“Where the Streets Have No Name” is the third single from U2’s 1987 album The Joshua Tree. It was written by Bono in response to the notion that it’s possible to identify a person’s religion and income based on the street where they lived.

The song peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #11 on Billboard’s Album Rock Tracks chart. It also topped the charts in Ireland and New Zealand.

“Where the Streets Have No Name” is known as one of U2’s most popular songs and the music video for the song features the band performing on a rooftop in Los Angeles, California. The video won a Grammy Award for “Best Performance Music Video.”

Fifteen years after the song’s release, U2 performed this song during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVI while the names of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks scrolled behind him. It is considered amongst the best halftime performances in the game’s history.