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"Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and the ninth track on their 1991 album, Achtung Baby. It is a tongue-in-cheek song about stumbling home drunk after a night out on the town. It is dedicated to the Flaming Colossus nightclub in Los Angeles. [1]
For Flanagan, "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World" on the album's latter third describes the character stumbling home in a drunken state, and the final three songs—"Ultraviolet (Light My Way)", "Acrobat", and "Love Is Blindness"—are about how the couple deal with the suffering they have forced on each other. [90]
The song's official music video is a truncated, four-and-a-half-minute version of the 13-minute short film Every Breaking Wave, which was directed by Irish director Aoife McArdle.
8 – Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World “Rattle and Hum” interlude 9 – All I Want Is You 10 – Desire/Love Me Do 11 – Angel of Harlem/Into the Mystic/Dancing in the Moonlight
The lyrics were written in five minutes and are derived from U2's experience in Shinjuku. Bono has compared the lyrics to those in U2's 1991 song "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World", as both depict the nightlife of a city.
Trip Through Your Wires; Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World; Twilight (U2 song) Two Hearts Beat as One; U. Ultraviolet (Light My Way) The Unforgettable Fire ...
"Gone" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and is the seventh track on their 1997 album, Pop. It is also included on their 2002 compilation album, The Best of 1990–2000, in a reworked version.
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own; Song for Someone; A Sort of Homecoming (song) Stand Up Comedy (song) Staring at the Sun (U2 song) Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Stranger in a Strange Land (U2 song) Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of; Summer of Love (U2 song) Sunday Bloody Sunday; Surrender (U2 song) Sweetest Thing