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“Walk On” by U2

From the album All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)

“Walk On” by U2 appears on 33 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 2000 and 2025. It was first released in 2000 on the album All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Its best result is #7 on the WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #54 alternative song of 2001 and #2,985 alternative song of all time.

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21stations
#7best position
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2top 10 finishes
2000–2025years charted

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U2 - Walk On (Official Music Video)

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"Walk On" sits fourth on U2's 2000 album All That You Can't Leave Behind, and it's a hymn with a target: Bono wrote it about Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese academic and democracy campaigner held under house arrest from 1989 until 2010, and Burma banned the song for it.

Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois produced, with Steve Lillywhite adding production and handling the mix, and the band builds it from a chiming guitar figure to a big, soul-lifting finish, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. holding the ground steady underneath The Edge. It took Record of the Year at the Grammys in 2002, just a year after "Beautiful Day" claimed that same prize, and no act had ever won it in back-to-back years with two songs from one album.

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

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2000 82 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 107
2000 57 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 100
2001 60 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 107
2001 76 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 51 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 100
2001 57 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 93
2001 51 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 89
2001 72 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 76 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 68 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2001 191
2001 31 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 103
2001 87 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 106
2001 76 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 53 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 97
2001 7 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001 30
2001 61 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 449 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 433 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2003 408 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2004 530 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2007 1470 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1541 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 325 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 1551 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1582 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1548 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1366 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1304 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2015 10 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR U2 20 20
2022 735 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2024 825 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 184 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 343 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909

Charting alongside it in 2001

Best songs of 2001 →
  1. 1Hash PipeWeezer
  2. 2SchismTool
  3. 3How You Remind MeNickelback
  4. 4Smooth CriminalAlien Ant Farm
  5. 5It's Been AwhileStaind
  6. 6Fat LipSum 41

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