"Where the Streets Have No Name" the opening track from U2's "The Joshua Tree" and still the greatest song U2 ever wrote is particularly legendary because it almost never came to be. Supposedly, the band had a very hard time recording "Streets," struggling with its chugging rhythms, changing time signatures, effect-laden guitar arpeggios, and overall chordal structural. The song became such a mess that producer Brian Eno once debated erasing the tapes "by accident" and forcing the band to start from scratch. Ultimately, Eno and co-producer Daniel Lanois had to stitch the final version of "Streets" together from a number of different takes, but the Frankenstein-like nature of the track isn't something that can be heard on record. On the contrary, "Streets" sounds like the work of a higher power. The entire song beats with life and urgency, and everything about it from the Edge's bell-like guitars to Bono's near-operatic vocal performance, all the way to the heartbeat rhythm section of Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. sounds remarkably in sync. Eventually, U2 would figure out a way to get through the song in one piece to this day "Streets" provides the climactic ballast for their emotional stadium concerts. But with the help of Eno and Lanois, U2 was able to build a studio marvel that turned both the band and their producers into an unrivaled arena rock ideal.