Forty… one.

6 Feb 202369

Those forty songs of surrender are coming in just a few weeks. 
'Seminal' U2 tracks, now reimagined. 
'Pride (In The Name of Love)' and 'With Or Without You' are already here. 
Four albums. 
Ten tracks each.
'I looked at how a song would hang together if all but the bare essential elements were taken away.' says Edge, talking about his work in curating and producing the new collection.

So tell us in the comments which one of these forty reimagined tracks you can't wait to hear… and which one U2 song is missing from the forty that you would have included.

Side 1 – The Edge 
1. One  
2. Where The Streets Have No Name  
3. Stories For Boys  
4. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock  
5. Out Of Control  
6. Beautiful Day 
7. Bad 
8. Every Breaking Wave  
9. Walk On (Ukraine) 
10. Pride (In The Name Of Love) 
  
Side 2 - Larry 
1. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses 
2. Get Out Of Your Own Way 
3. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of 
4. Red Hill Mining Town 
5. Ordinary Love 
6. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own 
7. Invisible  
8. Dirty Day 
9. The Miracle Of Joey Ramone 
10. City Of Blinding Lights  

Side 3 - Adam 
1. Vertigo 
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For  
3. Electrical Storm 
4. The Fly 
5. If God Will Send His Angels   
6. Desire 
7. Until The End Of The World  
8. Song For Someone 
9. All I Want Is You 
10. Peace On Earth 

Side 4 - Bono
1. With Or Without You 
2. Stay 
3. Sunday Bloody Sunday 
4. Lights Of Home 
5. Cedarwood Road 
6. I Will Follow 
7. Two Hearts Beat As One 
8. Miracle Drug 
9. The Little Things That Give You Away 
10. 40 

Songs Of Surrender is available in the following formats: 
Full 40 track Digital
40 track 4 CD Super Deluxe Hardback Collector’s Edition;
40 track 4 LP Super Deluxe Hardback Collector’s Boxset; 
20 track deluxe CD; 
16 track 180 gram black vinyl;
16 track standard CD;
and 16 track classic white cassette.

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AlanNat
Can’t Wait
I’m most excited to hear a new version of Every Breaking Wave. We already have an accostic version and the original. I wish Magnificent, Breathe, Gone, or Please would have been on here. I feel like these songs have been left behind by the band and would love to see them live again at some point.
mcgeebers
Pop
Looking forward most to Dirty Day. Disappointed there’s nothing off Pop. Gone or Please would have been interesting
lookedgeabeachball
Two Hearts Beat As One
Sounds incredible on the audiobook, can't wait to hear the entire thing!
RVATOMMY
It's somewhere between September & Novem
October is an all time classic and just as relevant today as it was in 1981. Cheers y'all!
LadyHathor
Interesting song list
I am most interested to hear the versions of the songs on the "Adam" list. That is a great group of songs that make me greatly intrigued by the idea of re-imagined versions. Of the others, I cannot wait to hear what U2 does with "Two Hearts Beat as One". What I would have liked is anything from NLOTH. That album is very strong lyrically and could have stood up to musical re-imagining.
jamiepadstow
Missing songs
Would love The Wanderer from Zooropa, which is also an under represented album on Songs of Surrender. Keen to hear Miracle Drug.
JBONO1992
I’m super excited
I’m looking forward to most of the project but I think Stay (Far Away, So Close!) is the acoustic take I’m looking forward to most. I’ve always preferred it in its stripped down live interpretation. Songs that I really wish were on this project: Gone, Please, Staring at the Sun, Moment of Surrender, A Sort Of Homecoming, Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
gero27
Let the countdown begin!!
So far I love what I listened. Looking forward to listen the rest of the tracks, I am sure it will be amazing!
seanhannah
Lemon
I can’t wait to hear Dirty Day reimagined and would have been so interesting to hear a stripped back Lemon or if I could get a second one Breathe. Can’t wait for the album.
sbattagl
The Electric Co
I'm glad to see many of my favorites included in the 40 but my 41st song would be The Electric Co. I love the Red Rocks version. It would've been interesting how that song would've been reimagined. Looking forward to hearing all the songs when they're released.
buzz2
Surrender Can't Waits, and Songs that Co
The song I am most longing to hear reimagined is BAD, and a song that should have gotten this treatment should have been GONE.
joshthetree
U2SOS40
This'll be great looking forward to it so much. If I could pick a song or two to include I would have picked: North Star, Mercy, Wild Irish Rose and Woman Fish✌️
enoch
Audiobook
I was hoping all the songs from the audiobook would have made it, especially anything from NLotH. Hoping for a subscriber release with the songs from the book that didn't make it.
MikeU72
Can't wait : The Fly
Staring At The Sun - missing
cgmorgan777
Tomorrow
Tomorrow is another track I thought would have been included
Richwm
Miss Sarajevo
Would have loved for 'Miss Sarajevo' and 'Your Blue Room' to have been on there, I love these 2 tracks. Would have also liked to hear more from Pop as the songs on that album are probably the furthest away from these stripped back versions - 'Mofo' or 'Discotecque' - not sure I can even imagine how these would sound reinterpreted. Always loved 'Original of the Species' too, shame it often gets overlooked live, and again here.
wongster
The Fly
I'm looking forward to hearing "The Fly" deconstructed and reimagined. As for songs that didn't make it to SOS, "Original of the Species" and "So Cruel" would have been good picks especially since they were rarely played live.
RolandofGilead
No Line on the Songs of Surrender
I would of liked anything from No Line... represented. 2 were on an initial list of some sort. The title track reimagined would of been my pick. I'm looking forward to hearing a couple of songs that I was never really a big fan of to begin with. Maybe this'll be my way to appreciate them. If God... & Miracle Drug are 2 of these for me. Cheers!
GMcCallum
I Surrender
Can't wait to hear Until the End of the World. Wish we could hear Like A Song.
RSkanseTX
Please and/or Breathe
I would have loved to see just a little more love for Pop ... or ANY for No Line on the Horizon. But I'm not gonna nitpick — there's a lot of nice surprises that did make the cut!
marik
If You Wear That Re-Imagined Dress
Can't wait to hear Dirty Day. .....Will it be like Dublin in 2018? Velvet Dress would be awesome!
SPANISVERTIGO
spanish eyes & Lady with the spinning he
Please, it'll be amazing!!!
JCanuck
Electrical Storm
Always loved the song... every version of it so far... I am looking forward to hearing how it turns out reimagined....
cloni
Goldeneye
Something new! Something fresh and surprising like Ahimsa, Boy falls from the sky, Mercy, Goldeneye, She´s a mystery, Mofo or Stateless. Hope a real new album will be released this year quickly followed by another one, like the Red Hot Chili Peppers did. We definitely need new songs, new albums, new directions.
rosco2000
Sugar Dáddy
Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car 2023. Organic. Proper blues version.
Scott Cleaver
Hello from New Zealand
It’s always exciting to get something new or in this case reimagined from my favourite band that I’ve been with since I was 12, 1980 after hearing Boy - way back back when. I’m actually looking forward to hearing all 40 tracks and very hard to think of one track that could’ve been added? I could choose so many to be honest, and you’re never going to be able to please everyone’s hopes but coming from New Zealand I could’ve chosen One Tree Hill obviously as it’s always been my #1 track as it has personal connection with the band with me. But after thinking about this question - my choice would be something a little different, like Scarlet, Rejoice, Numb, Seconds, Drowning Man etc etc etc…. But what I settled on is A Sort of Homecoming from The Unforgettable Fire, as I feel that’s what the band are giving us through doing these Reimagined versions on Songs of Surrender. All I can say is thank you for the library of my life and May long it continue. Much Aroha (Love) from Down under - New Zealand Always Forever Now Scott
dak7
Mystery to me
I am very excited about this release I I’ve been waiting to hear U2 in a acoustic setting for a long time That being said I am disappointed that not all the albums are being represented on SOS especially October I believe I fall down is a beautiful track that deserves a second look as well as Rejoice and With a shout NLOTH deserves to have at least one track on this release it’s a fantastic album The real mystery is why the band has not released mystery to me this would’ve been a perfect opportunity As much as I love the Roy Orbison version a full U2 version would be icing on the cake Well maybe when the band finally releases the Rattle and hum box set The fans will get the long-awaited version
SALOME2
Lemon
I love to hear the re-imagined version of Lemon that would be great.
nickvicktash
41st song...
BAD. When I couldn't get my daughter off to sleep, this would be put on full volume and she was out like a light?! Now she's all grown up and recently survived breast cancer, this has been on loop a lot of times!
wishchris
Those days, days, days run away...
Looking forward to all reimagined tunes from 90's tracks, especially Dirty Day. Such an amazing and severely underplayed song that I know would resonate in any set for the next tour (soon!, PLEASE). Gotta go with something else from POP to be reinvented. I'd say Do You Feel Loved could be haunting. Please is perfection the way it is.
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