U218 Singles

U218 Singles is a greatest hits-style compilation album by the Irish rock band U2, released in November 2006. It contains (oddly enough) 19 songs: 17 of their most successful and popular singles, "The Saints Are Coming" (a cover version in collaboration with Green Day of a song by The Skids) and "Window in the Skies" (a new song). U218 Videos, a DVD featuring music videos from throughout U2's career, was released concurrently. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart on 9 December 2006 at number 12 with sales of 134,000 copies. It spent 45 weeks on the chart. As of 24 January 2008,[dated info] it has sold 847,490 copies in the US. Despite not being released until November 2006, it was the seventh highest-selling album in the world that year.