U218 Singles
Cover art, based on a photo taken in Dublin in 1979.[citation needed] From left to right, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr., Bono, and The Edge.
Greatest hits by U2
Released	November 2006: 17 November  Ireland 18 November  Australia 20 November  UK 21 November  USA
Recorded	1982-2006
Genre	Rock
Length	77:50
Label	Mercury, Interscope
Producer	Steve Lillywhite, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Jacknife Lee, Rick Rubin
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Aversion link Pitchfork Media (7.0/10) link Rolling Stone 2006-11-27
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

U218 Singles is a greatest hits-style compilation album by the Irish rock band U2, released in November 2006. It contains eighteen songs: sixteen of their most successful singles, "The Saints Are Coming" (a cover version in collaboration with Green Day of a song by The Skids) and "Window in the Skies" (a new song). U218 Videos, a DVD featuring music videos from throughout U2's career, was released concurrently.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on December 9, 2006 with sales of 134,000 copies. It spent 45 weeks on the chart. As of January 24, 2008^{[dated info]}, it has sold 847,490 copies in the US.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Beautiful Day" - 4:05
2. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - 4:38
3. "Pride (In the Name of Love)" - 3:48
4. "With or Without You" - 4:56
5. "Vertigo" (radio edit) - 3:10
   • Previously released on the "Vertigo" single^{[citation needed]}
6. "New Year's Day" (special edition) - 4:17
   • Previously released on the "New Year's Day" Japanese single and The Best of 1980-1990^{[citation needed]}
7. "Mysterious Ways" - 4:02
8. "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" - 4:31
9. "Where the Streets Have No Name" (U218 version) - 4:46
   • Previously unreleased mix^{[citation needed]}
   • Similar to the release on the "Where the Streets Have No Name" single, but without The Edge's backing vocals^{[citation needed]}
10. "Sweetest Thing" (single mix) - 3:00
11. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - 4:40
12. "One" - 4:35
13. "Desire" - 2:59
14. "Walk On" (edit) - 4:26
    • Previously released on the "Walk On" Canadian single
15. "Elevation" (album version) - 3:47
16. "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" - 5:05
17. "The Saints Are Coming" (featuring Green Day) - 3:21
18. "Window in the Skies" (album version) - 4:08
    • Different mix than the "Window in the Skies" (single version) featured on promo releases^{[citation needed]}

No song from October, Zooropa, or Pop is included; Boy is also not represented, except in the form of a song included on the UK and Australian editions of the CD.^[2] The 1995 U2/Brian Eno collaboration Original Soundtracks 1 is also not represented.

Variations

"I Will Follow" appears as a bonus track on UK and Australian editions of the CD.^[3] The deluxe version in the UK, Ireland, Canada and U.S. iTunes Store also contains these live songs (with the exception of "Original of the Species") as audio tracks, as well as a digital booklet and a bonus track, "Smile," for those that pre-order the album. For the U.S. version, it does not come with a digital booklet, but instead with "Smile" as a bonus track even if it hasn't been pre-ordered.^[4]

A limited edition version includes a live DVD featuring ten songs recorded on the Vertigo Tour in Milan.^[5]

Chart positions and sales

Vertigo: Live from Milan DVD

Vertigo: Live from Milan
Cover art, based on a photo taken in Dublin in 1979.[citation needed] From left to right, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr., Bono, and The Edge.
Video by U2
Released	17 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 video chronology
Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago (2006) Vertigo: Live from Milan (2006) U218 Videos (2006)

A bonus live DVD entitled Vertigo: Live from Milan is included in the deluxe edition of the U218 Singles. The DVD features a highlight of ten songs from the band's 25-song set^[17] in Milan, Italy during the Vertigo Tour in 2005. On the iTunes Store deluxe edition of the album, these songs are featured as bonus audio tracks, except for "Original of the Species."

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

References