U2 has been perhaps the biggest music act in the world since the late 1980s to the current day. They take prominent stands on human rights issues, expressed through their lyrics and other public statements and actions. The band's lead singer, Bono, has become quite prominent in charity movements and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize...See full bio »
2008It Might Get Loud
(documentary)
(music: "Until the End of the World", "Get on Your Boots", "The Fly", "Where the Streets Have No Name", "Trash, Trampoline & The Party Girl", "Street Mission", "A Sort of Homecoming", "Grace", "The Electric Co.", "I Will Follow", "One Tree Hill", "A Day Without Me", "Elevation", "Tomorrow", "Corpse These Chains Are Way Too Long", "Bass Trap", "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World" / lyrics: "Until the End of the World", "Get on Your Boots", "The Fly", "Where the Streets Have No Name", "Trash, Trampoline & The Party Girl", "Street Mission", "A Sort of Homecoming", "Grace", "The Electric Co.", "I Will Follow", "One Tree Hill", "A Day Without Me", "Elevation", "Tomorrow", "Corpse These Chains Are Way Too Long", "Bass Trap", "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World" / performer: "Until the End of the World", "Where the Streets Have No Name", "Trash, Trampoline & The Party Girl", "A Sort of Homecoming", "Grace", "The Electric Co.", "I Will Follow", "One Tree Hill", "A Day Without Me", "Tomorrow", "Bass Trap", "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World")
2008Nim's Island
(performer: "Beautiful Day" 2000)
2008Waveriders
(documentary)
(performer: "SILVER AND GOLD")
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Requiem
(2007)
(writer: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - uncredited / performer: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - uncredited)
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Without Handcuffs
(2006)
(writer: "A Man and a Woman" - uncredited / performer: "A Man and a Woman" - uncredited)
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Secret Number
(2006)
(writer: "Where The Streets Have No Name" - uncredited / performer: "Where The Streets Have No Name" - uncredited)
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Kama Kama?
(2006)
(writer: "Stay Faraway, So Close!" - uncredited)
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Valentine's Day
(2006)
(writer: "With or Without You" / performer: "With or Without You")
2005Vertigo 2005: U2 Live from Chicago
(video)
(writer: "City Of Blinding Lights", "Vertigo", "Elevation", "Cry/Electric Co", "An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart", "Beautiful Day", "New Year's Day", "Miracle Drug", "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own", "Love And Peace Or Else", "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Bullet The Blue Sky", "Running To Stand Still", "Pride In The Name Of Love", "Where The Streets Have No Name", "One", "Zoo Station", "The Fly", "Mysterious Ways", "All Because Of You", "Original Of The Species", "Yahweh", "40" / performer: "City Of Blinding Lights", "Vertigo", "Elevation", "Cry/Electric Co", "An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart", "Beautiful Day", "New Year's Day", "Miracle Drug", "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own", "Love And Peace Or Else", "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Bullet The Blue Sky", "Running To Stand Still", "Pride In The Name Of Love", "Where The Streets Have No Name", "One", "Zoo Station", "The Fly", "Mysterious Ways", "All Because Of You", "Original Of The Species", "Yahweh", "40")
2003The 75th Annual Academy Awards
(TV special)
(writer: "The Hands That Built America" / performer: "The Hands That Built America")
2002Gangs of New York
(writer: "The Hands That Built America Theme from Gangs of New York" / performer: "The Hands That Built America Theme from Gangs of New York")
2000The Million Dollar Hotel
(writer: "The First Time", "Stateless", "Ground beneath Her Feet" / performer: "The First Time", "Stateless", "Ground beneath Her Feet")
1988U2: Rattle and Hum
(documentary)
(music: "Van Diemen's Land", "Desire", "Hawkmoon 269", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "Silver And Gold", "Pride" In The Name Of Love, "Angel of Harlem", "Love Rescue Me", "When Love Comes To Town", "Heartland", "God Part II", "Bullet The Blue Sky", "All I Want Is You")
1985Live Aid
(TV special documentary)
("Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Bad")
1983U2: Under a Blood Red Sky
(documentary)
(performer: "Out Of Control", "Twilight", "An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart", "Surrender", "Two Hearts Beat As One", "Seconds", "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Cry/The Electric Co.", "October", "New Year's Day", "I Threw A Brick Through A Window", "A Day Without Me", "Gloria", "Party Girl", "11 O'Clock Tick Tock", "I Will Follow", "40")
A chronology of the band's album releases includes: "Boy" (1980) / "October" (1981) / "War" (1983) / "The Unforgettable Fire" (1984) / "The Joshua Tree" (1987) / "Rattle and Hum" (1988) / "Achtung Baby" (1991) / "Zooropa" (1993) / "Pop" (1997) / "All That You Can't Leave Behind" (2000) / "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" (2004) / "No Line On the Horizon" (2009).
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