Song · U2
“Window In The Skies” by U2
Released 2006
“Window In The Skies” by U2 appears on 9 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2006 and 2014. It was first released in 2006. Its best result is #71 on the WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #390 alternative song of 2006 and #3,548 alternative song of all time.
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"Window in the Skies" was one of two fresh songs U2 tacked onto their 2006 hits collection U218 Singles, cut that September at Abbey Road in London with Rick Rubin producing, Greg Fidelman engineering and Andrew Scheps on the mix. It came out as a single on New Year's Day 2007.
It's the band in big-hearted, arms-wide mode, and it earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The first of its two videos, directed by Gary Koepke, is the real trick: nearly 100 snippets of famous musicians from 50 years of concert footage, cut so their lips and fingers seem to be playing U2's song. As of 2024 it remains the band's last visit to the UK top 10.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 71 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006 | 100 |
| 2006 | 87 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1266 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1534 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1555 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1586 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1654 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1724 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1789 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: Window In the Skies.
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