The Unforgettable Fire (song)

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"The Unforgettable Fire"
"The Unforgettable Fire" cover
Single by U2
from the album The Unforgettable Fire
Released April 1985
Format Vinyl (7" and 12"), cassette, CD single
Genre Rock
Length 4 m 56 s
Label Island
Producer(s) U2, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois
Chart positions
U2 singles chronology
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
(1984)		 The Unforgettable Fire
(1985)		 With or Without You
(1987)
The Unforgettable Fire track listing
"Wire"
(3)		 "The Unforgettable Fire"
(4)		 "Promenade"
(5)
The Best of 1980-1990 track listing
"I Will Follow"
(8)		 "The Unforgettable Fire"
(9)		 "Sweetest Thing" (The Single Mix)
(10)

"The Unforgettable Fire" is the fourth track on U2's 1984 album of the same name and was released as the album's second single. The song was inspired by an art exhibition of the same name by victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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[edit] History

"The Unforgettable Fire" made its live debut at the fourth show of the Unforgettable Fire Tour on 2 September 1984 in Auckland. It was subsequently played at almost all Unforgettable Fire Tour shows, usually early in the setlist. On the first European leg of the tour, "MLK" was placed immediately before it in the setlist and this pairing lasted for the rest of the live career of "The Unforgettable Fire". It was played at the majority of Joshua Tree Tour shows and the song appearing at approximately every third concert of 1989's Lovetown Tour. Its last performance to date was on 6 January 1990. It was used, however, as the outro music after the band left the stage at their concert filmed for U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle on 1 September 2001; the song had been recorded at Slane Castle.

[edit] Track listings

[edit] Version 1

  1. "The Unforgettable Fire" (4:56)
  2. "A Sort of Homecoming" (Live from Wembley) (4:06)

The most common 7" release. A shaped picture disc was issued with this tracklisting.

[edit] Version 2

  1. "The Unforgettable Fire" (4:56)
  2. "MLK" (Album Version) (2:32)

A 7" release in Australia and New Zealand.

[edit] Version 3

  1. "The Unforgettable Fire" (4:56)
  2. "A Sort of Homecoming" (Live from Wembley) (4:06)
  3. "Love Comes Tumbling" (4:45)
  4. "The Three Sunrises" (3:52)
  5. "Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come" (3:15)

Double 7" release from Ireland and the UK.

[edit] Version 4

  1. "The Three Sunrises" (3:52)
  2. "The Unforgettable Fire" (4:56)
  3. "A Sort of Homecoming" (Live from Wembley) (4:06)
  4. "Love Comes Tumbling" (4:45)
  5. "Bass Trap" (5:17)

12" release, cassette and in CD. The Canadian edition had a false start at the beginning of "Love Comes Tumbling".

[edit] Version 5

  1. "The Three Sunrises" (3:52)
  2. "The Unforgettable Fire" (4:56)
  3. "A Sort of Homecoming" (Live from Wembley Different Mix) (4:06)
  4. "Love Comes Tumbling" (Alternate Vocal) (4:37)
  5. "Bass Trap" (5:17)

12" issued in Australia. Both "A Sort Of Homecoming" and "Love Comes Tumbling" were different versions.

[edit] Chart Positions

Year Single Chart Position
1984 "The Unforgettable Fire" UK Singles Chart #6

[edit] External links

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