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“Where the Streets Have No Name” is a song by Irish rock band U2 and the opening track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree. It was released as the album’s third single in August 1987 . Bono was inspired to write the lyrics by 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. Amidst difficulties recording the song, producer Brian Eno attempted to erase the song from the recording tapes. The song’s signature is a repeating guitar arpeggio utilizing a delay effect that is played at the beginning and end of the song.
The song peaked at #14 in Canada, #10 in The Netherlands and #4 in the United Kingdom. The song has become one of the band’s most popular songs, and it has remained a staple of the band’s 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”. Rolling Stone ranked the song at #28 on its list of the “100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.”
The song peaked at #14 in Canada, #10 in The Netherlands and #4 in the United Kingdom. The song has become one of the band’s most popular songs, and it has remained a staple of the band’s 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”. Rolling Stone ranked the song at #28 on its list of the “100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.”
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VanDerThomas wrote:
"Best Guitar-Intro ever and Live-Masterpiece ... when this intro starts, the energy blows you away and god enters the venue" [2]
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scarboro wrote:
Back when Bono and the Edge both had really long hair. :p Classic song.
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Cologne_Fly wrote:
Best Guitar-Intro ever and Live-Masterpiece ... when this intro starts, the energy blows you away and god enters the venue
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eyeguard wrote:
wow³ *4 (:
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Laspher wrote:
One of my fav U2 tracks :)
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entregas wrote:
Queremos U2 em BH 2010! Movimento U2 BH 2010 Já!
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EdwardVedder wrote:
best U2 song ever. no contest.
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Xalira wrote:
Please fading into When the streets have no name, live from Mexico City... Priceless.
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natti73 wrote:
cool
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zx80user wrote:
Welcome to Irish world domination - the first three tracks on this album are surely one of greatest cultural achievements of the island. Twenty years on and this is as good as ever and still will be in 2050 I'll bet.
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Banba777 wrote:
wow³ *3 :)))
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jambokaos87 wrote:
wow³
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Arthur-Engler wrote:
wow³
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ROCKPOPCLASSIC wrote:
G****
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Sizzyneck wrote:
i know this town - every mornin' i wake up in this streets!
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ethanspapa wrote:
I worked in a state hospital for emotionally challenged people, and on the weekends when all the bosses were off me and my friends would crank this baby up and play the video on top of a building in downtown lLa it always made there day!!!! to see some patient and look in there eyes and nothings there ,and then all of a sudden they hear and look at the vidieo it was a total transformation .something like someone flew over a cookoo's nest somn it was like these kids had streets with no name
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myintx wrote:
Love the video shot in downtown LA. My absolute favorite music video of all times!
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AnyaKay wrote:
the best of the best
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Kion-chan wrote:
we all wanne run,right?
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ryloner wrote:
omfg *-*
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