It's been a while since I bought a U2 single, but it's also a while since I heard something interesting from the band. I sort of dri...

U2 is an undeniably popular band, and so I am surprised that somehow I always get hold of these double packs. The unforgettable fire was ...

Released in 1989, 'A bit of U2' is the debut single by Kiss AMC, featuring a sample of U2's 'New Year's Day'. This...

The single 'Discotheque' was the start of one of a controversial period for the band U2. Critics and fans were put off by the dance-...

'Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me' was originally recorded during the sessions for U2's 1993 album 'Zooropa'. It did...

Bono and The Edge worked for a long time on 'Stay (Faraway, so close!)', a track that was inspired by the music of Frank Sinatra. Th...

U2 recorded 'Who's gonna ride your wild horses' many times during the sessions for their 1991 album 'Achtung baby', but ...

'All I want is you' is a track on U2's 1988 album 'Rattle and hum'. Although I really didn't like that album, this w...

I think this single is definite proof that I'm a sucker for special editions. The song 'Desire' was never really my cup of tea, ...

'With or without you' is the song that took U2 to superstardom for good. They scored their first American number 1 hit, launching th...

This month sees the release of the deluxe edition of U2's classic 1984 album 'The unforgettable fire'. It is a milestone in the ...

'Sunday bloody Sunday' is a track from U2's 1983 album 'War'. It was originally released as the album's third single...

In 1982, a relatively new band called U2 performed live in the Netherlands. The performance was recorded by Veronica, a Dutch broadcaster. W...

Contrary to what you might think, when I bought this single two decades after its release, I didn't have to pay a fortune for it. I was ...

U2 and Brian Eno used the pseudonym Passengers to record an album called 'Original Soundtracks 1', a collection of songs for movies ...

British music magazine New Musical Express, or NME in short, started giving away free EP's with the magazine in 1985. The first EP featu...

The song that embodied the Christmas spirit in the Eighties was Band Aid's 'Do they know it's Christmas?'. The project initi...