U2 Charts Its First Hit Song In Years Thanks To The Band’s Surprise Project

U2 is now up to 18 appearances on the Official Singles Sales chart, the most competitive of all sales rankings for individual ...
Under the Radar

U2 Release a New Politically Charged EP, Including One Song Inspired by the Death of Renée Good

U2 have released a brand new EP, Days of Ash. The six-song release includes “American Obituary,” a new song inspired by the death last month of Renée Nicole Macklin Good at the hands of ICE agents in ...

“When we go into that song, everything changes. It’s like God walks through the room”: The anthem that drove U2 half mad

“We can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives, but when we go into that song, everything changes,” said Bono in Visnja Cogan’s 2008 book U2: An Irish Phenomenon. “The audience is on its feet, ...
Stereogum

The Alternative Number Ones: U2’s “One”

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...
American Songwriter

How U2 First Broke Into the US Top 40 With a Song Paying Tribute to an American Icon

U2's popularity outstripped their US chart success for a while. "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" helped to change all that.