U2

U2 lives in the middle ground — 44 moderate songs that balance intensity with control. 15 quiet anchors and 24 songs where they let go completely.

6.8
Avg Intensity
83
Songs Decoded
0
Fan Stories

The songs that hit hardest

Sunday Bloody Sunday intense
complex texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 1983
Wire intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1984
Bullet the Blue Sky intense
harsh texture · extreme changes · DR 9 · 1987
Where the Streets Have No Name intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 10 · 1987
Acrobat intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1991
Love Is Blindness intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 8 · 1991
The Fly intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1991
Until the End of the World intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1991
Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1993
Numb intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 6 · 1993
Discothèque intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1997
Last Night on Earth intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1997
Mofo intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1997
Please intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1997
All Because of You intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2004
Vertigo intense
complex texture · frequent changes · DR 9 · 2004
Fez – Being Born intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2009
Get On Your Boots intense
complex texture · frequent changes · DR 8 · 2009
Moment of Surrender intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 2009
Raised by Wolves intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2014
American Soul intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 2017
Get Out of Your Own Way intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2017
Lights of Home intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2017
The Blackout intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2017

The controlled burn

A Sort of Homecoming moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1984
Bad moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 8 · 1984
Indian Summer Sky moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1984
Pride (In the Name of Love) moderate
layered texture · none changes · DR 8 · 1984
In God's Country moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1987
One Tree Hill moderate
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1987
Trip Through Your Wires moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1987
With or Without You moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1987
Desire moderate
harsh texture · mild changes · DR 8 · 1988
Even Better Than the Real Thing moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1991
Mysterious Ways moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1991
So Cruel moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1991
Ultraviolet (Light My Way) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1991
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1991
Lemon moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1993
Stay (Faraway, So Close!) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1993
The Wanderer moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1993
Zooropa moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1993
Gone moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1997
If God Will Send His Angels moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 4 · 1997
Staring at the Sun moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1997
The Playboy Mansion moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1997
Elevation moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2000
Kite moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2000
New York moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2000
Peace on Earth moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2000
Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2000
Walk On moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2000
City of Blinding Lights moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2004
Miracle Drug moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2004
Original of the Species moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2004
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2004
Yahweh moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 8 · 2004
Breathe moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2009
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2009
Magnificent moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 8 · 2009
Unknown Caller moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2009
California (There Is No End to Love) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2014
Cedarwood Road moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2014
Every Breaking Wave moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2014
Iris (Hold Me Close) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
The Troubles moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
You're the Best Thing About Me moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2017

The quiet ones

New Year's Day safe
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 6 · 1983
The Unforgettable Fire safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 6 · 1984
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 6 · 1987
Running to Stand Still safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 3 · 1987
Beautiful Day safe
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2000
Grace safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 3 · 2000
In a Little While safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 2000
Wild Honey safe
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 2000
One Step Closer safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 2004
Cedars of Lebanon safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 2009
White as Snow safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 3 · 2009
Song for Someone safe
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2014
13 (There Is a Light) safe
layered texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 2017
Love Is All We Have Left safe
smooth texture · none changes · DR 3 · 2017
Summer of Love safe
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 2017

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