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Revision as of 19:54, 20 August 2015

U2 discography
U2 performing on the Vertigo Tour in 2005
Studio albums13
Live albums1
Compilation albums5
Video albums15
Music videos79
EPs8
Singles58
Subscriber-exclusive albums10

The discography of the Irish rock band U2 consists of thirteen studio albums, nine live albums, nine compilation albums, fifty-seven singles, and nine extended plays (EPs).[1][2] The band consists of Bono (lead vocals, rhythm guitar and harmonica), The Edge (lead guitar, keyboards and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar) and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion).

The band's eight No. 1 singles on the U.S. Modern Rock charts places them fifth all-time. The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in early 2005.[3] U2 have sold more than 170 million records.[4]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
IRE
[5] 		AUS
[6] 		AUT
[7] 		CAN
[8] 		DEN
[9] 		FIN
[10] 		FRA
[11] 		GER
[12] 		NLD
[13] 		NOR
[14] 		NZL
[15] 		SWE
[16] 		SWI
[17] 		UK
[18] 		US
[19]
Boy 13* 35 — 4 — — — — 30 — 13 38 — 52 63
  • World: 3,000,000
October
  • Released: 12 October 1981
  • Label: Island
  • Format: LP, cassette
 17* 34 — — — — — — 23 — 6 40 — 11 104
  • World: 2,000,000
War
  • Released: 28 February 1983
  • Label: Island
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 16* 9 — 4 — 26 4 59 3 15 5 2 — 1 12
  • World: 9,000,000
The Unforgettable Fire
  • Released: 1 October 1984
  • Label: Island
  • Format: LP, cassette, 8-track, CD
 53* 1 39 5 — 14 — 14 4 6 1 6 24 1 12
  • MC: 3× Platinum[20]
  • SNEP: Gold[27]
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[28]
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[22]
  • World: 7,000,000
The Joshua Tree
  • Released: 9 March 1987
  • Label: Island
  • Format: LP, cassette, 8-track, CD
 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1
  • World: 25,000,000[36]
Rattle and Hum
  • Released: 10 October 1988
  • Label: Island
  • Format: Double LP, 8-track, cassette, CD
 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
  • MC: 7× Platinum[20]
  • SNEP: Gold[37]
  • BVMI: Platinum[38]
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[39]
  • BPI: 4× Platinum[23]
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum[22]
  • World: 15,000,000
Achtung Baby
  • Released: 18 November 1991
  • Label: Island
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 4 1 3 3 2 1
  • ARIA: 5× Platinum[40]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[41]
  • MC: Diamond[42]
  • SNEP: 2× Platinum[43]
  • BVMI: Platinum[44]
  • RMNZ: 5× Platinum[45]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[46]
  • BPI: 4× Platinum[23]
  • RIAA: 8× Platinum[22]
  • World: 18,000,000[47]
Zooropa
  • Released: 5 July 1993
  • Label: Island
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum[29]
  • IFPI AUT: Gold[30]
  • MC: 4× Platinum[20]
  • SNEP: Platinum[37]
  • BVMI: Gold[48]
  • RMNZ: 4× Platinum[49]
  • BPI: Platinum[23]
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[22]
  • World: 7,000,000
Pop
  • Released: 4 March 1997
  • Label: Island
  • Format: Double LP, cassette, CD
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
  • MC: 3× Platinum
  • SNEP: Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum[23]
  • RIAA: Platinum[22]
  • World: 7,000,000
All That You Can't Leave Behind
  • Released: 30 October 2000
  • Label: Island/Interscope
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3
  • IRMA: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: 5× Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
  • MC: 5× Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[23]
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum[22]
  • World: 12,000,000
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
  • Released: 22 November 2004
  • Label: Island/Interscope
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD, download
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  • IRMA: 10× Platinum
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
  • MC: 5× Platinum
  • SNEP: Platinum
  • RMNZ: 3× Platinum
  • BPI: 4× Platinum[23]
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[22]
  • World: 9,000,000[50]
No Line on the Horizon
  • Released: 27 February 2009
  • Label: Interscope
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
  • IRMA: 4× Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • BVMI: Platinum
  • RMNZ: Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum[23]
  • RIAA: Platinum[22]
  • World: 5,000,000[51]
Songs of Innocence
  • Released: 9 September 2014
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, LP,download
 2 7 2 5 3 10 1 2 1 6 6 2 3 6 9
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. "*" information comes from a source which started recording data in 2005.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
IRE
[5] 		AUS
[6] 		BEL
(VL)
[52] 		GER
[12] 		FIN
[10] 		SWE
[16] 		UK
[18] 		US
[19]
Under a Blood Red Sky
  • Released: November 1983
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 48 2 39 20 20 22 2 28
  • MC: 2× Platinum[53]
  • SNEP: Platinum
  • BVMI: Platinum
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[54]
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[22]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
IRE
[5] 		AUS
[6] 		AUT
[7] 		CAN
[8] 		ESP
[55] 		FIN
[10] 		NLD
[13] 		NOR
[14] 		NZL
[15] 		SWE
[16] 		SWI
[17] 		UK
[18] 		US
[19]
The Best of 1980–1990
  • Released: 10 November 1998
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
  • ARIA: 8× Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum
  • MC: 6× Platinum[53]
  • SNEP: 2× Platinum
  • BVMI: Platinum
  • RMNZ: 9× Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: 3× Platinum
  • BPI: 5× Platinum[23]
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum[22]
The Best of 1990–2000
  • Released: 12 November 2002
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 6 1 2 3
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
  • MC: 3× Platinum
  • SNEP: 2× Gold
  • BVMI: Gold
  • RMNZ: 4× Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[23]
  • RIAA: Platinum[22]
Unreleased and Rare
  • Released: 23 November 2004
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: Protected AAC audio files
 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
U218 Singles
  • Released: 17 November 2006
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 1 1 2 3 2 10 3 5 1 4 1 4 12
  • IRMA: 6× Platinum
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum
  • MC: Platinum
  • RMNZ: 4× Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[23]
Best of U2
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Universal Music Group
  • Format: 2 Giga-byte SD Card
  • Note: Only released in Turkey[56]
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Collaborations

Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[6] 		CAN
[8] 		NLD
[13] 		UK
[18] 		US
[19]
Original Soundtracks 1
(with Brian Eno as "Passengers")
  • Released: November 1995
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 11 15 38 12 76

Box sets

Title Album details
The Complete U2
  • Released: 23 November 2004
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: Download

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
IRE FIN
[10] 		UK
[18] 		US
[19]
Three
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: LP
 19 — — —
Wide Awake in America
  • Released: May 1985
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 — 36 11 37
  • MC: Platinum[53]
  • BPI: Silver
  • RIAA: Platinum[22]
Please: PopHeart Live EP
  • Released: September 8/9, 1997
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
 — — 7 —
7
  • Released: 22 January 2002
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: CD
 — — — —
Exclusive
  • Released: 24 April 2003
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: Download
 — — — —
Early Demos
  • Released: 23 November 2004
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: Download
 — — — —
Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge
  • Released: 9 December 2004
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: Download
 — — — —
Wide Awake in Europe
  • Released: 26 November 2010
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: 12-inch single
 — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Subscriber-exclusive albums

List of subscriber-exclusive albums
Title Album details
Melon: Remixes for Propaganda
  • Remix album
  • Propaganda fan club magazine subscriber exclusive
  • Released: 30 March 1995
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: CD
Hasta la Vista Baby! U2 Live from Mexico City
  • Live album
  • Propaganda fan club magazine subscriber exclusive
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: CD
U2.COMmunication
  • Live album
  • U2.com member exclusive
  • Released: 22 April 2005
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: CD
Zoo TV Live
  • Live album
  • U2.com member exclusive
  • Released: 18 November 2006
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: CD
U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle
  • Live album
  • U2.com subscriber exclusive
  • Released: 21 November 2007
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: CD
Medium, Rare & Remastered
  • Compilation album
  • U2.com subscriber exclusive
  • Released: 27 March 2009
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: CD
Artificial Horizon
  • Remix album
  • U2.com subscriber exclusive
  • Released: 25 March 2010
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: CD, triple LP
Duals
  • Compilation album
  • U2.com subscriber exclusive
  • Released: 10 May 2011
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: CD
U22
  • Live album
  • U2.com subscriber exclusive
  • Released: 1 May 2012
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: CD
From the Ground Up: Edge's Picks from U2360°
  • Live album
  • U2.com subscriber exclusive
  • Released: 17 December 2012
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: CD

Singles

1980s

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[18] 		AUS
[6] 		IRE
[57] 		SWI
[17] 		AUT
[7] 		CAN
[58][59] 		NLD
[13] 		FRA
[11] 		FIN
[10] 		NOR
[14] 		NZ
[60] 		SWE
[16] 		US
[61][62]
"Another Day" 1980 — — — — — — — — — — — — — non-album single
"11 O'Clock Tick Tock" — — — — — — — — — — — — —
"A Day Without Me" — — — — — — — — — — — — — Boy
"I Will Follow" — 71 — — — — — — — — 34 — —
"Fire" 1981 35 — 4 — — — — — — — — — — October
"Gloria" 55 32 10 — — — — — — — 15 — —
"A Celebration" 1982 47 83 15 — — — — — — — — — — non-album single
"I Will Follow" (live from Hattem) — — — — — — 12 — — — — — —
"New Year's Day" 1983 10 36 2 — — 41 11 — — 9 32 17 53 War
"Two Hearts Beat as One" 18 53 2 — — — — — — — 16 — 101
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" — — — — — — 3 — — — — — —
"I Will Follow" (live from West Germany) 1984 — — — — — — — — — — — — 81 Under a Blood Red Sky
"Pride (In the Name of Love)" 3 4 2 — — 26 8 — — 7 1 12 33 The Unforgettable Fire
"The Unforgettable Fire" 1985 6 59 1 — — — 8 — — — 3 — —
"With or Without You" 1987 4 9 1 10 15 1 2 10 5 — 5 13 1 The Joshua Tree
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" 6 17 1 18 10 6 6 37 6 — 2 11 1
"Where the Streets Have No Name" 4 27 1 — — 11 10 — — — 1 — 13
"In God's Country" 48 — — — — 25 — — — — — — 44
"One Tree Hill" 1988 — — — — — — — — — — 1 — —
"Desire" 1 1 1 9 19 5 2 37 3 5 1 5 3 Rattle and Hum
"Angel of Harlem" 9 18 3 25 — — 8 — 19 — 1 — 14
"When Love Comes to Town" (with B.B. King) 1989 6 23 1 — — 41 9 — — — 4 20 68
"All I Want Is You" 4 2 1 — — 67 12 — 8 — 2 — 83
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1990s

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[18] 		AUS
[6] 		IRE
[57] 		SWI
[17] 		AUT
[7] 		CAN
[58] 		NLD
[13] 		FRA
[11] 		FIN
[10] 		NOR
[14] 		NZ
[15] 		SWE
[16] 		US
[61][62]
"Everlasting Love" 1990 — 2 — — — — 10 — — — — — — non-album single
"The Fly" 1991 1 1 1 3 5 6 4 6 2 1 1 3 61 Achtung Baby
"Mysterious Ways" 13 3 1 13 — 1 8 19 11 — 3 17 9
"One" 1992 7 4 1 25 — 1 11 13 — — 3 — 10
"Even Better Than the Real Thing" 12 11 3 18 8 3 8 34 20 — 8 10 32
"Even Better Than the Real Thing" (remix) 8 — 10 — — — — — — — — — —
"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" 14 9 4 24 20 5 13 10 8 10 13 19 35
"Numb" (video single) 1993 — 7 — — — 9 — — — — 13 — —[A] Zooropa
"Lemon" — 6 — — — 20 — — — — 4 — —[B]
"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" 4 5 1 20 22 14 10 18 5 — 6 13 61
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" 1995 2 1 1 5 3 3 9 10 1 1 1 2 16 Batman Forever soundtrack
"Miss Sarajevo" 6 7 4 10 — 46 5 8 5 10 23 35 — Original Soundtracks 1
"Discothèque" 1997 1 3 1 6 9 2 9 12 1 1 1 2 10 Pop
"Staring at the Sun" 3 23 4 29 25 1 22 49 4 9 4 26 26
"Last Night on Earth" 10 32 11 — 31 18 17 — 6 20 36 43 57
"Please" 7 21 6 35 — 47 11 31 7 15 32 33 —[C]
"If God Will Send His Angels" 12 — 11 — — 26 30 — 6 — 35 56 —
"Mofo" — 35 — — — — — — — — — — —
"Sweetest Thing" 1998 3 6 1 28 7 1 9 18 6 4 3 6 63 The Best of 1980–1990
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2000s

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[18] 		AUS
[6] 		IRE
[57] 		SWI
[17] 		AUT
[7] 		CAN
[58] 		NLD
[13] 		FRA
[11] 		FIN
[10] 		NOR
[14] 		NZ
[15] 		SWE
[16] 		US
[61][62]
"Beautiful Day" 2000 1 1 1 6 7 1 1 17 1 1 7 7 21 All That You Can't Leave Behind
"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" 2001 2 3 1 38 38 1 7 31 10 4 17 23 52
"Elevation" 3 6 1 20 21 1 1 34 9 5 35 33 —[D]
"Walk On" 5 9 7 48 33 1 10 81 16 17 48 55 —[E]
"New Year's Dub" (as U2 vs. Musique) 15 — — 93 — — — — — — — — — non-album single
"Electrical Storm" 2002 5 5 2 5 8 1 4 18 2 4 5 13 77 The Best of 1990–2000
"Take Me to the Clouds Above"
(as LMC vs. U2) 		2004 1 7 3 41 8 21 16 21 — 18 — 21 — non-album single
"Vertigo" 1 5 1 6 4 2 2 12 2 2 5 2 31 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
"All Because of You" 2005 4 23 4 36 37 1 6 — — 13 — 37 —[F]
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" 1 19 3 39 25 1 4 60 11 6 12 24 99
"City of Blinding Lights" 2 31 8 41 28 2 3 89 — — — 8 —
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with Paul McCartney) — — — — — — — — — — — — 48 non-album single
"One" (with Mary J. Blige) 2006 2 — 2 2 1 35 2 35 — 1 — 27 86 The Breakthrough
"The Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day) 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 44 8 1 4 4 51 U218 Singles
"Window in the Skies" 2007 4 17 5 34 11 1 1 — — 8 28 38 —
"The Ballad of Ronnie Drew"
(with The Dubliners, Kila, and A Band of Bowsies) 		2008 — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — non-album single
"Get On Your Boots" 2009 12 26 1 65 11 3 5 6 — 5 20 8 37 No Line on the Horizon
"Magnificent" 42 — 5 45 51 68 6 15 — — — 16 79
"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" 32 — 7 49 34 72 14 21 — — — 47 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2010s

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[18] 		AUS
[6] 		IRE
[57] 		SWI
[17] 		AUT
[7] 		CAN
[58] 		NLD
[13] 		FRA
[11] 		FIN
[10] 		NOR
[14] 		NZ
[15] 		SWE
[16] 		US
[61]
"I Will Follow" (live from Glastonbury) 2011 78 — — — — — — — — — — — — non-album single
"Ordinary Love" 2013 82 88 13 11 29 29 6 27 — — — — 84
"Invisible" ((RED) edit version)" 2014 65 79 24 22 39 44 41 11 — — — — —[G]
"The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)" — — — — — — 33 — — — — — — Songs of Innocence
"Every Breaking Wave" — — — — — — — 93 — — — — —
"Song for Someone" 2015 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Total top ten hits 34 25 44 11 12 25 33 6 21 20 24 10 6
Total number-one hits 7 5 21 1 1 14 5 0 3 6 8 0 2

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1982 "October" They Call It An Accident (Soundtrack)
2010 "Vertigo"

"Magnificent"
"Because the Night" (with Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith and Roy Bittan)
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (with Bruce Springsteen)
"Mysterious Ways"
"Where Is the Love?/One" (with The Black Eyed Peas)
"Gimme Shelter" (with Mick Jagger, Fergie and will.i.am)
"Stuck in a Moment That You Can't Get Out Of" (with Mick Jagger)
"Beautiful Day"

The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts[66]

Videography

Theatrically released films

Title Details
Rattle and Hum
  • Released: 27 October 1988
  • Distributor: Paramount Pictures
  • Format: theatrical release, VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-ray
U2 3D
From the Sky Down

Videos

Title Details Certifications
U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky
  • Released: November 1984
  • Label: MCA Home Video
  • Format: VHS, Betamax, DVD
The Unforgettable Fire Collection
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: VHS, LaserDisc
Achtung Baby: The Videos, the Cameos, and a Whole Lot of Interference from Zoo TV
  • Released: 17 May 1992
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: VHS, LaserDisc
Zoo TV: Live from Sydney
  • Released: 17 May 1994
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: VHS, LaserDisc, DVD
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
  • RIAA: Platinum[68]
PopMart: Live from Mexico City
  • Released: 22 November 1998
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: VHS, DVD
  • ARIA: Platinum
The Best of 1980–1990
  • Released: April 1999
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: VHS
Elevation 2001: Live from Boston
  • Released: 26 November 2001
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: VHS, DVD
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
  • MC: 5× Platinum[67]
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[68]
The Best of 1990–2000
  • Released: 2 December 2002
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: VHS, DVD
U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle
  • Released: 17 November 2003
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: DVD
  • ARIA: 7× Platinum
Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago
  • Released: 14 November 2005
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: DVD
  • ARIA: 6× Platinum
Vertigo: Live from Milan
  • Released: 17 November 2006
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: DVD
U218 Videos
  • Released: 17 November 2006
  • Label: Island Records
  • Format: DVD
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
Linear
  • Released: 3 March 2009
  • Label: Interscope
  • Format: Digital download, DVD
U2 360° at the Rose Bowl
  • Released: 7 June 2010
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Format: DVD, Blu-ray Disc
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum
  • BVMI: 3× Gold[69]
  • BPI: Gold

Music videos

Year Title Notes
1980 "I Will Follow"
1981 "Gloria"
1982 "A Celebration"
1983 "New Year's Day"
"Two Hearts Beat as One"
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" (live)
1984 "Pride (In the Name of Love)" 3 videos made including Slane Castle version and unreleased "Version 3"
"The Unforgettable Fire"
"A Sort of Homecoming" (live)
1985 "Bad" (live)
1987 "With or Without You" 2 videos made
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
"Where the Streets Have No Name"
"Red Hill Mining Town"
"Spanish Eyes"
"In God's Country"
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
1988 "Desire" 2 videos made, including 1 remix
"Angel of Harlem"
1989 "When Love Comes to Town" 2 videos made including the Rattle and Hum version
"All I Want Is You"
1990 "Night and Day"
1991 "The Fly"
"Mysterious Ways"
"One" 4 videos made including the buffalos version with images of the band
1992 "Even Better Than the Real Thing" 3 videos made, including 1 remix
"Until the End of the World" 2 videos made including 1 live
"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"
1993 "Love Is Blindness"
"Numb" 2 videos made, including 1 remix
"Lemon" 2 videos made, including 1 remix
"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"
"I've Got You Under My Skin" featuring Frank Sinatra
1995 "Miss Sarajevo"
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
1997 "Discothèque"
"Staring at the Sun" 2 videos made
"Last Night on Earth"
"Please" 2 videos made including 1 live
"If God Will Send His Angels"
"Mofo" remix version
1998 "Sweetest Thing"
2000 "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"
"Beautiful Day" 2 videos made
2001 "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" 2 videos made - 1 U.S. version & 1 International version
"Walk On" 2 videos made - 1 U.S. version & 1 International version
"Elevation"
2002 "Electrical Storm"
2003 "The Hands That Built America"
2004 "Vertigo" 3 videos made including 1 remix
"All Because of You"
2005 "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" 2 videos made
"City of Blinding Lights"
"Original of the Species" 2 videos made
2006 "One" featuring Mary J. Blige
"The Saints Are Coming" featuring Green Day
"Window in the Skies" 3 videos made (final edit with 'The Beatles' images included)
2008 "I Believe in Father Christmas"
2009 "Get on Your Boots" 2 videos made
"Magnificent"
"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" 2 videos made - 1 animated & 1 live
2011 "Even Better Than the Real Thing" 360° Remix
2013 "Ordinary Love" 2 videos made - 1 lyric & 1 remix
2014 "Invisible"
"The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)"
2015 "Every Breaking Wave"
"Song for Someone"

Notes

  1. ^ "Numb" was not eligible to enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 61 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.[63][64]
  2. ^ "Lemon" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number three on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[65]
  3. ^ "Please" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number three on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[65]
  4. ^ "Elevation" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[65]
  5. ^ "Walk On" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[65]
  6. ^ "All Because of You" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[65]
  7. ^ "Invisible" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[65]

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