The Best of 1990–2000

Track listing

"Electrical Storm" was released as a single in promotion of the album. "Gone," "Discothèque," "Staring at the Sun," and "Numb" were remixed by Mike Hedges for the compilation. "Mysterious Ways" is identical to the album version with the exception of a single lyric. "Miss Sarajevo," co-written by Brian Eno, was originally included on the album Original Soundtracks 1, which was released by the band under the alias "Passengers".

Limited Edition B-sides Disc

"North and South of the River" was written with Christy Moore. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" was written by Lennon–McCartney. "Your Blue Room" was written with Brian Eno.

Limited Edition Bonus DVD

"The History Mix" is a video montage anthologizing the band's nineties albums and tours. It includes snippets of interviews, promotional videos, and so forth. The live version of "Please" is from the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland, recorded on 9 August 1997 and directed by Maurice Linnane.

Video

The Best of 1990–2000 was also released as a video compilation, featuring music videos from the songs on the album. The DVD version of the video featured one to two videos for each song on the album, plus seven bonus videos (for songs not on the album), as well as directors' commentaries, and three mini-documentaries. The VHS version of the video featured simply one video for the 16 songs from the album.

On all versions however, there is no video for "The First Time", as one was never made or rather released. In its place was put the video of "The Fly", which itself was on certain versions of the album. The DVD case had two disc slots, one for the main videos, the other for the "History Mix" DVD from the "A and B sides" version of the album. In its absence, a CD/DVD-shaped paper disc is used as a placeholder.

Track listing

Music and words by U2, except where otherwise noted.

1. "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
2. Kevin Godley video with commentary
3. Ritchie Smyth remix video
4. "Mysterious Ways"
5. Stéphane Sednaoui video with commentary
6. "Beautiful Day"
7. Jonas Åkerlund video with commentary
8. "Electrical Storm"
9. Anton Corbijn video with commentary
10. U2 Sur Mer documentary
11. "One"
12. Anton Corbijn video with commentary
13. Phil Joanou video with commentary
14. A Story of One documentary
15. "Miss Sarajevo"
16. Maurice Linnane video and commentary
17. Missing Sarajevo documentary
18. "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"
19. Wim Wenders video and commentary
20. "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
21. Joseph Kahn video with commentary
22. Kevin Godley video with commentary
23. "Gone"
24. David Mallet video (excerpt from PopMart: Live from Mexico City)
25. "Until the End of the World"
26. Kevin Godley video (live from Zoo TV Tour)
27. "The Hands That Built America"
28. Maurice Linnane studio version video
29. "Discothèque"
30. Stéphane Sednaoui video with commentary
31. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
32. Godley/Linanne video with commentary
33. "Staring at the Sun"
34. Jake Scott video with commentary
35. Morleigh Steinberg video
36. "Numb"
37. Kevin Godley video with commentary
38. Emergency Broadcast Network remix video
39. "The Fly"
40. Smith/Klein remix video with commentary

Bonus videos

1. "Please"
2. Anton Corbijn video with commentary
3. "If God Will Send His Angels"
4. Phil Joanou video with commentary
5. "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"
6. Phil Joanou video with commentary
7. "Lemon"
8. Mark Neale video with commentary
9. "Last Night on Earth"
10. Ritchie Smyth video with commentary
11. "Mofo"
12. Maurice Linnane remix video
13. "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"
14. Wim Wenders video with commentary

The lyrics to "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" were written by Salman Rushdie. The song features Daniel Lanois on pedal steel guitar. All tracks have been remastered for these releases.

Personnel