Kammala wannan jumla: "City of Blinding Lights" ya samu karbuwa daga masu sukar kuma ya lashe kyautar Grammy don Mafi kyawun Rock Song a bikin 2006. Waƙar ta fara rayuwa a kan rukunin 2005 <unk> 2006 Vertigo Tour, lokacin da aka buga shi a matsayin waƙar buɗewa. An yi shi a kusan kowane wasan kwaikwayo daga yawon shakatawa na U2 tun daga lokacin. An yi amfani da waƙa a cikin jerin "The Simpsons" da "Entourage", da kuma fim din "The Devil Wears Prada". Tsohon shugaban Amurka Barack Obama ya yi amfani da waƙar a lokacin da yake
yakin neman zabe a lokacin zaben shugaban kasa na Amurka na 2008 da 2012, kuma ya lissafa shi a matsayin daya daga cikin waƙoƙin da ya fi so; U2 ya yi shi a shekarar 2009 a Lincoln Memorial.