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"Red Hill Mining Town" is a song by the rock band U2. It is the sixth track from their 1987 album, The Joshua Tree . A rough version of this song was worked on during the early Joshua Tree album writing sessions in 1985.
"In God's Country" was released as a single in Canada and the United States in November 1987. The cover art (photographed by Anton Corbijn), sleeve (designed by Steve Averill), and B-sides ("Bullet the Blue Sky" and "Running to Stand Still") were identical to those used for U2's 1988 single "One Tree Hill," released only in New Zealand and Australia.
* Track No. 5 includes lyrics of the song "Miller's Angels" and the Prince song "Sometimes it Snows in April". * Track No. 8 includes lyrics of the Bruce Springsteen song "Thunder Road". * Track No. 12 includes lyrics of the U2 song "Red Hill Mining Town" and the Sordid Humor song "Dorris Day".
The lyrics on a few songs that I've always felt were never quite written. They are now. (I think.)" [ 28 ] In late November 2022, in a Washington Post article profiling the band prior to their receiving Kennedy Center Honors , writer Geoff Edgers said that the group had recorded "40 stripped-down versions of the songs featured in the memoir ...
"One Tree Hill" was released on The Joshua Tree on 9 March 1987 as the ninth song on the album. [31] Some CD pressings incorrectly split the tracks, with the song's coda included as part of the track for the following song, "Exit". [32] In New Zealand and Australia, "One Tree Hill" was released as a 7-inch single in March 1988.
The single peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart, spending 11 weeks in the top 75 of the chart. The single also peaked at number two on the Dutch MegaCharts Top 40. [ 28 ] In 2009, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 43 on the week ending 31 May, based on download sales due to Shaun Smith's performance of the song in the ...
The lyrics were written by the band's lead vocalist Bono, taking partial inspiration from his recollection of his first trip to London, and from the band's experience playing in New York City in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks during their Elevation Tour in 2001. Other lyrics refer to Bono's relationship with his wife Ali. The song's ...
"When Love Comes to Town" is a song by Irish rock band U2 featuring American blues guitarist B.B. King. It is the twelfth track from U2's 1988 album, Rattle and Hum , and was released in 1989 as the record's third single.