U218 Singles

U218 Singles
Greatest hits album by U2
Released	November 21, 2006
Recorded	1982–2006, new material recorded September 2006 with Rick Rubin in France and at Abbey Road Studios
Genre	Rock, post-punk, roots rock, alternative rock
Length	74:35
Label	Mercury, Interscope
Producer	Steve Lillywhite, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Jacknife Lee, Rick Rubin
U2 chronology
U2.COMmunication (2005) U218 Singles (2006) Zoo TV Live (2006)
Singles from U218 Singles
"The Saints Are Coming" Released: 31 October 2006 "Window in the Skies" Released: 1 January 2007

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(B-)[2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.0/10)[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

U218 Singles is a greatest hits album by the Irish rock band U2, released in November 2006. In most markets, the album contains 18 songs. The first 16 tracks are 16 of their most successful and popular singles. The seventeenth track is a cover version, in collaboration with Green Day, of The Skids' "The Saints Are Coming" to benefit Hurricane Katrina charities. The eighteenth and closing track is a new song called, "Window in the Skies". However, in some markets, such as the United Kingdom, an extra song, "I Will Follow" is added to the track list as the opening track. U218 Videos, a DVD featuring music videos from throughout U2's career, was released concurrently.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart on 9 December 2006 at number 12 with sales of 134,000 copies. It spent 45 weeks on the chart. Despite not being released until November 2006, it was the seventh-highest-selling album in the world that year.^[5]

Artwork and packaging

The art direction and design for U218 Singles was handled by Shaughn McGrath. Many different photographs were used in the album's packaging with front and back cover photographs taken by David Corio and Anton Corbijn, respectively with booklet photographs by Corbijn, Paul Slattery, Andrew McPherson, Colm Henry, Matt Mahurin, Pennie Smith, and Sheila Rock.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	From the album:	Length
1.	"Beautiful Day"	All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)	4:05
2.	"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"	The Joshua Tree (1987)	4:38
3.	"Pride (In the Name of Love)"	The Unforgettable Fire (1984)	3:48
4.	"With or Without You"	The Joshua Tree	4:56
5.	"Vertigo"	How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)	3:10
6.	"New Year's Day" (Japanese single version)	War (1983)	4:17
7.	"Mysterious Ways"	Achtung Baby (1991)	4:02
8.	"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"	All That You Can't Leave Behind	4:31
9.	"Where the Streets Have No Name" (Single version)	The Joshua Tree	4:46
10.	"Sweetest Thing" (Single mix)	The Best of 1980–1990 (1998)	3:00
11.	"Sunday Bloody Sunday"	War	4:40
12.	"One"	Achtung Baby	4:35
13.	"Desire"	Rattle and Hum (1988)	2:59
14.	"Walk On" (Edited version)	All That You Can't Leave Behind	4:26
15.	"Elevation"	All That You Can't Leave Behind	3:47
16.	"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"	How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb	5:05
17.	"The Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day)	New song; originally by Skids from Scared to Dance	3:21
18.	"Window in the Skies"	New song	4:08
Total length:			74:35

UK, Australia, and Japan only
No.	Title	From the album:	Length
1.	"I Will Follow"	Boy (1980)	3:36
Total length:			78:15

No songs from October (1981), Zooropa (1993), Pop (1997), or the Passengers (U2 & Brian Eno) project Original Soundtracks 1 (1995) are included.

Variations

A limited edition version includes a live DVD featuring ten songs recorded on the Vertigo Tour in Milan. "I Will Follow" appears as a bonus track on UK and Australian editions of the CD.^[7] The deluxe version in the UK, Ireland, and Canadian iTunes Stores also contains nine of the live songs from the limited edition bonus disc as audio tracks, as well as a digital booklet and a bonus track, "Smile," for those who pre-ordered the album. The United States deluxe iTunes version does not come with a digital booklet, but instead with "Smile" as a bonus track even if it was not pre-ordered.^[8]

Chart positions and certifications

Chart (2006) Peak position Australian Top 50 Albums[9] 1 Austrian Top 75 Albums[10] 2 Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums[11] 2 Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums[12] 6 Canadian Albums Chart[13] 3 French Compilations[14] 1 German Albums Chart[15] 5 Greek Albums Chart[16] 6 Italian Top 20 Albums[17] 4 Japanese Albums Chart[18] 9 Netherlands Top 100 Albums[19] 3 New Zealand Top 40 Albums[20] 1 Polish Top 50 Albums[21] 4 Portuguese Top 30 Albums[22] 2 Spanish Top 100 Albums[23] 2 Swedish Top 60 Albums[24] 4 Swiss Top 100 Albums[25] 1 UK Albums Chart[26] 4 US Billboard 200[13] 12 US Rock Albums[13] 3 US Tastemaker Albums[13] 10 Chart (2007) Peak position Danish Top 40 Albums[27] 3 Finnish Top 50 Albums[28] 10 Hungarian Top 40 Albums[29] 4 Irish Top 75 Albums[30] 1 Norwegian Top 40 Albums[31] 5 US Digital Albums[13] 32

Region Certification Certified units/Sales Argentina (CAPIF)[32] Platinum 40,000^* Australia (ARIA)[33] 4× Platinum 280,000^^ Belgium (BEA)[34] Platinum 30,000^* Brazil (ABPD)[35] Platinum 60,000^* Canada (Music Canada)[36] Platinum 100,000^^ Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[37] Platinum 40,000^^ Greece (IFPI Greece)[38] Platinum 15,000^^ Hungary (MAHASZ)[39] Platinum 6,000^^ Ireland (IRMA)[40] 6× Platinum 90,000^^ Italy (FIMI)[41] 3× Platinum 240,000^* Japan (RIAJ)[42] Gold 100,000^^ Mexico (AMPROFON)[43] Gold 50,000^^ New Zealand (RMNZ)[44] 4× Platinum 60,000^^ Poland (ZPAV)[45] 2× Platinum 40,000^* Portugal (AFP)[46] Platinum 20,000^^ Russia (NFPF)[47] Platinum 20,000^* Spain (PROMUSICAE)[48] Platinum 80,000^^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[49] Platinum 30,000^^ United Kingdom (BPI)[50] 3× Platinum 900,000^^ Summaries Europe (IFPI)[51] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^* ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Vertigo 05: Live from Milan DVD

Vertigo 05: Live from Milan
Video by U2
Released	20 November 2006
Recorded	21 July 2005, San Siro, Milan, Italy
Genre	Rock
Length	57:00
Label	Mercury, Interscope
Director	Hamish Hamilton
Producer	Ned O'Hanlon
U2 chronology
Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago (2006) Vertigo 05: Live from Milan (2006) U218 Videos (2006)

Vertigo 05: Live from Milan is a bonus live DVD included in the deluxe edition of the U218 Singles. The DVD features a highlight of ten songs from the band's 25-song set^[52] in Milan, Italy during the Vertigo Tour in 2005. It is the second concert release, preceded by Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago and followed by U2 3D. On the iTunes Store deluxe edition of the album, these songs are featured as bonus audio tracks, except for "Original of the Species", which was later released as an iTunes Store exclusive single.^[53]

Track listing

1. "Vertigo"
2. "I Will Follow"
3. "Elevation"
4. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
5. "All I Want Is You"
6. "City of Blinding Lights"
7. "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
8. "Miss Sarajevo"
9. "Original of the Species"
10. "With or Without You"

Audio

• PCM Stereo
• Dolby Digital 5.1
• DTS 5.1

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