Song · U2
“Zooropa” by U2
From the album Zooropa (1993)
“Zooropa” by U2 appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1993 and 2024. It was first released in 1993 on the album Zooropa. Its best result is #31 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #121 alternative song of 1993 and #4,331 alternative song of all time.
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"Zooropa" throws open the doors of U2's 1993 album of the same name, and it was stitched together from two halves: one dreamed up in the studio, the other a soundcheck tape from the road that the Edge turned up. The Edge produced it with Brian Eno, who also plays synthesizer, and Flood, who engineered and mixed. Bono's words drop two characters into a dazzlingly lit city in a Europe of the future, lifting lines straight from advertising slogans and circling moral confusion and where the continent is headed.
Critics mostly cheered it as an opener. Onstage it was trouble: the band struggled with it, played it at just three Zoo TV shows in 1993, and shelved it until the U2 360° Tour in 2011.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 31 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 404 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2005 | 747 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2024 | 192 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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