For my next list, let’s do some deep cuts. List your top 10 U2 songs that did not appear on any commercially released studio album. And a different version of the song, live or remix, is still ineligible if a different version of the song appeared on a studio album.
List of Eligible Songs
If a song appeared on a soundtrack without appearing additionally on a studio album
Album bonus tracks (anything not the narrowest track listing version of the album)
B sides
Outtakes
Songs made specifically for compilations but aren’t on the albums being compiled
Songs on raritie albums
Songs only performed live
Singles that never made it onto an album
Note: Passengers will be considered a U2 studio album. Only include songs from that era if they weren’t on the album.
Here is mine:
Deep in the Heart
Spanish Eyes
Sweetest Thing
11 O Clock Tick Toc
Hold Me Kiss Me Thrill Me Kill Me
Levitate
The Crystal Ballroom
Salome
Luminous Times
Mercy
Clarification: songs that had parts that were later cannibalized to make other songs, like Native Son, are permissible as long as they are original enough that it isn’t just an earlier version of a subsequent song under a different name.