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Sunday, June 19, 2022

Set List Reader's Choice - Achtung Baby

In today's edition of Set List Reader's Ch0ice, your top favorite is actually a tie -

Mysterious Ways - Achtung Baby

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

(Wikipedia)

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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