''The Best of 1990–2000'' is the second greatest hits album by Irish rock band U2. It was released on 5 November 2002 through

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and

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. The follow-up to '' The Best of 1980–1990'' (1998), it was issued as both a single-disc CD compilation and as a multi-disc compilation called ''The Best of 1990–2000 & B-Sides'', which included a second disc of 14

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s released between 1990 and 2000 and a bonus DVD. A video album of the same name was later released in December 2002. ''The Best of 1990–2000'' contained two newly recorded tracks: " Electrical Storm" and " The Hands That Built America"; the former was released as a single, while the latter was released on the soundtrack to '' Gangs of New York''. The compilation also includes "new mixes" of several songs, as well the tracks "

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" (a non-album single from 1995) and "

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" (which was originally credited to Passengers and also released as a single in 1995). The album charted at number one in 13 countries and was the twelfth-best-selling album of 2002, according to the

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Track listing

"Electrical Storm" was released as a single in promotion of the album. "Gone", "Discothèque", "Staring at the Sun", and "Numb" were remixed by Mike Hedges for the compilation. "Mysterious Ways" is identical to the album version with the exception of a single lyric. "Miss Sarajevo", co-written by

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, was originally included on the album ''

Original Soundtracks 1 ''Original Soundtracks 1'' is a studio album recorded by the Irish rock band U2 and English producer Brian Eno as a side project under the pseudonym Passengers. Released on 6 November 1995, the album is a collection of songs written for mostly ...

'', which was released by the band under the alias "Passengers".

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"North and South of the River" was written with Christy Moore. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" was written by

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. "Your Blue Room" was written with Brian Eno. "The History Mix" is a video montage anthologizing the band's nineties albums and tours. It includes snippets of interviews, promotional videos, and so forth. The live version of "Please" is from the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in

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, recorded on 9 August 1997 and directed by Maurice Linnane.

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''The Best of 1990–2000'' was also released as a video compilation, featuring music videos from the songs on the album. The DVD version of the video featured one to two videos for each song on the album, plus seven bonus videos (for songs not on the album), as well as directors' commentaries, and three mini-documentaries. The VHS version of the video featured simply one video for the 16 songs from the album. On all versions however, there is no video for "The First Time", as one was never made or rather released. In its place was put the video of " The Fly", which itself was on certain versions of the album. The DVD case had two disc slots, one for the main videos, the other for the "History Mix" DVD from the "A and B sides" version of the album. In its absence, a CD/DVD-shaped paper disc is used as a placeholder.

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Music and words by U2, except where otherwise noted. #" Even Better Than the Real Thing" #* Kevin Godley video with commentary #*Ritchie Smyth remix video #" Mysterious Ways" #* Stéphane Sednaoui video with commentary #" Beautiful Day" #*

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video with commentary #" Electrical Storm" #* Anton Corbijn video with commentary #*''U2 Sur Mer'' documentary #"

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" #*Anton Corbijn video with commentary #*

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video with commentary #*''A Story of One'' documentary #"

" #*Maurice Linnane video and commentary #*''Missing Sarajevo'' documentary #" Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" #*

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video and commentary #" Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" #*Joseph Kahn video with commentary #*Kevin Godley video with commentary #"Gone" #* David Mallet video (excerpt from '' PopMart: Live from Mexico City'') #" Until the End of the World" #*Kevin Godley video (live from

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) #" The Hands That Built America" #*Maurice Linnane studio version video #" Discothèque" #*Stéphane Sednaoui video with commentary #"

" #*Godley/Linanne video with commentary #" Staring at the Sun" #* Jake Scott video with commentary #*Morleigh Steinberg video #" Numb" #*Kevin Godley video with commentary #* Emergency Broadcast Network remix video #" The Fly" #*Smith/Klein remix video with commentary

Bonus videos

#" Please" #*Anton Corbijn video with commentary #" If God Will Send His Angels" #*Phil Joanou video with commentary #" Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" #*Phil Joanou video with commentary #"

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" #*Mark Neale video with commentary #" Last Night on Earth" #*Ritchie Smyth video with commentary #" Mofo" #*Maurice Linnane remix video #" The Ground Beneath Her Feet" #*Wim Wenders video with commentary *An "easter egg" also features. From the main menu on the DVD, if "One" is clicked, the main screen for "One" will appear. Once on this screen, the digit '1' could be clicked on the remote control three times. If clicked three times, a three-minute video of a fish tank, with fish swimming in it, appears. After some time, some

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s will appear in the video as fishes, which swim from one end of the screen to the other. All tracks were remastered for these releases.

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Credits adapted from liner notes. *

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– lead vocals, guitar * The Edge – guitar, keyboards, vocals * Adam Clayton – bass guitar * Larry Mullen Jr. – drums and percussion

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