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The exposure gained from their Live Aid appearance made The
Joshua Tree U2's most eagerly anticipated album yet. They chose
to release the first single With Or Without
You a week after the album, which probably cost them a UK number
one placing for that single.
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking
For was released to coincide with the European tour, while the
release of Where The Streets Have No
Name saw U2 return to the USA for a second leg of concerts.
In God's Country achieved a placing
in the UK, despite being released in North America only, while in
New Zealand they opted for a release of One
Tree Hill dedicated to Greg Carroll.
The Special Olympics album A Very Special Christmas featured a
version of Christmas, Baby Please Come
Home recorded during a soundcheck in Edinburgh.
"The Joshua Tree"
| Tracks: |
Where The Streets Have No Name,
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Bullet The Blue
Sky, Running To Stand Still, Red Hill Mining Town, In God's
Country, Trip Through Your Wires, One Tree Hill, Exit, Mothers
Of The Disappeared |
| Format: |
Promo boxed set |
LP |
CD |
LP |
| Country of Origin: |
UK |
UK |
USA |
Mexico |
| Label: |
Island |
Island |
Island |
Island |
| Catalogue Number: |
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U25 |
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U26P |
| Release date: |
March 1987 |
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| Notes: |
Includes CD, LP and cassette |
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20-bit digitally remastered gold CD |
Picture disc |
| Highest UK Chart position: |
No.1 |
"With Or Without You"
| Tracks: |
With Or Without You, Luminous
Times (Hold On To Love), Walk To The Water |
| Format: |
7 inch single |
12 inch single |
Cassette single |
CD single |
| Country of Origin: |
UK |
UK |
UK |
UK |
| Label: |
Island |
Island |
Island |
Island |
| Catalogue Number: |
IS319 |
12IS319 |
CIS319 |
CID319 |
| Release date: |
March 1987 |
| Notes: |
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| UK Chart position: |
No.4 |
Had this single been released a week or two earlier rather than
a week after after The Joshua Tree, it would more than likely
have been U2's first ever UK No.1 single, but when your album amasses
the highest first week sales total ever (300,000 or 500,000 copies
depending on who you listen to - a record that stood until Michael
Jackson's "Bad" was released six months later) you tend not to worry.
"I Still Haven't Found
What I'm Looking For" 
| Tracks: |
I Still Haven't Found What I'm
Looking For, Spanish Eyes, Deep In The Heart |
| Format: |
7 inch single |
12 inch single |
Cassette single |
CD single |
| Country of Origin: |
UK |
UK |
UK |
Germany |
| Label: |
Island |
Island |
Island |
Island |
| Release date: |
May 1987 |
| Catalogue Number: |
IS328 |
12IS328 |
CIS328 |
659 152 |
| Notes: |
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CD Reissue |
| UK Chart position: |
No.6 |
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"Where The Streets Have
No Name"
 
| Tracks: |
Where The Streets Have No Name, Silver And
Gold, The Sweetest Thing |
Where The Streets Have No Name,
Race Against Time, Silver And Gold, The Sweetest Thing |
| Format: |
7 inch single |
12 inch single |
Cassette single |
CD single |
| Country of Origin: |
UK |
UK |
UK |
UK |
| Label: |
Island |
Island |
Island |
Island |
| Catalogue Number: |
IS340 |
12IS340 |
CIS340 |
CID340 |
| Release date: |
August 1987 |
| Notes: |
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| UK Chart position: |
No.4 |
"In God's Country"
| Tracks: |
In God's Country, Bullet The Blue
Sky, Running To Stand Still |
| Format: |
7 inch single |
12 inch single |
| Country of Origin: |
USA |
Canada |
| Label: |
Island |
Island |
| Catalogue Number: |
7-99385 |
IS1167 |
| Notes: |
Not released in the U.K. |
Not released in the U.K. |
| UK Chart position: |
No.48 |
"One Tree Hill"
| Tracks: |
One Tree Hill, Bullet The Blue
Sky, Running To Stand Still |
| Format: |
7 inch single |
| Country of Origin: |
New Zealand |
| Label: |
Island |
| Catalogue Number: |
K338 |
| Notes: |
Not released in the U.K.; includes photo/lyric
insert |
"A Very Special Christmas"
by Various Artists
Featuring U2's version of "Christmas, Baby Please Come Home"
| Tracks: |
Christmas, Baby Please Come Home |
| Format: |
CD |
| Country of Origin: |
USA |
| Label: |
A&M |
| Catalogue Number: |
CD3911 |
| Release date: |
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| Notes: |
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| Highest UK Chart position: |
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