Song Title |
Orig. Artist |
(Member of) U2 Covered it... |
A Hard Day's Night |
The Beatles |
Covered live in 1983 |
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall |
Bob Dylan |
Covered live in 1983 |
All Along the Watchtower |
Bob Dylan |
Covered live in 1981 and mainly late
80s |
All Kinds of Everything |
Lindsay & Smith |
Edge Karaoke! |
Amazing Grace |
John Newton |
Sung in Electric Co in early 80s |
Anarchy in the UK |
Sex Pistols |
Inspiration for Anarchy in the USA |
Annie's Song |
John Denver |
Lines sung at the end of Angel of Harlem
1992 |
Are You Lonesome Tonight |
Elvis |
Covered live in 1983 |
Auld Lang Syne |
Traditional Song |
Lines sung before Streets 12.31.89 |
Ave Maria |
Schubert |
Altered version sung w/ Pavarotti on
May27th 2003 |
Barbara Ann |
Beach Boys |
Lines sung in Discotheque |
Beat on the Brat |
The Ramones |
Covered for Ramones Tribute |
Because the Night |
Springsteen |
Bono joined Springsteen to play live |
Black Betty |
Ram Jam |
Covered live in Australia during Popmart |
Blowin' in the Wind |
Bob Dylan |
Bono sang @ Dylan concert at Slane 07.0.84 |
Born to be Wild |
Steppenwolf |
Covered live in Europe during Popmart |
Break on Through |
The Doors |
Lines in exit, elevation |
Broken English |
Marriane Faithful |
Lines sung before Streets |
California Dreaming |
Mamas & Papas |
Lines sung at the end of Elevation @
San Jose 2 |
Can't Stand the Rain |
Tina Turner |
Lines sung in Discotheque |
C'mon Everybody |
Mytown |
Covered live in 1986 and 1987 |
Candle in the Wind |
Elton John |
Covered live |
Children of the Revolution |
T. Rex |
Covered with Gavin Friday, etc for Moulin
Rouge |
Chimes of Freedom |
Bob Dylan |
Covered live in 1998 |
Christmas Baby, Please Come Home |
Spector & Barry |
Covered on Very Special Christmas Album |
Cold Turkey |
John Lennon |
Lines paraphrased during a cover of Maggie's
Farm |
Could You Be Loved |
Bob Marley |
Covered live early Elevation tour |
Creep |
Radiohead |
Lines sung in Elevation |
Dancing Barefoot |
Patti Smith |
Covered on the WLCTT Single |
Dancing in the Moonlight |
Thin Lizzie |
Covered at Slane 2001 |
Dancing Queen |
ABBA |
Performed with ABBA during ZooTV |
Daydream Believer |
The Monkees |
Edge Karaoke! |
Dear Prudence |
The Beatles |
Covered live on the ZooTV tour |
Devil Inside |
Rolling Stones |
Lines Sung as transition in Discotheque/SATS |
Dirty Old Town |
Traditional Song |
Sung by Larry during ZooTV, by Bono in
RTSS |
Don't Take Your Guns to Town |
Johnny Cash |
"Live" cover appearing on Elevation
Single |
Everlasting Love |
Elvis |
Cover on the AIWIY single |
Everybody Hurts |
R.E.M. |
Lines sung at the end of Bad, One in
2001 |
Exodus |
Bob Marley |
Played after ISHWILF on JT/Lovetown tours
|
Follow the Yellow Brick Road |
Film Score |
Lines sung during the FLY in Vancouver
2001. |
Fool To Cry |
Rolling Stones |
Lines sung at the end of Bad |
Forever Young |
Neil Young |
Lines sung at the end of One 05.24.01
|
Fortunate Son |
John Fogerty |
Covered on the WGRYWH single |
Get Up, Stand Up |
Bob Marley |
Lines sung during SBS in Elevation Tour |
Give Peace a Chance |
John Lennon |
Covered live in New York 1986 |
Glad to See You Go |
The Ramones |
Covered live in 1979 |
Gloria |
Van Morrison |
Lines used at the end of Exit, Bono sung
02.06.93 |
Hallelujah |
Leonard Cohen |
Sung by Bono for a Leonard Cohen Tribute |
Happiness is a Warm Gun |
The Beatles |
Covered on the LNOE single |
Happy Christmas War Is Over |
John Lennon |
Played on the Late Late show in 1988 |
Hello Goodbye |
The Beatles |
Lines sung after TTTYAATW in 1992 |
Help |
The Beatles |
Sung/Covered many times |
Helter Skelter |
The Beatles |
Performed live JT/Lovetown Tours |
I Can't Help Falling In Love With You |
Elvis Presley |
Soundtrack and remixes, sung live ZooTV
|
I Love You Love |
G. Glitter |
Covered live |
I Remember You |
The Ramones |
Live cover appears on Elevation single
|
I Shall be Released |
Bob Dylan |
Covered live, mainly in 1986 |
I Walk the Line |
Johnny Cash |
Covered live in 04.08.87 |
I Want to Live in America |
Sondheim |
Lines sung in BTBS during Popmart |
If You Go to San Francisco |
John Phillips |
Covered live 06.19.1997 |
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free |
Police (Sting) |
Lines sung before I Fall Down |
In My Life |
The Beatles |
First verse sung before Stuck, 1st leg
Elevation |
Into the Mystic |
Van Morrison |
Lines sung in Sweetest Thing 05.25.01
|
Invisible Sun |
Police (Sting) |
Covered live in 1986 |
It's Not Unusual |
Mills & Redd |
Covered live in 1997 |
It's Only Rock & Roll |
Rolling Stones |
Bono sings with the Rolling Stones live
2002 |
I've Got You Under My Skin |
Frank Sinatra |
Duet with Frank Sinatra appears on the
Duets CD |
Jamaica Mistaica |
Jimmy Buffet |
Based on an experience with Bono
|
Jesus Christ |
Woody Guthrie |
Cover appears on Folkways compilation
CD |
John I'm Only Dancing |
David Bowie |
Covered live in 1987 |
Knockin' On Heaven's Door |
Bob Dylan |
Covered live many times |
Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat |
Bob Dylan |
Bono sang @ Dylan concert at Slane 07.0.84 |
Let It Be |
The Beatles |
Covered live, mainly in 1993 |
Let's Twist Again |
Chubby Checker |
Lines sung during Boy/Girl and THBA1
|
Life During Wartime |
Talking Heads |
Lines sung at the end of Discotheque |
Light My Fire |
The Doors |
Covered live 04.22.87 |
Like a Hurricane |
Neil Young |
Lines sung during All Along the Watchtower
|
Losing My Religion |
R.E.M. |
Lines sung after One 2001 |
Lost Highway |
H. Williams |
Song played twice in 1987 |
Lovesong |
Simple Minds |
Bono sings during Simple Minds concert
06.28.86 |
Love Will Tear Us Apart |
Joy Division |
Lines sung at the end of WOWY
|
Lust for Life |
Elvis Costello |
Lines sung at the end of Elevation |
Macarena |
Los Del Rio |
Edge Karaoke! |
Maggie's Farm |
Bob Dylan |
Covered during Amnesty Intl' tour
|
Many Rivers to Cross |
Jimmy Cliff |
Lines at the end of AIWIY, Popmart |
Molly Mallone |
Traditional Song |
Lines sung during Bad |
Moondance |
Van Morrison |
Bono sang during Van Morrison concert,
02.06.93 |
More Than a Feeling |
Boston |
Lines sung at the end of Elevation in
Boston |
My Girl |
Smokey Robinson |
Covered live in 1992-1993 |
My Hometown |
Springsteen |
Covered live on 06.29.85 |
My Sweet Lord |
George Harrison |
Covered at last Elevation show |
Ne Me Quitte Pas |
Jacques Brel |
Lines sung at end of Badin Paris 10.19.00 |
Need You Tonight |
INXS |
Lines sometimes sung at the end of Discotheque |
Never Tear Us Apart |
INXS |
Lines sung at the end of AIWIY |
New York, New York |
Frank Sinatra |
Covered live ZooTV, lines used at end
of NY by U2 |
Norwegian Wood |
The Beatles |
Cover played acoustic once, usually lines
in Bad |
Old McDonald Had a Farm |
Taditional Song |
Lines sung during a cover of Maggie's
Farm |
Paint it Black |
Rolling Stones |
Covered on the WGRYWH single |
People Get Ready |
Curtis Mayfield |
Covered live many times |
Play Me |
Neil Diamond |
Lines sung after One 04.26.01 |
Pop Muzik |
M. |
Remixes/covers aplenty in Popmart Era
|
Radar Love |
Golden Earring |
Edge Karaoke! |
Rain |
The Beatles |
Occasionally covered live at the end
of concerts |
Redemption Song |
Bob Marley |
Cover played live during the acoustic
ZooTV set |
Riders on the Storm |
The Doors |
Lines sung during Exit |
Ruby Tuesday |
Rolling Stones |
Lines sung at the end of Bad |
Sailing |
Gavin Sutherland |
Song covered on 09.02.97 |
Satellite of Love |
Lou Reed |
Covered live ZooTV, One B-Side, MDH soundtrack
|
Save the Children |
Marvin Gaye |
Bono involved in cover on tribute album
|
Send in the Clowns |
Judy Collins |
Lines sung in Electric Co |
Sexual Healing |
Marvin Gaye |
Lines sung in MW, earlier in AIWIY
|
She Loves You So |
The Beatles |
Rehearsed for ZooTV |
Singing in the Rain |
Gene Kelly |
Lines occasionally sung live while raining |
Southern Man |
Neil Young |
Covered live, mainly in 1982 & 1987 |
Springhill Mining Disaster |
Peggy Seeger |
Covered live in mid 80s |
Stand By Me |
Ben E. King |
Covered live, usually attached to ISHWILF |
Staying Alive |
The Bee Gee's |
Lines sometimes sung at the end of Discotheque |
Stepping Stone |
Monkees |
Lines sung at the end of Elevation |
Sugar Sugar |
Archies |
Covered live during Popmart Europe |
Summer Wine |
Nancy Sinatra |
Covered by The Corrs with Bono |
Suspicious Minds |
Elvis |
Edge Karaoke! |
Sweet Caroline |
Neil Diamond |
Edge Karaoke! |
Sweet Jane |
Velvet Underground |
Sung with Maria McKee 06.15.87 |
Sympathy for the Devil |
Rolling Stones |
Lines sung at the end of Bad |
Take Your Partner by the Hand |
Robbie Robertson |
Lines sometimes sung at the end of Discotheque |
Tequila Sunrise |
Eagles |
Played live on 12.12.97 |
That's Life |
Frank Sinatra |
Bono sings a cover for the movie "Good
Thief" |
The Cross |
Prince |
Covered by Bono with Prince in 1985 |
The Times They Are A-Changin' |
Bob Dylan |
Sung during Lovetown tour |
Three Little Birds |
Bob Marley |
Lines sung at the end of ISHWILF 11.16.01 |
Two Tribes |
Frankie GTH |
Line sung at the end of UTEOTW 02.26.01 |
Unchained Melody |
Righteous Brothers |
Covered on the AIWIY Single |
Volare |
Domenico Modugno |
Covered live in 1997 |
Walk on the Wild Side |
Lou Reed |
Covered live in 1987 and 1998 |
Waltzing Mathilda |
Andrew Barton |
Lines sung at the end of Bad 02.27.98
|
We Will Rock You |
Queen |
Covered live 11.25.92 |
We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
Traditional Song |
Sung at the end of 11 O'Clock, 1981 |
What's Going On |
Marvin Gaye |
Bono made a charity single of VA covers |
When I Get Home |
Herman Brood |
Verse sung before Stuck Jul 31-Aug 3,
2001 |
When the Stars Go Blue |
Ryan Adams |
Covered by The Corrs with Bono |
When Will I See You Again |
Three Degrees |
Covered live after Bono's fathers death |
Whiskey in the Jar |
Thin Lizzy |
Sung by Larry during ZooTV |
White Christmas |
Irving Berlin |
Covered live on 12.16.89 |
Whole Lotta Love |
Led Zeppelin |
Muttered before the BTBS solo during
Popmart |
Wild Rover |
The Dubliners |
Sung by Larry during ZooTV |
Won't Get Fooled Again |
The Who |
Covered at the Irving Plaza show, 12.05.01 |
Yellow |
Coldplay |
Lines sung at the end of Bad 2001
|
Young Americans |
David Bowie |
Lines sung at the end of BTBS 1st leg
Elevation |