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Brad

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Your U2 Singles Playlist
« on: January 23, 2015, 10:13:55 PM »
I think about starting this thread every time U2 releases a new single. I always wonder what tracks people would include in a playlist of U2 singles. Some are obvious of course, but I'm sure some people would include additional tracks and others would leave some out. Here's what I have in my U2 singles playlist in iTunes. What would you add, delete, change?

1   Out Of Control
2   Another Day
3   11 O'Clock Tick Tock
4   A Day Without Me
5   I Will Follow
6   Fire
7   Gloria
8   A Celebration
9   New Year's Day
10   Two Hearts Beat As One
11   Sunday Bloody Sunday
12   "40"
13   Pride (In The Name Of Love)
14   The Unforgettable Fire
15   With Or Without You
16   I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
17   Where The Streets Have No Name
18   In God's Country
19   One Tree Hill
20   Desire
21   Angel Of Harlem
22   When Love Comes To Town
23   All I Want Is You (Single Edit)
24   The Fly
25   Mysterious Ways
26   One
27   Even Better Than The Real Thing
28   Even Better Than the Real Thing (The Perfecto Mix Radio Edit)
29   Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (The Temple Bar Edit)
30   Numb
31   Lemon (Edit)
32   Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
33   Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
34   Miss Sarajevo
35   Discothèque
36   Staring At The Sun
37   Last Night On Earth
38   Please (UK Edit)
39   If God Will Send His Angels
40   Mofo (Phunk Phorce Edit)
41   Sweetest Thing (The Single Mix)
42   Beautiful Day
43   Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
44   Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)
45   Walk On (Single Version)
46   Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix)
47   Vertigo
48   All Because Of You (Single Mix)
49   Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (Radio Edit 96 BPM)
50   City Of Blinding Lights (Radio Edit)
51   Original Of The Species (Single Version)
52   Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
53   One w/ Mary J. Blige (Radio Edit)
54   The Saints Are Coming
55   Window In The Skies (Single Version)
56   The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew
57   Get On Your Boots
58   Magnificent (UK Edit)
59   I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Single Version)
60   Blow Your House Down
61   Ordinary Love
62   Invisible (RED) Edit
63   The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
64   Every Breaking Wave (Single Version)

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Re: Your U2 Singles Playlist
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2015, 04:00:45 AM »
FIXED*

Out Of Control (U23)
Another Day (Single Version)
11 O'Clock Tick Tock
A Day Without Me
I Will Follow
Fire
Gloria
A Celebration
New Year's Day (7" Edit)
Two Hearts Beat As One (7" Edit)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (Revival Of The 80's 7" Edit)
"40" (7" Edit)
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Wire  (promo)
The Unforgettable Fire
Bad (Wide Awake In America)
With Or Without You
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Where The Streets Have No Name (7" Edit)
In God's Country
Trip Through Your Wires (promo)
One Tree Hill
Desire
Angel Of Harlem (7" Edit)
When Love Comes To Town (7" Edit)
God Part II (promo)
All I Want Is You (7" Edit)
Night And Day (promo)
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Until The End Of The World (promo)
One
Even Better Than The Real Thing (Single Version)
Even Better Than The Real Thing (The Perfecto Mix Radio Edit)
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Single Version)
Numb (Edit)
Lemon (Edit)
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Zooropa (Edit) (promo)
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Single Edit)
Miss Sarajevo (Single Edit)
Your Blue Room (Edit) (promo)
Discothèque (Single Edit)
Staring At The Sun
Last Night On Earth (Single Version)
Pop Muzik (Edit) (promo)
Please (U.K Edit) (promo)
If God Will Send His Angels (Single Version)
Mofo (Phunk Phorce Edit)
Sweetest Thing (The Single Mix)
The Ground Beneath Her Feet (promo)
Beautiful Day
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of (U.S Edit)
Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)
Walk On (Single Version)
Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix Radio Edit)
The Hands That Built America (Soundtrack Mix)
Vertigo (7" Edit)
All Because Of You (Single Mix)
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (Radio Edit 103 BPM)
City Of Blinding Lights (Radio Edit)
Original Of The Species (Single Version)
The Saints Are Coming (Radio Edit)
Window In The Skies (Single Version)
Get On Your Boots (U.K Edit)
Magnificent (U.K Edit)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Single Version)
Soon (7")
Ordinary Love (Interscope Version)
Invisible (RED) Edit
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
Every Breaking Wave (Single Version)
« Last Edit: January 25, 2015, 01:04:24 PM by yseilys »

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Re: Your U2 Singles Playlist
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2015, 10:37:14 AM »
Thanks for the response. Yes, most of the tracks in my playlist are single edits even though I didn't label them all as such.

I have traditionally only included songs that were released as commercial singles in some region, though this last album cycle has certainly forced my to rethink what I consider a single. The versions of Mofo and Please I included are from promos, but only because the commercial single versions are overly long for a playlist.

If you are going to include all of their promo releases, I would have to consider Winter and Beat on the Brat as well, and I do believe that Blow Your House Down was released to radio in promotion of the Achtung Baby reissue, though perhaps only digitally.

Interesting that you threw out tracks that feature other artists besides U2. I have included Sgt. Pepper (which actually charted), One w/ Mary J. Blige, and The Ballad of Ronnie Drew because they are commercial releases that feature all four band members. I admit that they break up the flow of the playlist a bit.

Bad from WAIA is something I have definitely considered including. A few live versions of I Will Follow has been released as singles as well, but I've decided not to include them.

As I said before, the release of Songs of Innocence has totally blown up my ideas of what constitutes a single. Invisible, The Miracle, and EBW are pretty clearly single for that album in my mind, though only one of them has so far been released in the traditional sense, and then only digitally.

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Re: Your U2 Singles Playlist
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2015, 08:08:59 PM »
My list is as follows:

  • Out Of Control [original]
  • Another Dayl
  • 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
  • A Day Without Me
  • I Will Follow
  • Fire
  • Gloria
  • A Celebration
  • New Year's Day [7" Edit]
  • Two Hearts Beat As One [7" Edit]
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday
  • Pride (In The Name Of Love) [Single Version]
  • The Unforgettable Fire
  • Bad [Live]
  • With Or Without You
  • I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
  • Where The Streets Have No Name [Single Edit]
  • Desire
  • Angel Of Harlem [Remix]
  • When Love Comes To Town [Single Version]
  • All I Want Is You [Single Edit]
  • The Fly
  • Mysterious Ways
  • One
  • Even Better Than The Real Thing [single mix]
  • Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses [The Temple Bar Edit])
  • Numb
  • Lemon [Edit]
  • Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
  • Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
  • Miss Sarajevo [Single Edit]
  • Discothèque [12" Version]
  • Staring At The Sun
  • Last Night On Earth [Single Version]
  • Please [Single Version]
  • If God Will Send His Angels [Single Version]
  • Mofo [Phunk Phorce Mix]
  • Sweetest Thing [The Single Mix]
  • Beautiful Day
  • Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
  • Elevation [Tomb Raider Mix]
  • Walk On [Single Version]
  • Electrical Storm [William Orbit Mix]
  • Vertigo
  • Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own [Radio Edit 96 BPM]
  • City Of Blinding Lights [Radio Edit]
  • All Because Of You [Single Mix]
  • Original Of The Species [Single Version]
  • The Saints Are Coming
  • Window In The Skies [Single Version]
  • Get On Your Boots
  • Magnificent [UK Edit]
  • I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight [Single Version]
  • Ordinary Love
  • Invisible [(RED) Edit Version]
  • The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
  • Every Breaking Wave [whatever they end up calling this hopefully to-be-released new version]

The differences I have are:
 - I have included Bad from WAIA.  I really do consider it a single to promote the album
 - The remix of EBTRRT - to me it's really still promoting the original single'
 - the live singles
 - I don't include 40, One Tree Hill, In God's Country, and whatever other minor regional singles were released
 - I don't include the very promo only releases, like Zooropa and Night and Day
 - I don't include the collaborations
 - I bumped All Because Of You down two spots in the order as the Canadian release is an anomoly
« Last Edit: January 24, 2015, 08:49:07 PM by George »

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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2015, 12:02:35 AM »
Technically When Love Comes to Town and The Saints are Coming are also collaborations.  I guess they are different from the others in that they appear on U2 albums, but that's one reason I have left them all in.

No way I could leave out In God's Country. It got lots of radio play when I was a teen and my U2 obsession was really taking off, so it will always be a single in my mind.

Interesting to hear what others have in their playlists and why. Thanks for replying. I do think you have convince me to include Bad in my playlist. :)

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Re: Your U2 Singles Playlist
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2015, 09:35:12 AM »
I do think you have convince me to include Bad in my playlist. :)

How about this reasoning?  It was released in South Africa as a single on vinyl?  :)  Yes it's missing out of the discography currently but it's there in the new version we are readying.

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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2015, 11:21:53 AM »
I do think you have convince me to include Bad in my playlist. :)

How about this reasoning?  It was released in South Africa as a single on vinyl?  :)  Yes it's missing out of the discography currently but it's there in the new version we are readying.



This appears to be an edit of the album version not available anywhere else.

Aaron, what have you done?  :o

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Re: Your U2 Singles Playlist
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2015, 01:08:48 PM »
About the When Love Comes To Town & The Saints Are Coming... they are released as "U2" singles... (BB King released it at promo single with his own name) and Green Day didn't released TSAC under their band name.

About the Pride Edit, I remember talking about someone who have this 7" and it's seems to be the same as the Best Of 1980-1990

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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2015, 03:00:29 PM »
The version of Pride I have in my playlist is from the Austrian CD single. It is the same as the single version from the Unforgettable Fire remaster. I think the version on the Best of 1980-1990 is the album version?

I do understand why you might not include the other collaborations in a playlist. I also view When Love Comes To Town and The Saints Are Coming as being more U2 singles than the others.


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« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2015, 08:29:02 AM »
I do have to agree with Yseilys in a way.  "When Love Comes to Town" and "The Saints are Coming" are obviously U2 singles.  They were released on U2's label, with U2 being present on all of the b-sides.  That's where the Ronnie Drew song and the Mary J song separate.  They are very obviously not just a U2 single when you look at the additional tracks, nor do they appear on a U2 album.  But I include Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill me in the discography and that doesn't include U2 on the b-sides either, nor was it on a U2 album, although is without argument a U2 single for me.  So I really could go both ways.

For me, the Ronnie Drew one is the most likely one to be thrown out, because it's a big group thing, and if they had called themselves "Drew Aid" we wouldn't be having this discussion.  And it really was a more regional production.  But I usually keep the Mary J version in there, as it was released in a few more areas, and it had some chart success.

For the sake of the discography both will continue to be listed under U2 singles going further for anyone who expects to find them there.  I actually spent all weekend scanning the artwork for the Mary J Blige stuff at our new size.

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Re: Your U2 Singles Playlist
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2015, 11:16:37 AM »
If I was going to compile such a list, this is probably how I'd do it. It's large and unwieldy because I included a lot of promo-only releases:

1.   Out of Control
2.   Another Day
3.   11 O’Clock Tick Tock
4.   A Day Without Me
5.   I Will Follow
6.   Fire
7.   Gloria
8.   A Celebration
9.   New Year’s Day (7” Edit)
10.   Two Hearts Beat As One
11.   Sunday Bloody Sunday
12.   I Will Follow (UABRS Version)
13.   Pride (Single Version)
14.   The Unforgettable Fire
15.   Wire
16.   A Sort of Homecoming
17.   Bad (Live)
18.   With or Without You
19.   I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
20.   Where the Streets Have No Name (Single Version)
21.   In God’s Country
22.   One Tree Hill
23.   Desire
24.   Angel of Harlem (Single Version)
25.   When Love Comes to Town (Single Version)
26.   God Part II (Hard Metal Dance Mix)
27.   All I Want is You
28.   Night and Day
29.   The Fly
30.   Mysterious Ways
31.   One
32.   Even Better Than the Real Thing (Single Version)
33.   Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Temple Bar Remix)
34.   Until the End of the World
35.   Numb
36.   Lemon
37.   Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
38.   Zooropa (Edit)
39.   Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
40.   Miss Sarajevo (Single Edit)
41.   Your Blue Room
42.   Discotheque (12” Version)
43.   Staring at the Sun
44.   Last Night on Earth (Single Version)
45.   Pop Muzik (Radio Edit)
46.   Please (Single Version)
47.   If God Will Send His Angels (Single Version)
48.   MOFO (Phunk Phorce Mix)
49.   Sweetest Thing (The Single Mix)
50.   The Ground Beneath Her Feet
51.   Beautiful Day
52.   Stuck in a Moment
53.   Walk On (Album Version)
54.   Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)
55.   Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix)
56.   The Hands That Built America (Soundtrack Mix)
57.   Vertigo (Single Mix)
58.   All Because of You (Single Mix)
59.   Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own (96 BPM Radio Edit)
60.   City of Blinding Lights (Album Version)
61.   Original of the Species (Single Version)
62.   The Saints are Coming
63.   Window in the Skies (Single Version)
64.   Get On Your Boots
65.   Magnificent (Album Version)
66.   I’ll Go Crazy if I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight (Single Version)
67.   I Will Follow (Live from Glastonbury)
68.   Ordinary Love (Interscope Promo Version)
69.   Invisible (Red Edit Version)
70.   The Miracle of Joey Ramone
71.   Every Breaking Wave (Single Version?)

A few notes:
*I skipped "I Will Follow (Live from Hattern 1982)" in favor of "I Will Follow (Live from Glastonbury 2011)." Still, the song appears three times on the playlist.
*I couldn't bring myself to include the single edits of some songs, so I put the album versions of "All I Want Is You," "City of Blinding Lights," "Magnificent," and "Walk On" for example.
*A couple of these I don't actually have, but I would include them if I could (the new EBW mix, Zooropa edit, etc.)
*Even though "Jesus Christ" was released as a 7" promo back in the day and included on the JT remaster, I left it off since it's just Bono
*I couldn't bring myself to include Mary J. Blige. And I really don't want to include Green Day but I did so grudgingly.
*As fun as it is to include all the promos and odds and ends, I'm not sure if I'd listen to this super long playlist that much. I'd probably trim it down at some point...

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Re: Your U2 Singles Playlist
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2015, 11:29:25 AM »

If you are going to include all of their promo releases, I would have to consider Winter and Beat on the Brat as well, and I do believe that Blow Your House Down was released to radio in promotion of the Achtung Baby reissue, though perhaps only digitally.


Dang! I was going to include "Blow Your House Down" on my list but forgot. For that matter, wasn't the Fish Out of Water mix of EBTTRT also released as a promo during this time?