There are few groups in the history of the Rock Era with the worldwide appeal of this group. The countries which were behind U2 from the start are listed:
1980: "Another Day"
"11 O'Clock Tick Tock"
"A Day Without Me"
"I Will Follow" (#71 Australia, #34 New Zealand)
1981: "Fire" (#35 U.K., #4 Ireland)
"Gloria" (#55 U.K., #32 Australia, #10 Ireland, #15 New Zealand)
1982: "A Celebration" (#47 U.K., #83 Australia, #15 Ireland)
"I Will Follow" (live) #12 Netherlands, (#21 Belgium)
1983: "New Year's Day" (#53, #2 Mainstream Rock, #10 U.K., #36 Australia, #32 New Zealand, #11 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
"Two Hearts Beat As One" (#12 Mainstream, #18 U.K., #53 Australia, #16 New Zealand, #2 Ireland)
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" (#7 Mainstream, #3 Netherlands, #14 Belgium)--highly underrated
1984: "I Will Follow" (live) (#81)
"Pride (In the Name of Love" (#33, #2 Mainstream, #3 U.K., #4 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands, #2 Ireland, #5 Belgium)--underrated
1985: "The Unforgettable Fire" (#6 U.K., #59 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #12 Belgium)
1987: "With or Without You" (#1, #1 Mainstream, #4 U.K., #9 Australia, #5 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #4 Belgium)
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (#1, #2 Mainstream, #6 U.K., #17 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #6 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #13 Belgium)
"Where the Streets Have No Name") (#13, #11 Mainstream, #4 U.K., #27 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #10 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #23 Belgium)
"In God's Country" (#44, #6 Mainstream, #48 U.K.)
1988: "One Tree Hill" (#1 New Zealand)
"Desire" (#1, #1 Mainstream, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #3 Belgium)
"Angel of Harlem" (#14, #1 Mainstream, #9 U.K., #18 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands, #3 Ireland, #11 Belgium)
1989: "When Love Comes to Town" (with B.B. King) (#68, #2 Mainstream, #6 U.K., #23 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #20 Belgium)
"All I Want Is You" (#83, #13 Mainstream, #4 U.K, #2 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #12 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #19 Belgium)
1991: "The Fly" (#61, #2 Mainstream, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #5 Belgium)
"Mysterious Ways" (#9, #1 Mainstream, #13 U.K., #3 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #6 Belgium)
1992: "One" (#10, #1 Mainstream, #7 U.K., #4 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #11 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #19 Belgium)
"Even Better Than the Real Thing" (#32, #1 Mainstream, #12 U.K., #11 Australia, #8 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands, #3 Ireland, #18 Belgium)--underrated
"Even Better Than the Real Thing" (remix) (#8 U.K., #10 Ireland)
"Who's Gonna' Ride Your Wild Horses" (#35, #2 Mainstream, #14 U.K., #9 Australia, #13 New Zealand, #13 Netherlands, #4 Ireland, #26 Belgium)
1993: "Numb" (video single) (#18 Mainstream, #7 Australia, #13 New Zealand)
"Lemon" (#18 Mainstream, #6 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #27 Belgium)
"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (#61, #12 Mainstream, #4 U.K., #5 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #10 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #12 Belgium)
1995: "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (#16, #1 Mainstream, #2 U.K., #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #4 Belgium)
"Miss Sarajevo" (#6 U.K., #7 Australia, #23 New Zealand, #5 Netherlands, #5 Belgium)
1997: "Discotheque" (#10, #6 Mainstream, #1 U.K., #3 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #1 Belgium)
"Staring at the Sun" (#26, #2 Mainstream, #3 U.K., #23 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #22 Netherlands, #4 Ireland, #4 Belgium)
"Last Night on Earth" (#57, #18 Mainstream, #10 U.K., #32 Australia, #36 New Zealand, #17 Netherlands, #11 Ireland, #6 Belgium)
"Please" (#7 U.K., #21 Australia, #32 New Zealand, #11 Netherlands, #6 Ireland, #7 Belgium)
"If God Will Send His Angels" (#12 U.K., #35 New Zealand, #30 Netherlands, #11 Ireland, #6 Belgium)
"Mofo" (#35 Australia)
1998: "Sweetest Thing" (#63, #31 Mainstream, #3 U.K., #3 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #6 Belgium)
2000: "Beautiful Day" (#21, #14 Mainstream, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #7 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #1 Belgium)
2001: "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" (#52, #35 Mainstream, #2 U.K., #3 Australia, #17 New Zealand, #7 Netherlands #1 Ireland, #10 Belgium)
"Elevation" (#21 Mainstream, #3 U.K., #6 Australia, #35 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #9 Belgium)
"Walk On" (#19 Mainstream, #5 U.K., #9 Australia, #48 New Zealand, #10 Netherlands, #7 Ireland, #16 Belgium)
"New Year's Dub" (#15 U.K.)
2002: "Electrical Storm" (#77, #26 Mainstream, #5 U.K., #5 Australia, #5 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands, #2 Ireland, #2 Belgium)
2004: "Take Me to the Clouds Above" (#1 U.K., #7 Australia, #16 Netherlands, #3 Ireland)
"Vertigo" (#31, #3 Mainstream, #1 U.K., #5 Australia, #5 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands, #1` Ireland, #2 Belgium)
2005: "All Because of You" (#20 Mainstream, #4 U.K., #23 Australia, #6 Netherlands, #4 Ireland,
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (#97, #1 U.K. #19 Australia, #12 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands, #3 Ireland, #11 Belgium)
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (#97, #1 U.K., #19 Australia, #12 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands, #3 Ireland, #11 Belgium)
"City of Blinding Lights" (#2 U.K., #31 Australia, #3 Netherlands, #8 Ireland)
"Original of the Species" (#23, #64 Mainstream, #19 U.K., #7 Australia, #7 Ireland)
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with Paul McCartney)
2006: "One" (with Mary J. Blige--#86, #2 U.K., #2 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
"The Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day--#51, #33 Mainstream, #2 U.K., #1 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #8 Belgium)
2007: "Window in the Skies" (#4 U.K., #17 Australia, #28 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands, #5 Ireland)
2008: "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (with the Dubliners, Kila, and A Band of Bowsies) (#1 Ireland)
2009: "Get On Your Boots" (#37, #26 Mainstream, #12 U.K., #26 Australia, #20 New Zealand, #5 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #13 Belgium)
"Magnificent" (#79, #29 Mainstream, #42 U.K., #5 Ireland, #27 Belgium)
"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" (#32 U.K., #7 Ireland, #18 Belgium)
2011: "I Will Follow" (live)
"Blow Your House Down"
2013: "Ordinary Love" (#84, #82 U.K., #29 Canada, #29 Australia, #27 France, #13 Ireland, #6 Netherlands, #11 Switzerland)
"Invisible" (#65 U.K., #44 Canada, #11 France, #24 Ireland, #41 Netherlands #22 Switzerland)
That's 31 hits, with 6 of them going Top 10 and 3 #1's in the United States. But the U.S. charts aren't accurate in portraying U2's reach and popularity, because they still haven't figured out how to rank songs. In the U.K., (and most of Europe), they get it--with 34 Top 10 songs.
"11 O'Clock Tick Tock"
"A Day Without Me"
"I Will Follow" (#71 Australia, #34 New Zealand)
1981: "Fire" (#35 U.K., #4 Ireland)
"Gloria" (#55 U.K., #32 Australia, #10 Ireland, #15 New Zealand)
1982: "A Celebration" (#47 U.K., #83 Australia, #15 Ireland)
"I Will Follow" (live) #12 Netherlands, (#21 Belgium)
1983: "New Year's Day" (#53, #2 Mainstream Rock, #10 U.K., #36 Australia, #32 New Zealand, #11 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
"Two Hearts Beat As One" (#12 Mainstream, #18 U.K., #53 Australia, #16 New Zealand, #2 Ireland)
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" (#7 Mainstream, #3 Netherlands, #14 Belgium)--highly underrated
1984: "I Will Follow" (live) (#81)
"Pride (In the Name of Love" (#33, #2 Mainstream, #3 U.K., #4 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands, #2 Ireland, #5 Belgium)--underrated
1985: "The Unforgettable Fire" (#6 U.K., #59 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #12 Belgium)
1987: "With or Without You" (#1, #1 Mainstream, #4 U.K., #9 Australia, #5 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #4 Belgium)
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (#1, #2 Mainstream, #6 U.K., #17 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #6 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #13 Belgium)
"Where the Streets Have No Name") (#13, #11 Mainstream, #4 U.K., #27 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #10 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #23 Belgium)
"In God's Country" (#44, #6 Mainstream, #48 U.K.)
1988: "One Tree Hill" (#1 New Zealand)
"Desire" (#1, #1 Mainstream, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #3 Belgium)
"Angel of Harlem" (#14, #1 Mainstream, #9 U.K., #18 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands, #3 Ireland, #11 Belgium)
1989: "When Love Comes to Town" (with B.B. King) (#68, #2 Mainstream, #6 U.K., #23 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #20 Belgium)
"All I Want Is You" (#83, #13 Mainstream, #4 U.K, #2 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #12 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #19 Belgium)
1991: "The Fly" (#61, #2 Mainstream, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #5 Belgium)
"Mysterious Ways" (#9, #1 Mainstream, #13 U.K., #3 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #6 Belgium)
1992: "One" (#10, #1 Mainstream, #7 U.K., #4 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #11 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #19 Belgium)
"Even Better Than the Real Thing" (#32, #1 Mainstream, #12 U.K., #11 Australia, #8 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands, #3 Ireland, #18 Belgium)--underrated
"Even Better Than the Real Thing" (remix) (#8 U.K., #10 Ireland)
"Who's Gonna' Ride Your Wild Horses" (#35, #2 Mainstream, #14 U.K., #9 Australia, #13 New Zealand, #13 Netherlands, #4 Ireland, #26 Belgium)
1993: "Numb" (video single) (#18 Mainstream, #7 Australia, #13 New Zealand)
"Lemon" (#18 Mainstream, #6 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #27 Belgium)
"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (#61, #12 Mainstream, #4 U.K., #5 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #10 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #12 Belgium)
1995: "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (#16, #1 Mainstream, #2 U.K., #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #4 Belgium)
"Miss Sarajevo" (#6 U.K., #7 Australia, #23 New Zealand, #5 Netherlands, #5 Belgium)
1997: "Discotheque" (#10, #6 Mainstream, #1 U.K., #3 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #1 Belgium)
"Staring at the Sun" (#26, #2 Mainstream, #3 U.K., #23 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #22 Netherlands, #4 Ireland, #4 Belgium)
"Last Night on Earth" (#57, #18 Mainstream, #10 U.K., #32 Australia, #36 New Zealand, #17 Netherlands, #11 Ireland, #6 Belgium)
"Please" (#7 U.K., #21 Australia, #32 New Zealand, #11 Netherlands, #6 Ireland, #7 Belgium)
"If God Will Send His Angels" (#12 U.K., #35 New Zealand, #30 Netherlands, #11 Ireland, #6 Belgium)
"Mofo" (#35 Australia)
1998: "Sweetest Thing" (#63, #31 Mainstream, #3 U.K., #3 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #6 Belgium)
2000: "Beautiful Day" (#21, #14 Mainstream, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #7 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #1 Belgium)
2001: "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" (#52, #35 Mainstream, #2 U.K., #3 Australia, #17 New Zealand, #7 Netherlands #1 Ireland, #10 Belgium)
"Elevation" (#21 Mainstream, #3 U.K., #6 Australia, #35 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #9 Belgium)
"Walk On" (#19 Mainstream, #5 U.K., #9 Australia, #48 New Zealand, #10 Netherlands, #7 Ireland, #16 Belgium)
"New Year's Dub" (#15 U.K.)
2002: "Electrical Storm" (#77, #26 Mainstream, #5 U.K., #5 Australia, #5 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands, #2 Ireland, #2 Belgium)
2004: "Take Me to the Clouds Above" (#1 U.K., #7 Australia, #16 Netherlands, #3 Ireland)
"Vertigo" (#31, #3 Mainstream, #1 U.K., #5 Australia, #5 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands, #1` Ireland, #2 Belgium)
2005: "All Because of You" (#20 Mainstream, #4 U.K., #23 Australia, #6 Netherlands, #4 Ireland,
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (#97, #1 U.K. #19 Australia, #12 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands, #3 Ireland, #11 Belgium)
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (#97, #1 U.K., #19 Australia, #12 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands, #3 Ireland, #11 Belgium)
"City of Blinding Lights" (#2 U.K., #31 Australia, #3 Netherlands, #8 Ireland)
"Original of the Species" (#23, #64 Mainstream, #19 U.K., #7 Australia, #7 Ireland)
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with Paul McCartney)
2006: "One" (with Mary J. Blige--#86, #2 U.K., #2 Netherlands, #2 Ireland)
"The Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day--#51, #33 Mainstream, #2 U.K., #1 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #8 Belgium)
2007: "Window in the Skies" (#4 U.K., #17 Australia, #28 New Zealand, #8 Netherlands, #5 Ireland)
2008: "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (with the Dubliners, Kila, and A Band of Bowsies) (#1 Ireland)
2009: "Get On Your Boots" (#37, #26 Mainstream, #12 U.K., #26 Australia, #20 New Zealand, #5 Netherlands, #1 Ireland, #13 Belgium)
"Magnificent" (#79, #29 Mainstream, #42 U.K., #5 Ireland, #27 Belgium)
"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" (#32 U.K., #7 Ireland, #18 Belgium)
2011: "I Will Follow" (live)
"Blow Your House Down"
2013: "Ordinary Love" (#84, #82 U.K., #29 Canada, #29 Australia, #27 France, #13 Ireland, #6 Netherlands, #11 Switzerland)
"Invisible" (#65 U.K., #44 Canada, #11 France, #24 Ireland, #41 Netherlands #22 Switzerland)
That's 31 hits, with 6 of them going Top 10 and 3 #1's in the United States. But the U.S. charts aren't accurate in portraying U2's reach and popularity, because they still haven't figured out how to rank songs. In the U.K., (and most of Europe), they get it--with 34 Top 10 songs.
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