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About This Track
Bono described the song’s subject as that of a phone call from someone in Hell who enjoys being there and telling the person on the other end of the line what he has learned.[2] The song and its video were also a showcase for “The Fly”, a persona that Bono took on for the Zoo TV Tour, in which he played the part of a stereotypical leather-clad rock star known for wearing large wrap-around sunglasses and strutting around the stage. The song became the band’s second number-one single in the UK and was successful among alternative rock radio audiences.
The promotional video was the first appearance of The Fly character and displayed the band’s “new look”. The song was promoted with a music video directed by Ritchie Smythe and Jon Klein. Smythe’s contribution was a basic performance video, relying heavily on unfocused, fast, wandering takes. Klein’s part featured only Bono sitting in a chair with a remote control, facing a wall with several TV sets. The intro to the video, also filmed by Klein, featured a small portion of the “Lounge Fly Mix”, with Bono running in the streets in his “Fly” costume.
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