 In 2002 , Q magazine named " Where the Streets Have No Name " the <unk> " most exciting tune ever " . The following year , Q ranked the song at number <unk> in a special edition titled " <unk> Best Songs Ever " . Three years later , the magazine 's readers voted the track the 43rd @-@ greatest song in history . Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 28 on its list of the " 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time . " In a 2010 poll by fan site <unk> U2 , approximately 29 % of 4 @,@ 800 <unk> named " Where the Streets Have No Name " as their favourite song from The Joshua Tree , ranking it as the most popular song from the album . In 2010 , American sports network ESPN used the track , among other U2 songs , in commercials for the 2010 FIFA World Cup , with the South African <unk> Gospel Choir adding vocals to the song . The advertisement , titled " <unk> Island " , portrays South African political prisoners during the apartheid era forming a soccer team . There are plans to bring a recording of the <unk> @-@ supported performance to retail . Composer John <unk> used the introductory guitar theme in his 2009 piece for wind ensemble , Aurora <unk> . The song 's introduction was used by the Vancouver Canucks hockey team at the start each of their home games , when the players take to the ice . The Baltimore <unk> also use the song as they enter M & T Bank Stadium before home games . The Marquette Golden Eagles men 's basketball team uses this song in their entrance video before all home games at the <unk> Harris Bradley Center . The song is also used by the Wisconsin <unk> football team for their entrance video at Camp Randall Stadium prior to all home games . The Kansas <unk> men 's basketball team uses the song during their starting <unk> at Allen <unk> . 
