ABOUT THE STUDY METHODOLOGY As love is a common theme in U2’s lyrics, Scott Calhoun began This study used deluxe releases of 14 albums, totaling 169 the U2 Love Lyrics Project to better understand the theme’s songs. Lyrics were verified on U2.com. Repeated words in THERE IS NO END TO LOVE value to U2 and its messaging on this theme. This study of the songs are counted as emphatic devices. The “Highest word “love” in the U2 songbook examines 14 commercially Frequency of Love” report studied 10 additional songs that FREQUENCY OF THE WORD LOVE THROUGHOUT U2’S DISCOGRAPHY, 1980--2017 released albums, representing 13 studio albums and the live also had a high frequency of “love.” Future studies will examine album Rattle And Hum. the meanings of "love" and lyrics from live performances. KEY Number of “love” variants in album lyrics Number of times “love” is in lyrics No “love” variants; no song titles with “love” on each album Number of song titles with “love” NO LINE ON THE HORIZON / 2009 RATTLE AND HUM / 1989 appears 61 times in lyrics VARIANTS less often more often appears 87 times in lyrics 2 variants of the word 1 variant of the word ALL THAT YOU CAN’T appears in 0 song titles OF LOVE ZOOROPA / 1993 LEAVE BEHIND / 2000 appears in 3 song titles SONGS OF EXPERIENCE / 2017 appears 6 times in lyrics appears 9 times in lyrics appears 42 times in lyrics IN LYRICS THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE / 1984 2 variants of the word 0 variants of the word 0 variants of the word appears 20 times in lyrics appears in 0 song titles appears in 0 song titles appears in 4 song titles THERE ARE 8 VARIANTS OF 0 variants of the word OCTOBER / 1982 appears in 1 song title THE WORD LOVE IN LYRICS appears 2 times in lyrics ON ALL 14 ALBUMS 0 variants of the word appears in 0 song titles LOVED × 11 ×11 DO YOU FEEL LOVED LOVER × 10 ×3 HELTER SKELTER ×2 THE FIRST TIME POP / 1997 ×1 DESIRE BOY / 1980 appears 26 times in lyrics ×1 EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING 4 variants of the word appears 2 times in lyrics appears in 1 song title ×1 GONE 0 variants of the word WAR / 1983 ACHTUNG BABY / 1991 HOW TO DISMANTLE LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE appears in 0 song titles appears 22 times in lyrics THE JOSHUA TREE / 1987 appears 58 times in lyrics AN ATOMIC BOMB / 2004 SONGS OF INNOCENCE / 2015 ×1 1 variant of the word appears 19 times in lyrics 1 variant of the word appears 31 times in lyrics appears 14 times in lyrics ×1 SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT appears in 0 song titles 0 variants of the word appears in 1 song title 2 variants of the word 1 variant of the word appears in 0 song titles appears in 1 song title appears in 1 song title LOVELY × 3 ×2 BABYFACE *COUNT USES ALBUM SONGS # OF TIMES LOVE ×1 LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE U2 SONGS WITH THE HIGHEST FREQUENCY OF LOVE PLUS 10 ADDITIONAL SONGS APPEARS IN LYRICS VARIANTS OF OUT OF 179 SONGS IN THIS STUDY*, LOVE IS FOUND AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN 18 SONGS 399 ON ALL 14 ALBUMS LOVE BY ALBUM LOVERS × 3 ×2 PLEASE VARIANTS OF THE WORD LOVE APPEAR ×1 SURRENDER OTHER FREQUENT 32 TIMES IN LYRICS ON 8 OF 14 ALBUMS WORDS IN LYRICS BOY ONLY ‘LOVE’ LOVES × 2 ×1 GET ON YOUR BOOTS OCTOBER ONLY ‘LOVE’ ×1 I’LL GO CRAZY IF I DON’T CALIFORNIA GO CRAZY TONIGHT (THERE IS NO END TO LOVE) WAR × 1 LOVERS (1) DO YOU FEEL LOVED TUF ONLY ‘LOVE’ LOVEY × 2 LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE TJT ONLY ‘LOVE’ ×2 DISCOTHEQUE R&H × 4 LOVER (4) LOVE IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT U2’s LOVING × 1 LOVE IS BIGGER THAN ACHTUNG × 1 LOVER (1) ×2 ELVIS PRESLEY AND AMERICA ANYTHING IN ITS WAY LOVE ZOOROPA × 4 LOVER (2), LOVELY (2) LOVE IS BLINDNESS LOVESICK × 1 SONGS POP × 16 LOVED (11), LOVERS (2), LOVE RESCUE ME LOVE APPEARS LOVEY (2), LOVER (1) ×2 STAND UP COMEDY 12 TIMES IN ATYCLB ONLY ‘LOVE’ ORDINARY LOVE SONG TITLES ON © Scott Calhoun/U2Conference.com, 2019. HTDAAB × 2 LOVER (1), LOVELY (1) PRIDE (IN THE NAME 14 ALBUMS Brianna Martinez and Macey Kakuk helped with foundational research and Timothy D. Neufeld was OF LOVE)** NLOTH × 3 LOVES (2), LOVESICK (1) **appears on a source of inspiration for this study. The U2 Love SUMMER OF LOVE 2 albums SOI × 1 LOVER (1) Lyrics Project is part of the U2 Studies Network of the U2 Conference. Data visualization and graphic WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN SOE ONLY ‘LOVE’ design by Courtney Babcock and Beth Nabi..