Saints Marches Into Charts

6 Nov 2006


U2's collaboration with Green Day, to raise funds for Music Rising, has gone to Number 1 in Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Japan and Australia.

Download sales alone sent 'The Saints ' straight into the UK Top Ten at Number 6 last week - this week it rose to Number 2.

The single was released on CD worldwide (outside the US) on, November 6th.

In the UK there are 5000 limited edition numbered 7" singles available and also a 2 track CD single? - the B-side is the live version recorded at the New Orleans Superdome.

Catch the video in full here

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