Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: "Ko te "City of Blinding Lights" i manakohia e nga kaiwhakawhiwhi me te wikitoria i te Tohu Grammy mo te Waiata Rock Pai rawa atu 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 tana
kaupapa pakanga i te 2008 me te 2012 US pōtitanga peresideniraa, a whakarārangitia te reira rite tetahi o ona waiata tino; U2 whakahaeretia te reira i roto i tona 2009 i te Lincoln Memorial.