Claim: U2 made an album called War that was a cry against The Troubles.
Evidence: Subsequent work such as their first UK number-one album , War -LRB- 1983 -RRB- , and the singles `` Sunday Bloody Sunday '' and `` Pride -LRB- In the Name of Love -RRB- '' helped establish U2 's reputation as a politically and socially conscious group.
One of U2 's most overtly political songs , its lyrics describe the horror felt by an observer of the Troubles in Northern Ireland , mainly focusing on the Bloody Sunday incident in Derry where British troops shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters and bystanders who were there to rally against Operation Demetrius-related internment -LRB- imprisonment without trial -RRB- , while at the same time rejecting hate and revenge as a response noted in the lyrics , `` There 's many lost , but tell me who has won.