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“Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of” by U2
From the album All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)
“Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of” by U2 appears on 14 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2001 and 2025. It was first released in 2000 on the album All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Its best result is #9 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #97 alternative song of 2001 and #4,684 alternative song of all time.
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U2 put "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" second on All That You Can't Leave Behind in 2000 and sent it out as the album's next single in January 2001, and it's a gentle, swaying, gospel-tinged soul tune. Bono has said it grew out of an imagined conversation with his friend Michael Hutchence about suicide, which gives all that warmth a much heavier undertow.
Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois produced, and the Edge plays piano and keys as well as guitar, trading vocals with Bono while Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. keep things unhurried and Paul Barrett's brass warms the edges. It topped the charts in Canada, Ireland and Italy, and in 2002 it brought the band a Grammy as best pop performance from a duo or group with vocals.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 67 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 | 93 |
| 2001 | 87 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2001 | 56 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 23 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 | 103 |
| 2001 | 9 | Virgin Radio United Kingdom | Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 2001 | 10 |
| 2001 | 17 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 142 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2003 | 64 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) | 100 |
| 2009 | 75 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2022 | 751 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2022 | 1192 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2024 | 346 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 466 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 724 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of; Stuck in A Moment (You Can't Get Out Of); Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of; Stuck in a Moment You Cant Get Out Of; Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of.
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