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About This Track
“No Line on the Horizon” is a song by Irish rock band U2; it is the opening and title track on their 2009 album No Line on the Horizon. An alternate version, “No Line on the Horizon 2” was included as a bonus track on some versions of the album. The song was developed during the band’s earliest sessions in Fez, Morocco, and began with a drum beat by drummer Larry Mullen Jr. The lyrics were inspired by a photograph of Lake Constance, titled Boden Sea. Many reviews of the song compared it to the band’s other guitar-heavy songs, including “Vertigo”, “Zoo Station”, and “The Fly”.
“No Line on the Horizon” was first developed the recording sessions in Fez, Morocco, and was recorded in one take. “No Line on the Horizon” stemmed from drummer Larry Mullen Jr. experimenting with several different drum beats; producer and co-writer Brian Eno sampled and manipulated the patterns, and the rest of the band began to play over it. The guitar in “No Line on the Horizon” was developed through a Death by Audio distortion box; the idea to use it was suggested to guitarist The Edge by Ben Curtis of the Secret Machines. After hearing the song Curtis noted that it “blew my mind… he’s using that pedal in a textural way that it wasn’t intended to be used at all.”
Lead singer Bono was inspired to write the lyrics after seeing a photograph of Lake Constance titled Boden Sea; the image had taken by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto. Bono had the idea of a place “where the sea meets the sky and you can’t tell the difference between the two”. When it came to recording the song, producer and co-writer Daniel Lanois stated that “the vocal happened very early on, that whole - a-whoawhoawhoawhoa! - that little hook.
“No Line on the Horizon” was first developed the recording sessions in Fez, Morocco, and was recorded in one take. “No Line on the Horizon” stemmed from drummer Larry Mullen Jr. experimenting with several different drum beats; producer and co-writer Brian Eno sampled and manipulated the patterns, and the rest of the band began to play over it. The guitar in “No Line on the Horizon” was developed through a Death by Audio distortion box; the idea to use it was suggested to guitarist The Edge by Ben Curtis of the Secret Machines. After hearing the song Curtis noted that it “blew my mind… he’s using that pedal in a textural way that it wasn’t intended to be used at all.”
Lead singer Bono was inspired to write the lyrics after seeing a photograph of Lake Constance titled Boden Sea; the image had taken by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto. Bono had the idea of a place “where the sea meets the sky and you can’t tell the difference between the two”. When it came to recording the song, producer and co-writer Daniel Lanois stated that “the vocal happened very early on, that whole - a-whoawhoawhoawhoa! - that little hook.
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kemp678 wrote:
I absolutely adore this group
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seanbonner1 wrote:
My favourite U2 song post-Pop.
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innerspeaker wrote:
This wins the award for "Best U2 Album Opener That's Not Called Where The Streets Have No Name"
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jammyofstafford wrote:
Wembley Stadium August 09 this was the first song they hit us with and the place errupted,a special moment that I,ll never forget
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SongOSongs wrote:
This is one of my favorite songs off "No Line on the Horizon." I like to belly dance and I think this would be a fun song to make a dance to. :)
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iLoveDUB wrote:
Can't believe I still haven't seen them after all these years!!!!
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Grayson666 wrote:
Love it!!
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_danton_ wrote:
a song that sounds pretty good first time ya hear it... by the third time it has ya. Awesome...
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egyptianhead wrote:
That synthesizer at 3:00 is making fun of us :( [2] lol it's true!
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JackMcFearless wrote:
I love this track.. I think it's the only song I like off NLOtH
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The80sFan wrote:
Great track with a superb rhythm and vocals.
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Celestial_Sky wrote:
Seeing them in about 3 weeks....CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!!
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dalmascan wrote:
every night i have the same dream where i'm hatching some plot; scheming some scheme.
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egyptianhead wrote:
woohoo i'm a top listener
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digitaldreamers wrote:
Live would be great,.. I still love it here. Amazing vocals.
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pablostevenson wrote:
That synthesizer at 3:00 is making fun of us :(
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U2isdebest wrote:
I love this song! It was SO incredibly good live!!!!
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shembarnoah wrote:
no line ..... a very good song...... U2 delivers again !!!......................................................................
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CaptainCrime wrote:
I'm So Bored Of USA - The Clash
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annisthenymph wrote:
Nice song... And my favorite version is the one from Get On Your Boots (single) :)
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