Staring at the Sun (U2 song)

Staring at the Sun - 1997 single by U2. Article “Staring at the Sun (U2 song)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 8.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 876 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #15527 in March 2023
• Global: #57767 in July 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #93930 in April 2024
• Global: #322840 in March 2009

There are 12 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Staring at the Sun (U2 song)		52.3166
2	Russian (ru) Staring at the Sun		33.8099
3	Italian (it) Staring at the Sun (U2)		30.5589
4	Portuguese (pt) Staring at the Sun		28.4712
5	French (fr) Staring at the Sun		25.5898
6	Japanese (ja) ステアリング・アット・ザ・サン		17.0588
7	Georgian (ka) Staring at the Sun (U2-ს სიმღერა)		13.7283
8	Simple English (simple) Staring at the Sun (U2 song)		8.8878
9	Spanish (es) Staring at the Sun		7.3826
10	Dutch (nl) Staring at the Sun (U2)		1.3491

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Staring at the Sun (U2 song)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Staring at the Sun (U2 song)		277 282
2	Spanish (es) Staring at the Sun		23 761
3	Polish (pl) Staring at the Sun		12 763
4	Italian (it) Staring at the Sun (U2)		11 633
5	Portuguese (pt) Staring at the Sun		10 996
6	Russian (ru) Staring at the Sun		7 682
7	Dutch (nl) Staring at the Sun (U2)		3 237
8	French (fr) Staring at the Sun		2 928
9	Georgian (ka) Staring at the Sun (U2-ს სიმღერა)		1 531
10	Japanese (ja) ステアリング・アット・ザ・サン		670

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Staring at the Sun (U2 song)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Staring at the Sun (U2 song)		936
2	Italian (it) Staring at the Sun (U2)		56
3	Spanish (es) Staring at the Sun		41
4	French (fr) Staring at the Sun		39
5	Japanese (ja) ステアリング・アット・ザ・サン		38
6	Russian (ru) Staring at the Sun		24
7	Simple English (simple) Staring at the Sun (U2 song)		24
8	Portuguese (pt) Staring at the Sun		21
9	Polish (pl) Staring at the Sun		15
10	Dutch (nl) Staring at the Sun (U2)		9

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Staring at the Sun (U2 song)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Staring at the Sun (U2 song)		79
2	Italian (it) Staring at the Sun (U2)		31
3	Spanish (es) Staring at the Sun		15
4	Polish (pl) Staring at the Sun		14
5	Dutch (nl) Staring at the Sun (U2)		10
6	Portuguese (pt) Staring at the Sun		10
7	Russian (ru) Staring at the Sun		10
8	French (fr) Staring at the Sun		7
9	Japanese (ja) ステアリング・アット・ザ・サン		3
10	Georgian (ka) Staring at the Sun (U2-ს სიმღერა)		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Staring at the Sun (U2 song)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Staring at the Sun		2
2	English (en) Staring at the Sun (U2 song)		0
3	Spanish (es) Staring at the Sun		0
4	Italian (it) Staring at the Sun (U2)		0
5	Japanese (ja) ステアリング・アット・ザ・サン		0
6	Georgian (ka) Staring at the Sun (U2-ს სიმღერა)		0
7	Korean (ko) Staring at the Sun		0
8	Dutch (nl) Staring at the Sun (U2)		0
9	Polish (pl) Staring at the Sun		0
10	Portuguese (pt) Staring at the Sun		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Staring at the Sun (U2 song)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Italian (it) Staring at the Sun (U2)		178
2	English (en) Staring at the Sun (U2 song)		163
3	Portuguese (pt) Staring at the Sun		143
4	Georgian (ka) Staring at the Sun (U2-ს სიმღერა)		118
5	French (fr) Staring at the Sun		104
6	Polish (pl) Staring at the Sun		66
7	Russian (ru) Staring at the Sun		58
8	Spanish (es) Staring at the Sun		22
9	Dutch (nl) Staring at the Sun (U2)		11
10	Japanese (ja) ステアリング・アット・ザ・サン		7

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#	Language	Value
en	English Staring at the Sun (U2 song)
es	Spanish Staring at the Sun
fr	French Staring at the Sun
it	Italian Staring at the Sun (U2)
ja	Japanese ステアリング・アット・ザ・サン
ka	Georgian Staring at the Sun (U2-ს სიმღერა)
ko	Korean Staring at the Sun
nl	Dutch Staring at the Sun (U2)
pl	Polish Staring at the Sun
pt	Portuguese Staring at the Sun
ru	Russian Staring at the Sun
simple	Simple English Staring at the Sun (U2 song)

Best Rank

Simple English: #93930 04.2024

Global: #322840 03.2009

Best Rank

Simple English: #15527 03.2023

Global: #57767 07.2019

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