Song · U2
“The Sweetest Thing (remix)” by U2
Released 1999
“The Sweetest Thing (remix)” by U2 appears on 15 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1998 and 1999. It was first released in 1999. Its best result is #2 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #48 alternative song of 1998 and #217 of the '90s.
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U2 first tucked "Sweetest Thing" away on the flip side of the "Where the Streets Have No Name" single in 1987, and there it sat for more than a decade. In October 1998 the band recorded it again and sent it out on Island as a single to front The Best of 1980–1990, with Steve Lillywhite credited as producer.
Slotted between "Mofo" and "Beautiful Day" in their run of singles, it's a breezy piece of pop rock, and much of the world ate it up: number one in Ireland, Canada and Iceland, and top 10 in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and Sweden. America kept it at arm's length, number 63 on the Hot 100, though Modern Rock Tracks radio took it all the way to number nine.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 160 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
Also listed as: The Sweetest Thing (Remix); The Sweetest Thing (Remix0.
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