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About This Track
“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.
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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robertswi wrote:
Super Dark !!! Amazing composition
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fuckyouty1 wrote:
Batman Forever.
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dscomic wrote:
A favorite of mine from post-'Joshua Tree' U2.
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missRze wrote:
i have problems with u2, but like this one [2]
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mjspoppet wrote:
come over here Uh uh ha haha yeah u need 2 gotta plan ahead *grabs arm and kisses it/ saxaphone plays*
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matters77 wrote:
\m/
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rufuspig wrote:
i have problems with u2, but like this one
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cassidy_akira wrote:
One of my favourite songs from the 90s, definitely one of my most loved U2 songs.
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WYarranton wrote:
v lol
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tonystuff wrote:
trippy video.
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nighthawk069 wrote:
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!!!! :)
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RtotheCore wrote:
OH MAN I love this song. I really do.
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G30rGe wrote:
♥
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silverbomber wrote:
mmmm hope they play this at Glastonbury!
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alfonzoloya wrote:
Excuse me, but U2 is not a horrible band.
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alfonzoloya wrote:
The best song of Batman Forever.
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NoLongerQuiet wrote:
like it
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Tom_Kurtz wrote:
sounds like a rip-off of T. Rex, but still a good one
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MEandMyHeroine wrote:
The only song I like from this horrible band. [4]
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eboyer93 wrote:
Great song, if I remember correctly it wasn't even in the movie, last good Batman movie from that series IMHO. U2 is my favorite band.
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