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U2 – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (4:45)

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“Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me” is a 1995 single by U2 from the Batman Forever soundtrack album. It reached number two on the UK singles chart, number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts. The song was a worldwide hit, being nominated for an MTV Movie Award.
It started life as a track during the Zooropa sessions and was played to BP Fallon who wrote about it in his book “U2 Faraway So Close”. The song’s title comes from a play on the classic song “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me. ” The song was played on every show of the PopMart Tour as part of the encore, and was not played again until the 2010 leg of the U2 360° Tour, opening the second encore.
The animated music video to the song (interspersed with clips from the film) featured the band performing in Gotham City, with Bono battling between two of his alter-egos from the Zoo TV Tour: “The Fly” and “MacPhisto”. This was intended to parallel the conflict between Bruce Wayne’s ordinary playboy persona and his crime-fighting Batman persona. The band also chases the Batwing, using a yellow supercar and their guitars as flamethrowers.

At one brief point of the video, a neon sign can be seen that reads “Mister Pussey’s”. An edited version of the video from Universal Music Group uses the words “Mister Swampy’s” for the same sign. In another scene, the band is walking down the street when Bono is run over by a car (driven by Elvis) while reading C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. The video ends with an orchestra of Batmen playing the outro on strings. It was directed by Kevin Godley and Maurice Linnane.
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  • kaktusztea

    A great song by U2 from the time when Bono did not just do "O-o-o-o-o! and "Ye-ye-ye-yeah!"

    last month

  • caiotribbiani

    great song to an awful movie

    March 2012

  • robertswi

    Super Dark !!! Amazing composition

    January 2012

  • fuckyouty1

    Batman Forever.

    December 2011

  • dscomic

    A favorite of mine from post-'Joshua Tree' U2.

    December 2011

  • missRze

    i have problems with u2, but like this one [2]

    December 2011

  • mjspoppet

    come over here Uh uh ha haha yeah u need 2 gotta plan ahead *grabs arm and kisses it/ saxaphone plays*

    October 2011

  • matters77

    \m/

    October 2011

  • rufuspig

    i have problems with u2, but like this one

    October 2011

  • cassidy_akira

    One of my favourite songs from the 90s, definitely one of my most loved U2 songs.

    October 2011

  • tonystuff

    trippy video.

    August 2011

  • nighthawk069

    U2 totally rocks great band not horrible, some don't know what good bands are lol U2 has some of the best music, and U2 GREAT BAND, ROCKS!!!! :)

    July 2011

  • RtotheCore

    OH MAN I love this song. I really do.

    July 2011

  • G30rGe

    ♥

    June 2011

  • silverbomber

    mmmm hope they play this at Glastonbury!

    June 2011

  • alfonzoloya

    Excuse me, but U2 is not a horrible band.

    June 2011

  • alfonzoloya

    The best song of Batman Forever.

    June 2011

  • NoLongerQuiet

    like it

    June 2011

  • Tom_Kurtz

    sounds like a rip-off of T. Rex, but still a good one

    May 2011

  • MEandMyHeroine

    The only song I like from this horrible band. [4]

    April 2011
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