U2

City Of Blinding Lights

From the album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb by U2

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(this song didn't appear in the top 100 chart)

Artist Info

U2 is an Irish rock band which formed in 1976 in Dublin, Ireland. Since the band's formation, they have consisted of Bono (real name Paul Hewson) (vocals, guitar, harmonica), The Edge (real name David Evans) (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Adam Clayton (bass) and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion). The band is the biggest selling alternative rock act of all time, having sold 140 million albums worldwide as of 2008. They have won 22 Grammys and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Read more...

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Song Stats

Highest chart position:

2

Weeks in the chart:

9

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Awards

This song has not won any awards that are recognised by Song of the Decade. We include BRIT Awards, Ivor Novello Awards, NME Awards, MTV Europe Awards, MOBO Awards and BPI Awards.

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aeromerob

@ 9:28pm on 6 November 2009

Beautiful Song

BernadetteV

@ 8:00pm on 23 October 2009

It was my first U2 concert (Cleveland, OH) and I was so overcome with a combination of nerves and excitement and the "holy crap - there they are!" that during the song - the opener of the concer - I was balling my eyes out. Even still when I hear it, I get a little teary.

miricast

@ 10:58am on 20 October 2009

In actual tour this song is great! The combination of music with ligths & screen is amazing!!!