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Wide Awake in America is a four-track extended play by Irish rock band U2.It was released on 20 May 1985 through Island Records.It combines two live performances of songs from the group's 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire with two B-sides from the era, which had previously been available only in the United Kingdom.
A live version of the song appears on U2's 1985 EP Wide Awake in America; this rendition became popular on album-oriented rock radio stations. [2] In the United States, the song peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. [3]
"A Sort of Homecoming" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and is the opening track on their 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire. A live version of the track is found on 1985's four-track EP, Wide Awake in America.
U2 followed this up with the 1988 release of Rattle and Hum, ... Wide Awake in America EP "Bullet the Blue Sky" 1987 — — — 14 — — — The Joshua Tree
Following the release of their single "Another Day" in 1980, U2 signed a recording contract with Island Records, [2] and released their first album, Boy, later that year. The band has since released 15 full-length studio albums, the most recent being Songs of Surrender in 2023.
Wide Awake in Europe is a live EP by rock band U2. The release was created by the organizers of Record Store Day to bring customers into independent record shops for holiday shopping. A limited number of 5,000 EPs were produced, and were released on Black Friday in 2010, mostly to record shops in North America.
Putting her own spin on Perry's "Wide Awake," Clarkson delivered a hauntingly beautiful vocal performance to further prove that she really can sing anything—as if we didn't already know that.
May: The four-track EP Wide Awake in America is released. Late May – mid July: U2 play nine concerts in the European festival season. 29 June: U2 play a homecoming concert at Dublin's Croke Park, their first headlining show in a stadium. [49] 13 July: U2 perform at the Live Aid benefit concert for Ethiopian famine relief at Wembley Stadium. [50]