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“Electrical Storm” by U2

Released 2002

“Electrical Storm” by U2 appears on 15 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 2002. Its best result is #9 on the WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #75 alternative song of 2002.

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U2 - Electrical Storm (Directors Cut)

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"Electrical Storm" was one of two new songs U2 cut for The Best of 1990-2000, their second greatest-hits set, and it went out as a single in October 2002, with "The Hands That Built America" the other fresh track on the album. Bono wrote the lyric about two lovers at each other's throats, the air between them charged like a storm about to break, and the band plays it that way: a slow, humid build, tension crackling in every bar, Bono singing low until the pressure snaps.

The video puts drummer Larry Mullen Jr. front and center opposite actress Samantha Morton. The song went to number one in Canada, Italy and Spain and sat atop the Triple-A chart for six weeks, yet U2 left it out of their shows until 2009, when it finally surfaced on the second night of the U2 360° Tour in Barcelona.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2002	72	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2002	91
2002	85	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002	106
2002	74	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002	100
2002	80	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002	92
2002	92	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002	100
2002	78	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2002	89
2002	44	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002	101
2002	66	Y100 Philadelphia, PA	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002	100
2002	41	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002	99
2002	61	Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002	105
2002	52	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002	103
2002	9	93XRT Chicago, IL	WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2002	30
2002	64	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2002	224
2002	97	Triple J Australia (national)	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002	100
2003	24	The Bear Ottawa, ON	The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003	107

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