A Sort of Homecoming (U2 song)

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This article is about the U2 song. For the Dream Theater album, see A Sort of Homecoming.

"A Sort of Homecoming"

Song by U2
from the album The Unforgettable Fire
Released	1984
Genre	Rock
Length	5:28
Label	Island
Producer(s)	Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois
The Unforgettable Fire track listing
	"A Sort of Homecoming" (1)	"Pride (In the Name of Love)" (2)

"A Sort of Homecoming" is the first track of U2's 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire. A live version of the track is found on 1985's four-track EP, Wide Awake in America.

Its live premiere was during the Unforgettable Fire Tour on September 17, 1984. When played live, the song would start acoustically with just the Edge playing while Bono sang. After the first verse, the rest of the band would join in. It was played regularly on the rest of Unforgettable Fire Tour, typically after "The Electric Co.", and was played occasionally on the first two legs of the next tour, the Joshua Tree Tour. It was dropped from the band's live set on June 27, 1987 and did not reappear until the second leg of the Elevation Tour in 2001. It was played at the band's homecoming gig at Slane Castle in Ireland on 25 August 2001. The performance was somewhat of a mess as Bono forgot many of the lyrics. It made only one more Elevation Tour appearance: at a concert in Oakland on 16 November 2001, a fan was pulled on stage to play guitar with the band and he began playing "A Sort of Homecoming". The band played along with him but Bono's recollection of the lyrics was even worse than in Dublin. The song has not been performed since.