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“Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” is the fifth track on U2’s 1991 album, Achtung Baby. It was released as the album’s fifth and final single in 1992.
“Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” began as a rough demo that the band recorded at STS Studios in 1990.[1] The band attempted to improve it during the formal Achtung Baby sessions, including several failed attempts at Hansa Studios in Berlin. [2] This produced several incarnations of the song and about a dozen mixes, each of which had its pros and cons weighed.[3] Still, they continually found themselves revisiting the original demo.[1] Producer Jimmy Iovine, in particular, expressed his preference for the demo version when lead vocalist Bono played it for him.[1] During the group’s time recording in Dublin in 1991, producer Steve Lillywhite was brought on to provide a “fresh pair of ears” and mix the song.[3] The album version most closely resembles the original demo.

Still, the band was dissatisfied with the album version. Lillywhite recalls that, “They hated that song. I spent a month on it and I still don’t think it was as realised as it could’ve been. The Americans had heard it and said, ‘That’s your radio song there’, because they were having trouble with some of the more industrial elements . It’s almost like a covers band doing a U2 moment. Maybe we tried too hard.”[2] Bono said, “It’s a song I feel we didn’t quite nail on the record because there was another whole set of lyrics that were dumped and I wrote those quickly and off we went.
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  • WestEndIrish

    You stole it cause I needed the cash. . .

    18 days ago

  • Crushedtodust

    They were worth something, once.

    February 2012

  • house_jamz

    Fantastic song.

    October 2011

  • rvg1990

    Garbage - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (U2 Cover) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra6OERn_X9w&feature=autoshare

    October 2011

  • meuxoan80

    u2 is the best.

    May 2011

  • Chines

    that IS good song

    April 2011

  • MIKEH3875

    this and i will follow are my two favorites by U2.

    January 2011

  • CybrKhatru

    come on now love, don't you look back....

    November 2010

  • jammyofstafford

    Don,t turn around,don,t turn around again don,t turn around you gypsy heart

    November 2010

  • shelbydoll72

    love beyond words

    September 2010

  • wiwaU2

    jaaaa :-) übermorgen im Olympiastadion München :-)))

    September 2010

  • lovesjantzen

    NO LOOKING BACK

    September 2010

  • Chines

    just perfect

    August 2010

  • garv1234

    One of the best albums of all time

    July 2010

  • Tiago_Freitas

    Hey, hey, sha la la! Hey, hey... sha la la

    May 2010

  • Tiago_Freitas

    Sabe aqueles dias que uma música não sai da sua cabeça? Pois aconteceu comigo hoje e no meio de uma prova prática de Química Analítica... e pra exorcizar isso da minha mente só ouvindo essa beleza de música umas 10 vezes!!!! Sai capeta!!!

    May 2010

  • MackZarebsky

    The sound is PERFECT. So atmospheric and etheric.

    April 2010

  • PartySanCTG

    Awesome imitation of shoegazing.

    February 2010

  • Terrasidius

    :D <3

    December 2009

  • Lili93

    simply amazing

    December 2009
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