Vertigo (U2 song)

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"Vertigo" is a song by the Irish rock band U2. It is the opening track on their eleventh studio album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004), and was released as the album's lead single on 8 November 2004. It received extensive airplay and in its first week sold more than 30,000 copies. The song was an international success, bolstered by its usage in a television advertisement featuring the band for Apple's iPod digital music player. The song lent its name to the band's 2005–2006 Vertigo Tour. Commercially, "Vertigo" topped the charts in Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom while reaching the top 10 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Hungary, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. "Vertigo" won three Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Rock Song, and Best Short Form Music Video at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in 2005. "Vertigo" was ranked 64th on Rolling Stone's list of the 100...

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