http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Streets_Have_No_Name Where the Streets Have No Name Single by U2 from the album The Joshua Tree 4 August 1987 Format 7", 12", CD, cassette Genre Rock Length 4:46 (Single version) 5:36 (Album version) Label - Island Writer(s) -U2 "Where the Streets Have No Name" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the opening track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree and was released as the album's third single in August 1987. Lead vocalist Bono wrote the lyrics in response to the notion that it is possible to identify a person's religion and income based on the street on which they lived, particularly in Belfast. During the band's difficulties recording the song, producer Brian Eno considered erasing the song's tapes to have them start from scratch. "Where the Streets Have No Name" was praised by critics and became a commercial success, peaking at number thirteen in the US, number fourteen in Canada, number ten in the Netherlands, and number four in the United Kingdom. The song has become one of the band's most popular songs and has remained a staple of their live act since the song debuted in 1987 on The Joshua Tree Tour. The song was notably performed on a Los Angeles rooftop for the filming of its music video, which won a Grammy Award for Best Performance Music Video. Recently, the song has been used by the NFL's Baltimore Ravens as their entrance song in Super Bowl XLVII. Lead vocalist Bono wrote the lyrics while on a humanitarian visit to Ethiopia with his wife, Ali Hewson. He first wrote down the lyrics on an airsickness bag while staying in a village.[6] The lyrics were inspired by a story that Bono heard about the streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland, where a person's religion and income are evident by the street they live on.[13] He contrasted this with the anonymity he felt when visiting Ethiopia and said, "the guy in the song recognizes this contrast and thinks about a world where there aren't such divisions, a place where the streets have no name. This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted music video or promotional video for a music artist, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the producers of the video and possibly also by the music artist. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots for identification and critical commentary on the music video in question on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. ================ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQxl9EI9YBg YouTube video of the day of recording ------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzZWSrr5wFI&list=PL678A4928250A8AF9 Where the pics came from. ================= http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=908 Song facts, lyrics, artists bios, etc. ===================== http://www.songfacts.com/artist-u2.php Page of links to every U2 song. ==============