U2 — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 152 songs across 14 albums by U2. They use 2,680 unique words out of 14,018 (lexical richness MATTR 0.66), with an average of 92 content words per song. Emotional tone: 76% of songs positive, 2% neutral, 22% negative.
Most used words by U2
- love (330)
- know (211)
- see (161)
- one (137)
- away (128)
- feel (102)
- day (102)
- heart (99)
- want (95)
- let (92)
- baby (89)
- time (88)
- say (86)
- take (85)
- come (84)
- days (83)
- way (79)
- world (79)
- man (79)
- give (74)
Signature phrases
- “new york new” (23)
- “york new york” (22)
- “sunday bloody sunday” (20)
- “away walk away” (18)
- “walk away walk” (18)
- “rock roll” (18)
- “sing song” (18)
- “red flag day” (15)
- “back tomorrow” (15)
- “stepped inside soul” (14)
Colors in the lyrics
- red (36)
- blue (29)
- white (20)
- black (17)
- gold (11)
- rose (7)
- green (5)
- grey (3)
Albums analyzed
- Boy (1980)
- October (1981)
- War (1983)
- The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
- The Joshua Tree (1987)
- 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)
- Songs of Innocence (2014)
- Songs of Experience (2017)
- Songs of Surrender (2023)