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“Last Night On Earth” by U2
From the album Pop (1997)
“Last Night On Earth” by U2 appears on 10 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1997 and 2005. It was first released in 1997 on the album Pop. Its best result is #62 on the Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #173 alternative song of 1997 and #3,205 alternative song of all time.
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"Last Night on Earth" is a song U2 couldn't let go of. It was first written during the Zooropa sessions, then shelved, and dug back up when they started work on Pop, their ninth album, which came out in 1997 with this as its third single. By then the band had let manager Paul McGuinness book the PopMart Tour to kick off in April 1997, and the recording turned into a race against the clock.
You can hear the rush and the grime in it. Flood produced, Howie B works the sampler, and snatches of "Trayra Boia" by Naná Vasconcelos and Denise Milan drift through the murk, before the Edge's guitar and Larry Mullen, Jr.'s drums kick the door in and Bono sings like a man living for the moment. Richie Smyth filmed the video in the US.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 98 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 | 101 |
| 1997 | 63 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 | 103 |
| 1997 | 62 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1463 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1463 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1466 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1464 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1449 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1449 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1447 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
Also listed as: Last Night on Earth.
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