In today's edition of Set List Reader's Ch0ice, your top favorite is actually a tie -
Mysterious Ways - Achtung Baby
While "Mysterious Ways" was the hit on Set List, there is one other single from Achtung Baby worth noting - "One."
"One" is the third track from Achtung Baby and the third single to be released in February 1992.
The primary reflections behind "One" are the band's intense friction and German reunification after the wall came down and effectively ending the Cold War. These notions have been subject to other interpretations.
Honors -
No. 1 on Irish Singles Charts
No. 1 on Canadian RPM Top Singles Chart
No. 1 on Billboard Album Rock Tracks
No. 1 on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
No. 3 in New Zealand
No. 4 in Australia
No. 7 in UK Singles Chart
No. 10 on Billboard Hot 100
No. 36 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004 & 2010)
No. 62 on Rolling Stone's 2021 update
Included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll
Certificiations -
Gold in Germany, Italy, and Sweden
Silver in the UK
Where fractures nearly caused a split, "One" brought the band back together. I cannot imagine a more perfect band lasting then, now, and in the future.
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