Even Better Than The Real Thing

Name: Even Better Than The Real Thing
Description: "Even Better Than the Real Thing" is the second track on U2's seventh album, Achtung Baby, released in 1991. The song was issued as the album's fourth single in June 1992 by Island Records. It achieved chart success internationally, reaching number three in Ireland and Canada, and entering the top t

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"Even Better Than the Real Thing" is the second track on U2's seventh album, Achtung Baby, released in 1991. The song was issued as the album's fourth single in June 1992 by Island Records. It achieved chart success internationally, reaching number three in Ireland and Canada, and entering the top ten in Austria, New Zealand, and Sweden. A remixed version released the same year charted at number eight in the United Kingdom and number ten in Ireland. The accompanying music video was helmed by Kevin Godley. In 1997, Mojo readers ranked it the 71st-best track of the 1990s.

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