U218 Singles

U218 Singles is a greatest hits album by Irish rock band U2, released in November 2006. In most markets, the album contains 18 songs: 16 of their most successful and popular singles, and two new songs. The 17th track is a cover version of the Skids' "The Saints Are Coming", recorded with Green Day to benefit Hurricane Katrina charities. The 18th and closing track was a new song entitled "Window in the Skies". In some markets such as the United Kingdom, an extra song, "I Will Follow", was included as the opening track. A DVD compilation of music videos from throughout the group's career entitled U218 Videos was released concurrent to U218 Singles.

U218 Singles
Greatest hits album by U2
Released	20 November 2006[1]
Recorded	1980–2006, new material recorded in September 2006 with Rick Rubin in France and at Abbey Road Studios
Genre	Post-punk roots rock alternative rock
Length	74:35
Label	Mercury, Interscope
Producer	Steve Lillywhite, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Jimmy Iovine, Jacknife Lee, Rick Rubin
U2 chronology
U218 Videos (2006) U218 Singles (2006) Live from Paris (2007)
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	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[3]
Pitchfork	7.0/10[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7] Corio's front cover photograph shows the band on the roof of the Country Club Hotel, in Cork, Ireland in February 1980.^[8]

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, New Zealand, 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.^[9] 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.^[10]

Vertigo 05: Live from Milan DVD

Vertigo 05: Live from Milan
Video by U2
Released	20 November 2006
Recorded	21 July 2005
Venue	San Siro (Milan, Italy)
Genre	Rock
Length	57 minutes
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 concert film included as a bonus DVD in the deluxe edition of U218 Singles. The DVD features ten songs from the band's 25-song concert^[11] on 21 July 2005 in Milan, Italy, during the Vertigo Tour. It is U2's second concert release from the tour, 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.^[12]

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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006–2007) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14] 2 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 2 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 6 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 3 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[18] 3 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 3 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[20] 10 French Albums (SNEP)[21] 108 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 5 Greek Albums (IFPI)[23] 6 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[24] 4 Irish Albums (IRMA)[25] 1 Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 4 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[27] 9 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[28] 5 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[30] 5 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[31] 4 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[32] 2 Scottish Albums (OCC)[33] 4 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[34] 2 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[35] 4 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[37] 4 US Billboard 200[38] 12 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[39] 3 US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[40] 10

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[41] 12 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[42] 48 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[43] 41 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[44] 59 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[45] 38 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[46] 37 Irish Albums (IRMA)[47] 5 Italian Albums (FIMI)[48] 10 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[28] 62 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[49] 14 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[50] 37 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[51] 21 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[52] 33 UK Albums (OCC)[53] 19 Chart (2007) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[54] 74 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[55] 40 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[56] 83 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[57] 94 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[58] 36 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[59] 76 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[60] 48 Italian Albums (FIMI)[61] 36 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[62] 38 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[63] 37 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[64] 36 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[65] 100 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[66] 95 UK Albums (OCC)[67] 115 US Billboard 200[68] 60 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[69] 13 Chart (2021) Position Irish Albums (IRMA)[70] 41 Decade-end charts Chart (2000–09) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[71] 92

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[72]	Platinum	40,000^
Australia (ARIA)[73]	5× Platinum	350,000^
Belgium (BEA)[74]	Platinum	50,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[75]	Platinum	60,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[76]	Platinum	100,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[77]	Platinum	40,000^
Germany (BVMI)[78]	Platinum	200,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[79]	Platinum	15,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[80]	Platinum	6,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[81]	6× Platinum	90,000^
Italy sales in 2006	—	250,000[82]
Italy (FIMI)[83] sales since 2009	Platinum	50,000‡
Japan (RIAJ)[84]	Gold	100,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[85]	Gold	50,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[86]	Gold	35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[87]	4× Platinum	60,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[88]	2× Platinum	40,000*
Portugal (AFP)[89]	Platinum	20,000^
Russia (NFPF)[90]	Platinum	20,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[91]	Platinum	80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[92]	Platinum	30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[93]	4× Platinum	1,200,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[94]	2× Platinum	2,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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