Song · U2
“Everlasting Love” by U2
Released 1989
“Everlasting Love” by U2 appears on 12 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1989 and 2024. It was first released in 1989. Its best result is #3 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #26 alternative song of 1989, #3,099 alternative song of all time and #130 of the '80s.
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U2 got their hands on "Everlasting Love" in 1989, taking a crack at a Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden song that had first been a hit for Robert Knight back in 1967. Cason and Gayden cut the original in Nashville while chasing a Motown feel in the vein of the Four Tops and the Temptations, and the song has been passed from band to band ever since.
U2 produced their version themselves, with Paul Barrett engineering, mixing and sitting in on piano, and they play it with open affection for the old soul record, a band tipping its hat to the music it grew up loving.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 3 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 | 107 |
| 1989 | 78 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 | 90 |
| 1989 | 24 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 60 | WLIR / WDRE | WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s | 200 |
| 1989 | 249 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 1990 | 201 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) | 299 |
| 1994 | 431 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) | 497 |
| 1996 | 278 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) | 500 |
| 1998 | 434 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 2002 | 1678 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1313 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2024 | 738 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
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