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“Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World” by U2

“Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World” by U2 appears on 21 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1992 and 2014. Its best result is #49 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #73 alternative song of 1992 and #1,143 alternative song of all time.

21countdowns
5stations
#49best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1992–2014years charted

The ninth track on U2's 1991 album Achtung Baby, "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World" finds the band at its most tongue-in-cheek, a woozy, grinning song about weaving home drunk after a big night out. Its spark came from Los Angeles, where CoCu, the house band at the Flaming Colossus nightclub, put on shows in which bandleader Tommy Jordan strapped on long false arms and played around with the crowd. U2 dedicated the song to the club.

Daniel Lanois is credited as producer, Brian Eno adds keyboards to the album version, and one line borrows a quip from Irina Dunn.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1992 51 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 107
1992 49 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 105
1992 51 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 389 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1996 419 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1999 129 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 652 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 652 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 658 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 658 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 658 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 790 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 658 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 658 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1537 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1457 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1473 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1501 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1568 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1550 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1601 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World; Trying To Throw Your Arms; Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World.

Charting alongside it in 1992

Best songs of 1992 →
  1. 1Friday I'm in LoveThe Cure
  2. 2Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers
  3. 3DriveR.E.M.
  4. 4OneU2
  5. 5JeremyPearl Jam
  6. 6TomorrowMorrissey

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