what was u2's lead single from 'the joshua tree'
The Joshua Tree "With or Without You" was released as the lead single on 21 March 1987, with the B-sides "Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)" and "Walk to the Water".[115] The single quickly topped the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's first number-one hit in America.[16] The song topped the singles chart in Canada,[116] while reaching number four in the UK[95] and number two in the Netherlands.[111] The group originally planned to use "Red Hill Mining Town" as the second single.[117] However, the group were unhappy with the music video filmed by Neil Jordan,[16][118] and Bono had difficulty singing the song.[119] Ultimately, the group canceled the single.[117][120] Instead, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" was chosen as the second single, and it was released in May 1987 with the tracks "Spanish Eyes" and "Deep in the Heart" as B-sides.[121] Like its predecessor, it topped the Hot 100, giving U2 consecutive number-one singles in the US.[16] The single peaked at number six in the UK,[95] Canada,[116] and the Netherlands.[111] By May, sales of the album surpassed 7 million copies worldwide.[122]
Sunday Bloody Sunday Although a promotional music video had not been produced for the original release, the band used footage from a 5 June 1983 live performance filmed for the concert film U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky to promote the song. Directed by Gavin Taylor, the video displays Bono's use of a white flag during performances of the song. The video highlights the intensity and emotion felt by many audience members during U2's concerts, while the rainy, torch-lit setting in Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre further adds to the atmosphere. In 2004, Rolling Stone cited the performance as one "50 Moments that Changed the History of Rock and Roll" and noted that "the sight of Bono singing the anti-violence anthem 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' while waving a white flag through crimson mist (created by a combination of wet weather, hot lights and the illumination of those crags) became the defining image of U2's warrior-rock spirit and—shown in heavy rotation on MTV—broke the band nationwide."[39]