Song · U2/Green Day
“The Saints Are Coming” by U2/Green Day
“The Saints Are Coming” by U2/Green Day appears on 9 radio countdowns from 9 stations in 2006. Its best result is #39 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #76 alternative song of 2006.
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"The Saints Are Coming" started out in 1978 as a single by Skids, the Scottish punk band, written by Richard Jobson and Stuart Adamson, who later went on to form Big Country. It follows a man braced against foul weather and his own fears, and it has a life on the terraces too: Dunfermline Athletic fans sing it, and clubs known as the Saints, Southampton and St Helens among them, take the field to it.
In 2006 U2 and Green Day joined forces to cover it, and their version turned the old punk song into an international hit, nearly three decades after Skids first put it out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 53 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2006 | 91 |
| 2006 | 104 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006 | 106 |
| 2006 | 91 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 60 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006 | 100 |
| 2006 | 45 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006 | 89 |
| 2006 | 76 | The Bear Ottawa, ON | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 67 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006 | 97 |
| 2006 | 48 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2006 | 159 |
| 2006 | 39 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2006 | 103 |
Also listed as: The Saints are Coming.
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