“It was self-clear early on that this was a little bit special,” the singer told Rolling Stone. Bono was just as knocked out by the addition. Many axe-men would point to a dynamic solo as a highlight, but the Edge likes the gentle arrangement of chiming chords that appears at song’s end.
Those sighing, soaring notes might be the most distinctive noises on the song, although the guitarist has claimed his favorite part of the tune is what he does on the finale. He did two takes and those are the ones in the ultimate mix of 'With or Without You.' Beautiful sounds, stratospheric.” “I asked Edge just to play a little something with it. “For ‘With or Without You’ we had the rhythm and the chords then we were testing Michael Brook’s Infinite Guitar invention,” Lanois told Mojo in 2008. He sent Edge one of the guitars – created with the idea of being able to sustain notes infinitely – and he tried it out on “With or Without You.” The Edge’s major contribution was his use of the “Infinite Guitar,” an instrument that had been designed by a collaborator of his, Michael Brook. Eno added those twinkling keyboards, Clayton discovered the soothing bass tones, Mullen found the right spot for his drums to explode. He had written the lyrics about his dual role as a rock star and a husband when he visited the South of France for the first time, and felt he was expressing something pure on “With or Without You.” His friend, Gavin Friday, agreed and helped Bono rearrange the track in the studio.įriday was convinced it could be a hit the other guys began to come around too. None of it seemed to work, so U2 and the producers were about to give up on the song.īono was the lone hold-out, and the song meant a great deal to him personally. On the advice of co-producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, the members tried to add something new to the track by playing louder, harder or adding electronic touches. all thought the song was stuck in a loop. In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine placed the song at number 132 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".By the time sessions for U2’s next album really began in 1986, all of the members besides Bono had grown tired of the simplistic sounds of “With or Without You.” Guitarist the Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. "With or Without You" is U2's second most frequently covered song. It is frequently performed on the band's tours, and it has appeared on many of their compilation albums and concert films. Critics praised the song upon its release. Ostensibly a troubled love song, the track's lyrics were inspired by Bono's conflicting feelings about the lives he led as a musician and domestic man.
The song originated from a demo recorded in late 1985 that the group continued to work on throughout The Joshua Tree sessions. "With or Without You" features sustained guitar parts played by guitarist the Edge with a prototype of the Infinite Guitar, along with vocals by lead singer Bono and a bassline by bassist Adam Clayton. The song was the group's most successful single at the time, becoming their first number-one hit in both the United States and Canada by topping the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and the RPM national singles chart for one week, with a further three weeks at number two. It is the third track on their fifth studio album, The Joshua Tree (1987), and was released as the album's lead single on 16 March 1987. "With or Without You" is a song by Irish rock band U2.
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