Vote for what you think is the WORST song here.
No song can be eliminated unless it wins a majority of votes. If no song gets a majority in the initial vote, that round will go to a runoff, with the top two songs from each round competing against each other directly. If there is a tie for second or a multi-way tie for first, then more than two songs may end up in the runoff.
No poll will be called until one of these things is true:
1. At least 30 votes have been cast
2. At least 15 votes have been cast for the leading song
3. A full week has passed since the poll began
A runoff round can be started before 30 votes have been cast if the two leading songs are far enough ahead that they will still be the two leading songs when 30 votes are eventually cast no matter which songs the remaining votes go to.
For the album elimination polls, I also didn't allow people to change their vote, as I didn't want people to be biased and vote for a song they don't actually think is the worst in order to save a song that they like from being eliminated. However, with the runoff system, that's not a problem, as votes for songs that have no shot of winning the round will not be thrown away. As a result, you will be allowed to change your vote.
So, without further ado, get voting! Vote for what you think is the WORST song, and the song with the most votes will be removed after each round. One song will be chosen as the best song of U2's entire catalog according to us. Along the way, I will be noting some other less-significant results like the best of each decade.
Ranking:
3. Zooropa (60%, 18 votes)
4. Bad (52%, 13 votes)
5. New Year's Day (69.6%, 16 votes)
6. All I Want Is You (56.5%, 13 votes)
7. Gloria (64.7%, 11 votes)
8. Mofo (52%, 13 votes)
9. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (53.8%, 14 votes)
10. The Electric Co. (57.7%, 15 votes)
11. Moment of Surrender (57.1%, 16 votes)
12. The Troubles (66.7%, 16 votes)
13. Miss Sarajevo (53.8%, 14 votes)
14. The Ground Beneath Her Feet (51.9%, 14 votes)
15. Kite (57.7%, 15 votes)
16. Love Comes Tumbling (58.6%, 17 votes)
17. The Little Things That Give You Away (53.6%, 15 votes)
18. Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own (65.2%, 15 votes)
19. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (55.2%, 16 votes)
20. Book of Your Heart (61.3%, 19 votes)
Round 1: 31 votes
Love Comes Tumbling: 6 votes
Book of Your Heart: 6 votes
11 O'Clock Tick Tock: 5 votes
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own: 4 votes
Miss Sarajevo: 3 votes
The Little Things That Give You Away: 3 votes
The Electric Co.: 1 vote
The Ground Beneath Her Feet: 1 vote
Kite: 1 vote
Moment of Surrender: 1 vote
Round 1 Runoff: 31 votes
Book of Your Heart: 19 votes
Love Comes Tumbling: 12 votes
Round 2: 27 votes
11 O'Clock Tick Tock: 7 votes
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own: 5 votes
The Little Things That Give You Away: 4 votes
Love Comes Tumbling: 3 votes
Miss Sarajevo: 3 votes
The Electric Co.: 1 vote
The Ground Beneath Her Feet: 1 vote
Kite: 1 vote
Moment of Surrender: 1 vote
The Troubles: 1 vote
Round 2 Runoff: 29 votes
11 O'Clock Tick Tock: 16 votes
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own: 13 votes
Round 3: 24 votes
Love Comes Tumbling: 6 votes
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own: 6 votes
Miss Sarajevo: 4 votes
The Troubles: 3 votes
The Little Things That Give You Away: 3 votes
The Electric Co.: 1 vote
Mofo: 1 vote
Round 3: 23 votes
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own: 15 votes
Love Comes Tumbling: 8 votes
Round 4: 29 votes
Love Comes Tumbling: 9 votes
The Little Things That Give You Away: 5 votes
The Ground Beneath Her Feet: 4 votes
The Troubles: 4 votes
Miss Sarajevo: 2 votes
Mofo: 2 votes
The Electric Co.: 1 vote
All I Want Is You: 1 vote
Kite: 1 vote
Round 4 Runoff: 28 votes
The Little Things That Give You Away: 15 votes
Love Comes Tumbling: 13 votes
Round 5: 26 votes
Love Comes Tumbling: 8 votes
Kite: 8 votes
Miss Sarajevo: 3 votes
The Ground Beneath Her Feet: 3 votes
The Electric Co.: 2 votes
Until the End of the World: 1 vote
The Troubles: 1 vote
Round 5 Runoff: 29 votes
Love Comes Tumbling: 17 votes
Kite: 12 votes
Round 6: 29 votes
The Ground Beneath Her Feet: 7 votes
Kite: 7 votes
Miss Sarajevo: 4 votes
Moment of Surrender: 3 votes
Gloria: 2 votes
The Troubles: 2 votes
The Electric Co.: 1 vote
Bad: 1 vote
Where the Streets Have No Name: 1 vote
Until the End of the World: 1 vote
Round 6 Runoff: 26 votes
Kite: 15 votes
The Ground Beneath Her Feet: 11 votes
Round 7: 28 votes
The Ground Beneath Her Feet: 7 votes
Miss Sarajevo: 5 votes
Moment of Surrender: 4 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 3 votes
All I Want Is You: 2 votes
The Troubles: 2 votes
The Electric Co.: 1 vote
Gloria: 1 vote
Until the End of the World: 1 vote
Zooropa: 1 vote
Mofo: 1 vote
Round 7 Runoff: 27 votes
The Ground Beneath Her Feet: 14 votes
Miss Sarajevo: 13 votes
Round 8: 24 votes
Miss Sarajevo: 7 votes
The Troubles: 6 votes
Moment of Surrender: 3 votes
The Electric Co.: 2 votes
Mofo: 2 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 1 vote
Until the End of the World: 1 vote
Zooropa: 1 vote
Round 8 Runoff: 26 votes
Miss Sarajevo: 14 votes
The Troubles: 12 votes
Round 9: 24 votes
The Troubles: 11 votes
The Electric Co.: 3 votes
Moment of Surrender: 3 votes
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: 2 votes
Mofo: 2 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 1 vote
All I Want Is You: 1 vote
Until the End of the World: 1 vote
Round 9 Runoff: 24 votes
The Troubles: 16 votes
The Electric Co.: 4 votes
Moment of Surrender: 4 votes
Round 10: 31 votes
The Electric Co.: 7 votes
Moment of Surrender: 7 votes
Gloria: 4 votes
New Year's Day: 3 votes
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: 3 votes
Mofo: 3 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 2 votes
All I Want Is You: 1 vote
Until the End of the World: 1 vote
Round 10 Runoff: 28 votes
Moment of Surrender: 16 votes
The Electric Co.: 12 votes
Round 11: 24 votes
The Electric Co.: 9 votes
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: 4 votes
New Year's Day: 3 votes
Mofo: 3 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 2 votes
Gloria: 1 vote
All I Want Is You: 1 vote
Until the End of the World: 1 vote
Round 11 Runoff: 26 votes
The Electric Co.: 15 votes
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: 11 votes
Round 12: 28 votes
Mofo: 7 votes
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: 6 votes
New Year's Day: 5 votes
Gloria: 3 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 2 votes
All I Want Is You: 2 votes
Zooropa: 2 votes
Until the End of the World: 1 vote
Round 12 Runoff: 26 votes
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: 14 votes
Mofo: 12 votes
Round 13: 25 votes
Gloria: 7 votes
Mofo: 7 votes
New Year's Day: 4 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 3 votes
All I Want Is You: 3 votes
Until the End of the World: 1 vote
Round 13 Runoff: 25 votes
Mofo: 13 votes
Gloria: 12 votes
Round 14: 21 votes
Gloria: 7 votes
New Year's Day: 5 votes
Zooropa: 3 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 2 votes
All I Want Is You: 2 votes
Bad: 1 vote
Until the End of the World: 1 vote
Round 14 Runoff: 17 votes
Gloria: 11 votes
New Year's Day: 6 votes
Round 15: 25 votes
New Year's Day: 8 votes
All I Want Is You: 5 votes
Zooropa: 5 votes
Bad: 3 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 2 votes
Until the End of the World: 2 votes
Round 15 Runoff 1: 25 votes
New Year's Day: 10 votes
All I Want Is You: 10 votes
Zooropa: 5 votes
Round 15 Runoff 2: 23 votes
All I Want Is You: 13 votes
New Year's Day: 10 votes
Round 16: 18 votes
New Year's Day: 8 votes
Bad: 3 votes
Until the End of the World: 3 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 2 votes
Zooropa: 2 votes
Round 16 Runoff 1: 20 votes
New Year's Day: 10 votes
Until the End of the World: 6 votes
Bad: 4 votes
Round 16 Runoff 2: 23 votes
New Year's Day: 16 votes
Until the End of the World: 7 votes
Round 17: 20 votes
Bad: 6 votes
Until the End of the World: 5 votes
Zooropa: 5 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 4 votes
Round 17 Runoff 1: 22 votes
Bad: 11 votes
Zooropa: 6 votes
Until the End of the World: 5 votes
Round 17 Runoff 2: 25 votes
Bad: 13 votes
Zooropa: 12 votes
Round 18: 29 votes
Zooropa: 14 votes
Until the End of the World: 8 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 7 votes
Round 18 Runoff: 30 votes
Zooropa: 18 votes
Until the End of the World: 12 votes
Round 19: 19 votes
Until the End of the World: 10 votes
Where the Streets Have No Name: 9 votes