Stay (Faraway, So Close!)

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"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"
Single by U2
from the album Zooropa
Released	November 22 / 23, 1993
Format	CD single, cassette, Vinyl (7")
Genre	Rock
Length	4:58
Label	Island
Producer(s)	Flood, Brian Eno and The Edge
Chart positions
#5 (Australia) #4 (UK) #61 (US Billboard Hot 100) #15 (US Modern Rock Tracks) #12 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks)
U2 singles chronology
Lemon (1993)	Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (1993)	Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (1995)
Zooropa track listing
"Lemon" (4)	"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (5)	"Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car" (6)
The Best of 1990-2000 track listing
"Miss Sarajevo" (6)	"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (7)	"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" (8)

"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" is the fifth track from U2's 1993 album, Zooropa, and was released as the album's third single.

Contents 1 History 2 Track Listing 2.1 Version 1 2.2 Version 2 2.3 Version 3 2.4 Version 4 3 Chart positions

[edit] History

The song was inspired by Frank Sinatra's music ^{[citation needed]}- its working title was actually "Sinatra". The single's B-side featured the "I've Got You Under My Skin"; as a duet between Bono and Sinatra, which was originally released on Sinatra's Duets album.

This song, in version with heavier guitar and drums, was released on the soundtrack to Wim Wenders' Faraway, So Close!, along with an extended version of "The Wanderer". Bono has cited "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" as one of his favorites and perhaps U2's most underrated song.^{[citation needed]}

The music video for the song, directed by Wenders, features the Statue of Victoria, the golden monument that sits atop the Berlin Victory Column, and is heavily based on Wenders' Wings of Desire.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Track Listing

[edit] Version 1

1. "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (4:58)
2. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (3:32)

CD and cassette release.

[edit] Version 2

1. "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (4:58)
2. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (3:32)
3. "Lemon" (Bad Yard Club Edit) (5:19)
4. "Lemon" (The Perfecto Mix) (8:57)

Labeled "The Swing Format", this was the first CD version.

[edit] Version 3

1. "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (4:58)
2. "Slow Dancing" (3:20)
3. "Bullet the Blue Sky" (Live from Dublin, August 28, 1993) (5:32)
4. "Love is Blindness" (Live from New York, August 30, 1992) (5:58)

Labeled "The Live Format", this was the second CD release.

[edit] Version 4

1. "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (4:58)
2. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (3:32)
3. "Slow Dancing" (3:20)
4. "Bullet the Blue Sky" (Live from Dublin, August 28, 1993) (5:32)
5. "Love is Blindness" (Live from New York, August 30, 1992) (5:58)
6. "Lemon" (Bad Yard Club Edit) (5:19)

American CD release.

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1993	"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"	Australian Singles Chart	#5
1993	"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"	UK Singles Chart	#4
1993	"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"	US Billboard Hot 100	#61
1993	"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"	US Modern Rock Tracks	#15
1993	"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"	US Mainstream Rock Tracks	#12