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U2: every song, explained.
6 U2 songs in the archive, from 1987–2000: what each one is about, who wrote it and what it did on the charts. Each entry opens the full explanation.
6
Songs explained
1987–2000
Years covered
Rock
Main genre here
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I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
1987
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Where the Streets Have No Name
1987
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With or Without You
1987
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One
1991
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Beautiful Day
2000
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
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Every U2 entry sets out what the song is about and where that reading comes from: writing credits, interviews, the record's own history. Where a popular interpretation is wrong, the entry says so and shows the evidence. Missing a song? Suggest it.