U218 Singles#Vertigo 05: Live from Milan DVD
{{Short description|2006 greatest hits album by U2}}
{{Use Irish English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox album
| name = U218 Singles
| type = greatest
| artist = U2
| cover = U218.jpg
| alt =
| released = 20 November 2006{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/u2-u218-singles-2495786035.html |title=U2: U218 Singles |work=PopMatters |date=10 January 2007 |access-date=7 September 2018 |author=Lomas, Michael}}
| recorded = 1980–2006, new material recorded in September 2006 with Rick Rubin in France and at Abbey Road Studios
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = *Post-punk
| length = 74:35
| label = Mercury, Interscope
| producer = Steve Lillywhite, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Jimmy Iovine, Jacknife Lee, Rick Rubin
| prev_title = U218 Videos
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Live from Paris
| next_year = 2007
| misc = {{Singles
| name = U218 Singles
| type = greatest
| single1 = The Saints Are Coming
| single1date = 31 October 2006
| single2 = Window in the Skies
| single2date = 1 January 2007
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1= Allmusic
|rev1score= {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r936327|tab=review|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review: U218 Singles – U2 |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=Allmusic |location=United States |access-date=4 September 2011}}
|rev2= Entertainment Weekly
|rev2score= B−{{cite magazine |last=Endelman |first=Michael |date=24 November 2011 |title=Music Review: U218 Singles (2006) – U2 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |issue=908 |issn=1049-0434 |access-date=4 September 2011 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1562725,00.html |archive-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009041623/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1562725,00.html |url-status=dead }}
|rev3= Pitchfork
|rev3score= 7.0/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9660-18-singles/ |title=U2: 18 Singles |first=Mark |last=Richardson |date=29 November 2006 |work=Pitchfork}}
|rev4= Rolling Stone
|rev4score= {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/u218-singles-20061127 |title=Music Review: U2 – U218 Singles |first=Andy |last=Greene |date=27 November 2006 |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Wenner Media}}
}}
U218 Singles is a greatest hits album by Irish rock band U2, released in November 2006. In most markets, the album contains 18 songs: 16 of their most successful and popular singles, and two new songs. The 17th track is a cover version of the Skids' "The Saints Are Coming", recorded with Green Day to benefit Hurricane Katrina charities. The 18th and closing track was a new song entitled "Window in the Skies". In some markets such as the United Kingdom, an extra song, "I Will Follow", was included as the opening track. A DVD compilation of music videos from throughout the group's career entitled U218 Videos was released concurrent to U218 Singles.
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart on 9 December 2006 at number 12 with sales of 134,000 copies. It spent 45 weeks on the chart. Despite not being released until November 2006, it was the seventh-highest-selling album in the world that year.{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2006.pdf |title=Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2006 |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003806/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2006.pdf |archive-date=17 November 2008}}
Artwork and packaging
The art direction and design for U218 Singles was handled by Shaughn McGrath. Many different photographs were used in the album's packaging with front and back cover photographs taken by David Corio and Anton Corbijn, respectively with booklet photographs by Corbijn, Paul Slattery, Andrew McPherson, Colm Henry, Matt Mahurin, Pennie Smith, and Sheila Rock.{{cite AV media notes |title=U218 Singles |others=U2 |year=2006 |type=CD liner}} Corio's front cover photograph shows the band on the roof of the Country Club Hotel, in Cork, Ireland in February 1980.{{cite web |url=https://www.rockarchive.com/prints/u/u2-ut007dc |title=U2, Bono & The Edge |publisher=Rock Archive |accessdate=2024-07-27}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
|extra_column = From the album:
|total_length = 74:35
|title1 = Beautiful Day
|extra1 = All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
|length1 = 4:05
|title2 = I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
|extra2 = The Joshua Tree (1987)
|length2 = 4:38
|title3 = Pride (In the Name of Love)
|extra3 = The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
|length3 = 3:48
|title4 = With or Without You
|extra4 = The Joshua Tree
|length4 = 4:56
|title5 = Vertigo
|extra5 = How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)
|length5 = 3:10
|title6 = New Year's Day
|note6 = Japanese single version
|extra6 = War (1983)
|length6 = 4:17
|title7 = Mysterious Ways
|extra7 = Achtung Baby (1991)
|length7 = 4:02
|title8 = Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
|extra8 = All That You Can't Leave Behind
|length8 = 4:31
|title9 = Where the Streets Have No Name
|note9 = Single version
|extra9 = The Joshua Tree
|length9 = 4:46
|title10 = Sweetest Thing
|note10 = Single mix
|extra10 = The Best of 1980–1990 (1998)
|length10 = 3:00
|title11 = Sunday Bloody Sunday
|extra11 = War
|length11 = 4:40
|title12 = One
|extra12 = Achtung Baby
|length12 = 4:35
|title13 = Desire
|extra13 = Rattle and Hum (1988)
|length13 = 2:59
|title14 = Walk On
|note14 = Edited version
|extra14 = All That You Can't Leave Behind
|length14 = 4:26
|title15 = Elevation
|extra15 = All That You Can't Leave Behind
|length15 = 3:47
|title16 = Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
|extra16 = How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
|length16 = 5:05
|title17 = The Saints Are Coming
|note17 = with Green Day
|extra17 = New song; originally by Skids from Scared to Dance
|length17 = 3:21
|title18 = Window in the Skies
|extra18 = New song
|length18 = 4:08
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan only
| extra_column = From the album:
| total_length = 78:15
| title1 = I Will Follow
| extra1 = Boy (1980)
| length1 = 3:36
}}
No songs from October (1981), Zooropa (1993), Pop (1997), or the Passengers (U2 & Brian Eno) project Original Soundtracks 1 (1995) are included.
Variations
A limited edition version includes a live DVD featuring ten songs recorded on the Vertigo Tour in Milan. "I Will Follow" appears as a bonus track on UK and Australian editions of the CD.{{cite web |url=http://www.u2achtung.com/01/news/news.php?id=2492 |title=U218 Singles (mise à jour) |date=9 October 2006 |work=U2 Achtung |language=fr |format=PHP}} The deluxe version in the UK, Ireland, and Canadian iTunes Stores also contains nine of the live songs from the limited edition bonus disc as audio tracks, as well as a digital booklet and a bonus track, "Smile," for those who pre-ordered the album. The United States deluxe iTunes version does not come with a digital booklet, but instead with "Smile" as a bonus track even if it was not pre-ordered.{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/u218-singles/205160597 |title=U218 Singles by U2 |work=iTunes |publisher=Apple Inc. |access-date=4 September 2011}}
''Vertigo 05: Live from Milan'' DVD
{{Infobox album
| name = Vertigo 05: Live from Milan
| type = video
| artist = U2
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 20 November 2006
| recorded = 21 July 2005
| venue = San Siro (Milan, Italy)
| studio =
| genre = Rock
| length = 57 minutes
| label = Mercury, Interscope
| director = Hamish Hamilton
| producer = Ned O'Hanlon
| prev_title = Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = U218 Videos
| next_year = 2006
}}
Vertigo 05: Live from Milan is a concert film included as a bonus DVD in the deluxe edition of U218 Singles. The DVD features ten songs from the band's 25-song concert[http://www.u2-vertigo-tour.com/show1309.html U2 Milan, 2005-07-21, San Siro, Vertigo Tour - U2 on tour] on 21 July 2005 in Milan, Italy, during the Vertigo Tour. It is U2's second concert release from the tour, preceded by Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago and followed by U2 3D. On the iTunes Store deluxe edition of the album, these songs are featured as bonus audio tracks, except for "Original of the Species", which was later released as an iTunes Store exclusive single.{{cite web |title=Original of the Species (Live From Milan) - Single |url=https://music.apple.com/ie/album/origin-of-the-species-live-from-milan-single/1444861517 |publisher=iTunes Music Store |access-date=6 September 2009}}
=Track listing=
- "Vertigo"
- "I Will Follow"
- "Elevation"
- "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
- "All I Want Is You"
- "City of Blinding Lights"
- "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
- "Miss Sarajevo"
- "Original of the Species"
- "With or Without You"
=Audio=
- PCM Stereo
- Dolby Digital 5.1
- DTS 5.1
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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scope="col"| Chart (2006–2007)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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{{album chart|Australia|1|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Austria|2|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Flanders|2|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Wallonia|6|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|3|artist=U2|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Denmark|3|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Netherlands|3|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Finland|10|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|France|108|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Germany4|5|id=45906|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
scope="row"| Greek Albums (IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart04.htm |title=Greek Albums Chart |publisher=IFPI Greece |date=2007-03-10 |access-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310045739/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart04.htm |archive-date=10 March 2007 }}
| 6 |
{{album chart|Hungary|4|year=2007|week=4|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Ireland2|1|artist=U2|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Italy|4|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web|url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/detail.asp?itemcd=683857&samecd=1 |title=ザ・ベスト・オブU2 18シングルズ - U2/ オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」|publisher=Oricon|access-date=3 August 2011 |language=ja}}
| 9 |
scope="row"|Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)
| 5 |
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Norway|5|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
scope="row"| Polish Albums (ZPAV){{cite web |url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=346&lang=en |title=Oficjalna Lista Sprzedaźy: 4 December 2006 |work=OLiS |language=pl |format=ASP |access-date=3 August 2011}}
| 4 |
{{album chart|Portugal|2|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Scotland|4|date=20061126|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Spain|2|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Sweden|4|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=U2|album=18 Singles|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|UK2|4|date=20061126|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|12|artist=U2|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|BillboardRock|3|artist=U2|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
{{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|10|artist=U2|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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scope="col"| Chart (2021)
! scope="col"| Position |
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scope="row"| Irish Albums (IRMA){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/irelands-official-biggest-singles-of-2021-revealed__34917/|title=Ireland's official biggest albums of 2021|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=Griffiths|first=George|date=9 January 2022|access-date=9 January 2022}}
| 41 |
=Decade-end charts=
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scope="col"| Chart (2000–09)
! scope="col"| Position |
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scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2009/end-of-decade-albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums of the 00's|publisher=ARIA|date=January 2010|access-date=16 January 2020}}
| 92 |
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Certifications and sales
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|artist=U2|title=18 Singles|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2006|certyear=2007|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?AnoFiltro=2005&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP&ACCION=+Buscar+|title=Discos de Oro y Platino|language=es|publisher=Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004453/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?AnoFiltro=2005&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP&ACCION=+Buscar+|archive-date=27 September 2007}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|number=5|certyear=2015|access-date=28 December 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|certyear=2007|relyear=2006|relmonth=6|certmonth=9}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|domestic=false|relyear=2006|certyear=2009}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=18 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|relyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|source=chart|certyear=2010|id=35|relyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|award=Platinum|artist=U2|title=18 Singles|relyear=2006|certyear=2007|access-date=9 December 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|id=20070506053630|relyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Hungary|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|certyear=2007|relyear=2006|relmonth=11}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Ireland|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|number=6|certyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=album|artist=U2|title=18 Singles|relyear=2006|nocert=true|salesamount=250,000|note=sales in 2006|access-date=19 May 2020|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/mdonline/7046.pdf |title=Le Cifre Di Vendita - Album - Dati 2006|publisher=Musica e dischi|language=it|page=7|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032032/http://www.musicaedischi.it/mdonline/7046.pdf |archive-date=6 January 2014 }}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|certyear=2019|relyear=2009|note=sales since 2009|access-date=7 November 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Gold|certyear=2006|certmonth=11|relyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Gold|relyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=album|title=U2 18 Singles|artist=U2|award=Gold|relyear=2006|certyear=2007|access-date=22 October 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|title=U2 18 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2006|id=2014-09-19|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=2014}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|type=album|title=18 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|number=2|domestic=false|relyear=2006|certyear=2007|date=21 March 2007}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Portugal|artist=U2|title=18 Singles|award=Platinum|certyear=2007|relyear=2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120020223/http://artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/200710.htm |archive-date=20 November 2010|id=200710}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Russia|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|certyear=2007|relyear=2006|relmonth=11|domestic=false|certref={{cite web |url=http://lenta.ru/i/music/rmi2010.pdf |title=TOP 150 АЛЬБОМОВ 2010 |trans-title=Top 150 Albums 2010 |website=Lenta.ru |language=ru |page=4 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/63UjF9g0f?url=http://lenta.ru/i/music/rmi2010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 November 2011}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|certyear=2006|certmonth=48|relyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|title=18 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|relyear=2006|domestic=false}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|number=5|id=7846-263-2|certyear=2025|access-date=13 April 2025}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|type=album|title=U218 Singles|artist=U2|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2007}}
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References
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