'U218 Singles' is the 'definitive best of' , the first single disc collection to span the band’s career from Boy (1980) to How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004).

The two new songs on the album were both recorded at Abby Road Studios in London in September 2006 and produced by Rick Rubin. The Saints Are Coming, a cover of the 1978 Skids track, was recorded with Green Day, debuted live a few days later at the reopening of the New Orleans Dome and proceeds from worldwide sales went to Music Rising, a charity set up by Edge to 'help bring the music back to New Orleans' . Window on the Skies, is a brand new U2 song, set for single release in early 2007.