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“Elevation” by U2

From the album All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“Elevation” by U2 appears on 36 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2000 and 2025. It was first released in 2000 on the album All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Its best result is #4 on the WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #39 alternative song of 2001, #1,427 alternative song of all time and #369 of the '00s.

36countdowns
19stations
#4best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
2000–2025years charted

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"Elevation" sits third on U2's tenth album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, and went out as its third single on 25 June 2001, the record's big, dumb party in the best sense. Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois produced, Tim Palmer mixed, and the Edge drives it with a fuzzed-up, rubbery guitar riff and squelching synths while Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. hammer out the strut and Bono whoops over the top, with the Edge shouting back at him.

It went to number one in Ireland, their 16th chart-topper there, and in the Netherlands and Canada, and a different mix, the Tomb Raider mix, landed on the soundtrack to Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. In 2002 it won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and it gave the band's 2001 tour its name.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2000 5 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2000 30
2001 77 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 107
2001 58 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001 91
2001 56 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 106
2001 63 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 36 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 100
2001 23 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 93
2001 63 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001 100
2001 57 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 25 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 30 Songs of 2001 30
2001 25 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 14 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 103
2001 53 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 106
2001 66 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 97
2001 4 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001 30
2001 43 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 100
2002 80 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 132 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2003 1931 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1931 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 68 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 1921 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 805 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 227 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 207 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 697 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 201 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 727 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 47 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2010 206 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 220 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 204 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 199 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2023 835 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2025 553 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2025 586 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714

Charting alongside it in 2001

Best songs of 2001 →
  1. 1Hash PipeWeezer
  2. 2SchismTool
  3. 3How You Remind MeNickelback
  4. 4Smooth CriminalAlien Ant Farm
  5. 5It's Been AwhileStaind
  6. 6Fat LipSum 41

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