Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - "City of Blinding Lights" i pai te manakohia e nga kaiwhakawhiwhi, a riro ana i te Grammy Award mo te Best Rock Song i te huihuinga 2006. I puta te waiata i tana whakaaturanga ora i te roopu 2005 <unk> 2006 Vertigo Tour, i te wa i pureihia ai hei waiata whakatuwhera. Kua whakatangihia i te tata ki nga whakaaturanga katoa mai i te haerenga konohete a U2 mai i taua wa. Kua whakamahia te waiata i roto i nga waahanga o "The Simpsons" me "Entourage", me te kiriata "The Devil Wears Prada". I whakamahia e te Perehitini o mua o U.S. a Barack Obama te waiata i ana huihuinga pakanga
i te 2008 me te 2012 U.S. pōtitanga peresideni, a whakarārangitia te reira rite tetahi o ona waiata tino; U2 whakahaeretia te reira i roto i tona 2009 i te Lincoln Memorial.