U2‘s four members — Bono, Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton — have chosen 10 songs each that “saved their lives.”
Their choices make up a 41-song playlist on Spotify, starting with “Your Song Saved My Life,” which they recorded for the movie Sing 2.
Bono:
- “Help Me Make it Through the Night” – Kris Kristofferson
- “Love Will Tear Us Apart” – Joy Division
- “Into My Arms” – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- “You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart – Sinead O’Connor
- “XXX” – Kendrick Lamar
- “Most of the Time” – Bob Dylan
- “Hurt” – Johnny Cash
- “Empire State of Mind” – Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
- “Bitter Sweet Symphony” – The Verve
- “Life on Mars?” – David Bowie
Edge:
- “Strawberry Fields Forever” – The Beatles
- “Life on Mars?” – David Bowie
- “One” – U2
- “Superstition” – Stevie Wonder
- “Tangled Up in Blue” – Bob Dylan
- “I Say a Little Prayer” – Aretha Franklin
- “Walk on the Wild Side” – Lou Reed
- “Shipbuilding” – Elvis Costello
- “You Get What You Want” – New Radicals
- “London Calling” – The Clash
Larry Mullen:
- “Ballroom Blitz” – Sweet
- “Let There Be Drums” – Sandy Nelson
- “Upside Down” – Diana Ross
- “Black Dog” – Led Zeppelin
- “Moondance” – Van Morrison
- “The Light Pours Out of Me” – Magazine
- “Sponji Reggae” – Black Uhuru
- “Nebraska” – Bruce Springsteen
- “Suspect Device” – Stiff Little Fingers
- “Baby One More Time” – Britney Spears
Adam Clayton:
- “What’s Going On” – Marvin Gaye
- “Exodus” – Bob Marley and the Wailers
- “A Change Is Gonna Come” – Sam Cooke
- “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'” – The Righteous Brothers
- “The Sound of Silence” – Simon & Garfunkel
- “Super Bad” – James Brown
- “I Want to Take You Higher” – Sly and the Family Stone
- “Nice ‘n’ Sleazy” – The Stranglers
- “The Magnificent Seven” – The Clash
- “Waiting in Vain” – Bob Marley and the Wailers