10 Songs That Got Stuff Completely Wrong

10. Vertigo - U2

Over the course of their career, U2 have practically made a trademark of their universal appeal across albums like the Joshua Tree. Even though the foundations of these songs were clearly rock, there seemed to be a universal feeling to every song they made, as if the tracks belonged to the entire world instead of just a couple of guys from Ireland. It's always nice to branch into the international market like that...if you're able to at least understand the language.

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As a little bit of fun coming off of the late period triumph All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb kicks things off right with Vertigo, bringing a little bit more aggro into the mix than what most U2 fans were probably expecting. Though you can feel the live energy coming off the studio floor, you can get sucked out of it for a split second when Bono counts the whole thing off.

While the sound of "uno, dos, tres, catorce" is not something you have to focus on for too long, anyone even slightly familiar with Spanish will know what's wrong here. Although the tune is great, you can't ignore that Bono just counted "1, 2, 3" and then jumped straight to 14 at the end. For as much as this version might roll off the tongue better, it's such an easy fix just to count it off again.

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