Desire (track)
by U2
Desire appears on the following album(s) by U2:
- Rattle And Hum (track #3) (this album) (1988)
- U218 Singles (track #13) (compilation) (2006)
- The Best Of 1980-1990 (track #11) (compilation) (1998)
- U2 Go Home: Live From Slane Castle, Ireland (track #11) (2007)
- Camelot Poems (track #20) (1994)
- Songs Of Surrender (track #26) (2023)
- The Best Of 1980-1990 & B-Sides (track #11) (compilation) (1998)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/18/2026 18:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 182,637 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 12:48 | spinout | 41,967 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2025 17:03 |  Tamthebam | 46,462 | 79/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.2/100, a mean average of 82.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.4.
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Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/23/2012 19:14 | #35724
Nice to hear U2 just play a rock & roll song without getting all serious and weird about it.
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/21/2011 12:36 | #24668
One of the few U2 songs I like.
Squonk007 08/18/2023 15:24 | #298680
More like a Springsteen song.
Great guitar song
