 Genius Meanings
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U2 – In God's Country
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“In God’s Country” was a difficult song for the band to record, which they put down to not being trained musicians, and they do not speak overly highly of it.
Bono has stated that
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U2 – In God's Country (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Desert sky, dream beneath the desert sky / The rivers run but soon run dry / We need new dreams tonight / Desert rose, dreamed I saw a desert rose / Dress torn in
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The Almost – In God's Country
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[Verse 1] / Desert sky / Dream beneath a desert sky / The rivers run, but soon run dry / We need new dreams tonight / Desert rose / I dreamed I saw a desert rose / Dress torn up in
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U2 – With or Without You
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“With or Without You” was released as the lead single from the album “The Joshua Tree”. It was the band’s most successful single at the time.
It features sustained guitar parts
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U2 – Spanish Eyes
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“Spanish Eyes” is a track included on the 20th anniversary release of The Joshua Tree. It was originally released as a b-side to the album’s second single, “I Still Haven’t Found
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U2 – Exit
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“Exit” was developed from a lengthy jam that was recorded in a single take and edited down to a shorter arrangement.
The lyrics, which portray the mind of a serial killer, were
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U2 – Beautiful Ghost / Introduction to Songs of Experience
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“Beautiful Ghosts/Introduction to Songs of Experience” is a track built around the poetry of William Blake, who’s credited as a co-writer alongside U2.
The track was included on
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U2 – Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)
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“Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)” is a track included on the 20th anniversary release of The Joshua Tree. It was originally released as one of two b-sides to the album’s first
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U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name (Single Edit)
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[Verse 1] / I wanna run, I want to hide / I wanna tear down the walls that hold me inside / I wanna reach out and touch the flame / Where the streets have no name (Ah ah ah) / [
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U2 – The Joshua Tree [Tracklist + Album Art]
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The Joshua Tree tracklist includes both the original 1987 release as well as 2007’s 20th anniversary bonus tracks.
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U2 – I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
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“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” is the second single taken from U2’s 1987 album The Joshua Tree.
It’s written in the writing style of King David, specifically from
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U2 – Rise Up
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“Rise Up” is one of four tracks included on the 20th anniversary re-release of The Joshua Tree that had not been previously released.
The other three unreleased tracks are “Wave
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U2 – Trip Through Your Wires
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The song has a bluesy rhythm and features lead singer Bono on harmonica. It was consistently played live throughout the Joshua Tree Tour, but has never been performed since.
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U2 – Mothers of the Disappeared
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This song was written in honor of two groups working on behalf of the victims–either kidnapped (“disappeared”) or assassinated–of American-backed “dirty wars” in Latin America: the
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U2 – Deep in the Heart
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“Deep In The Heart” is a track included on the 20th anniversary release of The Joshua Tree. It was originally released as a b-side to the album’s second single, “I Still Haven’t
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U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name
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“Where the Streets Have No Name” is the third single from U2’s 1987 album The Joshua Tree. It was written by Bono in response to the notion that it’s possible to identify a person’
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U2 – Walk to the Water
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“Walk to the Water” is a track included on the 20th anniversary release of The Joshua Tree. It was originally released as one of two b-sides to the album’s first single, “With or
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U2 – Desert of Our Love
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“Desert Of Our Love” is one of four tracks included on the 20th anniversary re-release of The Joshua Tree that had not been previously released.
The other three unreleased tracks
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U2 – Running to Stand Still
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“Running to Stand Still” is slow ballad based on piano and guitar and it describes a heroin-addicted couple living in Dublin’s Ballymun flats; the towers have since become
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U2 – Red Hill Mining Town
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The focus of the song is on the National Union of Mineworkers' 1984 strike in England that occurred in response to the National Coal Board’s campaign to close uneconomic mines.
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U2 – One Tree Hill
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The track was written in memory of Greg Carroll, a Māori man the band first met in Auckland during The Unforgettable Fire Tour in 1984. He was killed in July 1986 in a motorcycle
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U2 – Drunk Chicken / America
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“Rise Up” is one of four tracks included on the 20th anniversary re-release of The Joshua Tree that had not been previously released.
The other three unreleased tracks are “Wave
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U2 – Sweetest Thing
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[Intro] / Ooh ooh ooh / Yeah yeah yeah / [Verse 1] / My love, she throws me like a rubber ball / (Oh, the sweetest thing) / But she won't catch me or break my fall / (Oh, the
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U2 – Bullet the Blue Sky
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“Bullet the Blue Sky” is one of the band’s most overtly political songs, condemning US foreign policy for causing unrest in Central America in the 1980s. The song includes
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U2 (Ft. Johnny Cash) – The Wanderer
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“The Wanderer” is the final track on Zooropa, and describes a man searching for God in a post-apocalyptic world. Bono insisted on getting Johnny Cash to sing vocals, as he said
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U2 (Ft. Keith Richards) – Silver and Gold (Sun City)
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“Silver and Gold (Sun City)” was a track originally released on Sun City, a Steven Van Zandt-curated album for his Artists United Against Apartheid project.
The track was made
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U2 – Silver and Gold
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“Silver and Gold” is a track by U2, notably included on the 20th anniversary rerelease of their landmark LP The Joshua Tree.
It was originally released as a b-side to the album’s
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New Radicals – You Get What You Give
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“You Get What You Give” became the signature song of the New Radicals, released as the lead single from their only album Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too. It topped the pop charts
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