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"With or Without You" has become one of U2's best-known songs, and it often appears in music critics' rankings of the best songs of all-time. In 2000, the song appeared at number eight on Rolling Stone ' s list of "100 Greatest Pop Songs", compiled by Rolling Stone and MTV music critics to rank songs released since The Beatles ' breakthrough ...
Songs of Surrender was officially announced on 10 January 2023 with a trailer video soundtracked by a new version of "Beautiful Day"; the video also revealed the album's release date of 17 March. [29] The day after the project was announced, the track listings and release formats were confirmed. [6]
Following the release of their single "Another Day" in 1980, U2 signed a recording contract with Island Records, [2] and released their first album, Boy, later that year. The band has since released 15 full-length studio albums, the most recent being Songs of Surrender in 2023.
U2's follow up albums Zooropa and Pop continued the band's experimentation with alternative rock and electronic dance music, reaching number one worldwide but with reduced sales. U2 regained commercial favour with the release of All That You Can't Leave Behind in 2000, returning to a more mainstream sound.
One of the world's best-selling albums with 25 million copies sold, it produced the group's only number-one singles in the US to date: "With or Without You" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Facing creative stagnation and a backlash to their documentary and double album Rattle and Hum (1988), U2 reinvented themselves in the 1990s.
11 January: U2 release a re-recorded version of "Pride (In the Name of Love)" to promote Songs of Surrender. [186] 27 January: U2 release a re-recorded version of "With or Without You" to promote Songs of Surrender. [187] 7 February: Bono attends the 2023 State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C., as a guest of US President Joe Biden. [188]
The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2.It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 9 March 1987 by Island Records.In contrast to the ambient experimentation of their 1984 release, The Unforgettable Fire, the band aimed for a harder-hitting sound within the limitation of conventional song structures on The Joshua Tree.
With or Without You is a live CD/DVD U2 tribute album recorded by the Dutch band Kane. The DVD was filmed on 20 September 2000 at Plan C in Rotterdam. The CD was recorded a day later, at Paridiso, Amsterdam. The album was released in December 2000, but only in the Netherlands. [1]