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Passengers
Band United Kingdom Active 1995–1995 Eno + U2
Passengers formed in 1995 in the United Kingdom and was active until 1995. Passengers has 8 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1995–2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Miss Sarajevo”, which appears on 8 lists with a best position of #23. The station that charted Passengers most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1995.
Passengers was the name U2 took on in 1995 when Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. teamed up with Brian Eno for a one-off project outside the band's usual machinery. The result was a single album, Original Soundtracks 1, and it's the sound of a stadium band letting the air out of its own tires: hushed, drifting, experimental, more mood than anthem.
"Miss Sarajevo" is the one that stuck, a slow, aching ballad that swells into something close to grandeur, and it's the track rock radio's listeners have held on to. Passengers came and went in the same year, but the record remains a strange, lovely detour in the U2 story.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
Songs by Passengers on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss Sarajevo | 8 | #23 | – | 1995 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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