…” – War (1983)

“The Little Things That Give You Away” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“The Little Things That Give You Away” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Love and Peace or Else” – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

“Love Comes Tumbling” – The Unforgettable Fire single (1985)

“Love Is All We Have Left” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“Love Is Blindness” – Achtung Baby (1991)

“Love Rescue Me” – Rattle and Hum (1988)

“Love You Like Mad” – Unreleased & Rare (2004)

“Lucifer’s Hands” – Songs of Innocence (deluxe edition) (2014)

“Luckiest Man In The World” – How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb (2024)

“Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)” – With or Without You single (1987)

“MLK” – The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

“Maggie’s Farm” – Live for Ireland (1986)

“Magnificent” – No Line on the Horizon (2009)

“A Man and a Woman” – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

“Mercy” – Wide Awake in Europe (2010)

“Miami” – Pop (1997)

“Miracle Drug” – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

“Miracle Drug” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)” – Songs of Innocence (2014)

“The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Miss Sarajevo” – Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)

“Mofo” – Pop (1997)

“Moment of Surrender” – No Line on the Horizon (2009)

“Mother and Child Reunion” – Innocence + Experience: Live in Paris (2016)

“Mothers of the Disappeared” – The Joshua Tree (1987)

“Mysterious Ways” – Achtung Baby (1991)

N – S

“Native Son” – Unreleased & Rare (2004)

“Near the Island” – Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary Editions) (2011)

“Neon Lights” – Vertigo single (2004)

“New Year’s Day” – War (1983)

“New York” – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“Night and Day” – Red Hot + Blue (1990)

“No Line on the Horizon” – No Line on the Horizon (2009)

“North and South of the River” – Staring at the Sun single (1997)

“North Star” – Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack (2011)

“Numb” – Zooropa (1993)

“The Ocean” – Boy (1980)

“October” – October (1981)

“Oh Berlin” – Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary Editions) (2011)

“One” – Achtung Baby (1991)

“One” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“One Minute Warning” – Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)

“One Step Closer” – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

“One Tree Hill” – The Joshua Tree (1987)

“Ordinary Love” – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom soundtrack (2013)

“Ordinary Love” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Original of the Species” – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

“Out of Control” – Three (1979)

“Out of Control” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Paint It Black” – Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses single (1991)

“Peace on Earth” – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“Peace on Earth” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“People Have the Power” – Innocence + Experience: Live in Paris (2016)

“Picture of You (X+W)” – How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb (2024)

“The Playboy Mansion” – Pop (1997)

“Please” – Pop (1997)

“Plot 180” – Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)

“Pop Muzik” – Last Night on Earth single (1997)

“Pride (In the Name of Love)” – The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

“Pride (In the Name of Love)” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Promenade” – The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

“Race Against Time” – Where the Streets Have No Name single (1987)

“Raised by Wolves” – Songs of Innocence (2014)

“Red Flag Day” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“Red Hill Mining Town” – The Joshua Tree (1987)

“Red Hill Mining Town” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Red Light” – War (1983)

“The Refugee” – War (1983)

“Rejoice” – October (1981)

“Rise Up” – The Joshua Tree (20th Anniversary Edition) (2007)

“A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel” – Angel of Harlem single (1988)

“Running to Stand Still” – The Joshua Tree (1987)

“The Saints Are Coming” – U218 Singles (2006)

“Salomé” – Even Better Than the Real Thing single (1991)

“Satellite of Love” – One single (1991)

“Saturday Night” – Boy (2008 Deluxe Edition) (2008)

“Scarlet” – October (1981)

“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band single (2005)

“Seconds” – War (1983)

“Shadows and Tall Trees” – Boy (1980)

“She’s a Mystery to Me” – All Because of You single (2005)

“The Showman (Little More Better)” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“Silver and Gold” – Where the Streets Have No Name single (1987)

“Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come” – The Unforgettable Fire single (1985)

“Sleep Like a Baby Tonight” – Songs of Innocence (2014)

“Slow Dancing” – Stay (Faraway, So Close!) single (1993)

“Slug” – Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)

“So Cruel” – Achtung Baby (1991)

“Some Days Are Better Than Others” – Zooropa (1993)

“Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own” – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

“Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Song for Someone” – Songs of Innocence (2014)

“Song for Someone” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“A Sort of Homecoming” – The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

“Soon” – Soon single (2010)

“Spanish Eyes” – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For single (1987)

“Speed of Life” – Boy (2008 Deluxe Edition) (2008)

“Springhill Mining Disaster” – The Late Late Show Tribute to The Dubliners (2008)

“Stand Up Comedy” – No Line on the Horizon (2009)

“Staring at the Sun” – Pop (1997)

“Stateless” – The Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack (2000)

“Stay (Faraway, So Close!)” – Zooropa (1993)

“Stay (Faraway, So Close!)” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Stories for Boys” – Three (1979)

“Stories for Boys” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Stranger in a Strange Land” – October (1981)

“Street Mission” – Early Demos (2004)

“Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Summer of Love” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“Summer Rain” – Beautiful Day single (2000)

“Sun City” – ¡Released! The Human Rights Concerts – 1986: A Conspiracy of Hope (2014)

“Sunday Bloody Sunday” – War (1983)

“Sunday Bloody Sunday” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Surrender” – War (1983)

“Sweet Fire of Love” – Robbie Robertson (1987)

“Sweetest Thing” – Where the Streets Have No Name single (1987)

T – Z

“Testimony” – Robbie Robertson (1987)

“Theme from Let’s Go Native” – Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)

“Theme from The Batman” – How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb (2024)

“Theme from The Swan” – Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)

“Things to Make and Do” – A Day Without Me single (1980)

“This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now” – Songs of Innocence (2014)

“The Three Sunrises” – The Unforgettable Fire single (1985)

“Tomorrow” – October (1981)

“Touch” – 11 O’Clock Tick Tock single (1980)

“Tower of Song” – Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man soundtrack (2006)

“Trash, Trampoline, and the Party Girl” – A Celebration single (1982)

“Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop)” – New Year’s Day single (1983)

“Treason” – How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb (2024)

“Trip Through Your Wires” – The Joshua Tree (1987)

“The Troubles” – Songs of Innocence (2014)

“Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World” – Achtung Baby (1991)

“Twilight” – Another Day single (1980)

“Two Hearts Beat as One” – War (1983)

“Two Hearts Beat as One” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad” – If God Will Send His Angels single (1997)

“Ultraviolet (Light My Way)” – Achtung Baby (1991)

“Unchained Melody” – All I Want Is You single (1988)

“The Unforgettable Fire” – The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

“United Colours” – Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)

“Unknown Caller” – No Line on the Horizon (2009)

“Until the End of the World” – Achtung Baby (1991)

“Until the End of the World” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Van Diemen’s Land” – Rattle and Hum (1988)

“Vertigo” – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

“Vertigo” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Viva Davidoff” – Miss Sarajevo single (1995)

“Volcano” – Songs of Innocence (2014)

“Wake Up Dead Man” – Pop (1997)

“Walk On” – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“Walk On (Ukraine)” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Walk to the Water” – With or Without You single (1987)

“The Wanderer” – Zooropa (1993)

“Wave of Sorrow (Birdland)” – The Joshua Tree (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2007)

“What’s Going On” – Spotify Singles (2017)

“When I Look at the World” – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“When Love Comes to Town” – Rattle and Hum (1988)

“Where Did It All Go Wrong?” – Even Better Than the Real Thing single (1991)

“Where the Streets Have No Name” – The Joshua Tree (1987)

“Where the Streets Have No Name” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Where Is the Love?” – The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (2010)

“White as Snow” – No Line on the Horizon (2009)

“Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” – Achtung Baby (1991)

“Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Wild Honey” – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“Window in the Skies” – U218 Singles (2006)

“Winter” – Linear soundtrack (2009)

“Wire” – The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

“With a Shout (Jerusalem)” – October (1981)

“With or Without You” – The Joshua Tree (1987)

“With or Without You” – Songs of Surrender (2023)

“Xanax and Wine” – Unreleased & Rare (2004)

“XXX” – Damn (2017)

“Yahweh” – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

“Yoshino Blossom” – The Unforgettable Fire (2009 Deluxe Edition) (2009)

“You’re the Best Thing About Me” – Songs of Experience (2017)

“Your Blue Room” – Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)

“Your Song Saved My Life” – Sing 2 soundtrack (2021)

“Zoo Station” – Achtung Baby (1991)

“Zooropa” – Zooropa (1993)

Albums

Boy (1980)

October (1981)

War (1983)

The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

The Joshua Tree (1987)

Rattle and Hum (1988)

Achtung Baby (1991)

Zooropa (1993)

Pop (1997)

All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)

No Line on the Horizon (2009)

Songs of Innocence (2014)

Songs of Experience (2017)

Songs of Surrender (2023)

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