... have got to be U2.

If there's a track that I'm listening to on the radio and I'm thinking "please Mr DJ don't talk over the end of this record" it's most likely to be a U2 track :

Cases in point:

(the spine tingling) with or without you
electrical storm
stuck in a moment you can't get out of
hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me
one

Is any other artist/band as good at building a song to such a climax as U2...?

...I hear the voice of Pavarotti blending in !!

What an awsome song that still is.