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“Three Sunrises” by U2

“Three Sunrises” by U2 appears on 16 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2014. Its best result is #739 on the CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,591 alternative song of all time.

16countdowns

2stations

#739best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1999–2014years charted

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U2 put "The Three Sunrises" on Wide Awake in America, the four-track EP Island released on May 20, 1985. Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois produced it with the band, Kevin Moloney engineered and mixed it alongside them, and the songwriting is credited to all four: Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.

The EP was a curious little package, setting two live versions of songs from The Unforgettable Fire, the 1984 album, beside two B-sides that until then only British fans could buy. It was issued only in North America and Japan at first, yet it still charted in the UK on import sales, and it finally got an international release in 1990.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,591 of all time

All Rock Formats

#2,889 of all time

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	739	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	791	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	794	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	794	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	1590	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	794	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2003	1275	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)	2044
2004	794	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	794	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	1717	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1692	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1708	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	1629	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1693	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1748	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1769	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013

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