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Zooropa by U2
Zooropa is an album by U2, released in 1993. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 45 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Lemon”, on 22 lists with a best position of #7.
Zooropa, U2's eighth album, came out on Island on 5 July 1993, and it was never supposed to be an album at all. The band started it in Dublin that February, during a break in the Zoo TV Tour, as an EP to launch the tour's Zooropa leg; the sessions grew into a full record, written fast from all sorts of scraps, Achtung Baby leftovers included. It still wasn't finished when the tour resumed in May, so they shuttled back and forth between Dublin and the road to finish it. Flood, Brian Eno and the Edge produced.
It pushes the Achtung Baby experiments further into electronic dance textures and odd sound effects, a buzzing, channel-flipping record about technology and media overload. "Numb", "Lemon" and "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" were the singles, the album went top ten in 26 countries and sold 7 million copies, and it won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album. Critics call it one of their most creative records; the band still has mixed feelings about it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Zooropa on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lemon | 22 | #7 | – | 1993–2021 | |
| 2 | Some Days Are Better Than Others | 7 | #564 | – | 1999–2005 | |
| 3 | Stay (Faraway, So Close!) | 12 | #30 | – | 1993–2025 | |
| 4 | Zooropa | 4 | #31 | – | 1993–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.