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“The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)” by U2
Released 2014
“The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)” by U2 appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations in 2014. It was first released in 2014. Its best result is #16 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #84 alternative song of 2014.
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U2 opened Songs of Innocence, their 13th studio album, with "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)" and made it the lead single, and it arrived with a corporate fanfare: the band played it at an Apple product launch on 9 September 2014, the same event that announced the album as a free download for iTunes customers. The title nods to Joey Ramone, the Ramones' singer.
Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder shared the production, with Epworth and Tedder also chipping in on keyboards. The Edge plays guitar and sings backing vocals, Adam Clayton plays bass, Larry Mullen Jr. handles drums and percussion, and an eight-voice choir, Nicki Richards and Everett Bradley among them, stands behind Bono. Bono and the Edge wrote the words.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 50 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 | 99 |
| 2014 | 34 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 35 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2014 | 39 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 16 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 | 107 |
| 2014 | 45 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 | 200 |
| 2014 | 21 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2014 | 50 |
Also listed as: The Miracle (of Joey Ramone); The Miracle of Joey Ramone.
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