Beautiful Day

Lyrics

Read the lyrics and recording notes for this version at U2Songs.

Song Propaganda

The documented history below belongs to the song's original single or specifically named recording/video—not automatically to this album's mix, live performance or re-recording. Single-era reference: 2000.

Chart positions

• Ireland — Singles peak: 1 Source
• UK — Singles peak: 1 Source
• US — Billboard Hot 100 peak: 21 Source

Certifications

• UK — BPI: Platinum Source
• US — RIAA: Gold Source

Grammys & other honours

• 2001 Grammy — Record of the Year Source
• 2001 Grammy — Song of the Year Source
• 2001 Grammy — Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Source

Checked 2026-09-11. A missing entry means not established here, not necessarily that the song never charted or won an award.

Recording context

U2's second retrospective follows the experiments and reinventions of the 1990s and adds Electrical Storm and The Hands That Built America.

Exact recording source — U2SongsOfficial release — U2.com