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"Pride" reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.The song was the band's first top 40 hit in the United States where it peaked at number 33. It gained considerable US album-oriented rock radio airplay and its video was on heavy rotation on MTV, thus helping U2 continue its commercial breakthrough begun with the War album.
U2 followed this up with the 1988 release of Rattle and Hum, a double album and companion documentary film which documented their experiences with American roots music from the Joshua Tree Tour with a collection of new studio tracks, cover songs, and live recordings.
The Unforgettable Fire is the fourth studio album by Irish rock band U2.It was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and released on 1 October 1984 by Island Records.The band wanted to pursue a new musical direction following the harder-hitting rock of their previous album, War (1983).
Pride (In the Name of Love)" is the second song on U2's 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire and was released as the album's first single. Written about Martin Luther King Jr., it is one of the band's most recognized songs.
11 January: U2 release a re-recorded version of "Pride (In the Name of Love)" to promote Songs of Surrender. [186] 27 January: U2 release a re-recorded version of "With or Without You" to promote Songs of Surrender. [187] 7 February: Bono attends the 2023 State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C., as a guest of US President Joe Biden. [188]
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. As of 2024, U2 have released 442 songs.
1.4 The Unforgettable Fire and Live Aid (1984–1985) ... The lead single "Pride ... For the album's release, U2 partnered with Apple for several cross-promotions: ...
"MLK" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and is the tenth and final track on their 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire. An elegy to Martin Luther King Jr., it is a short, pensive piece with simple lyrics ("Sleep/Sleep tonight/And may your dreams/Be realized/If the thundercloud/Passes rain/So let it rain/Rain down on me").