One Step Closer (U2 song)
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| "One Step Closer" | ||
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| Song by U2 | ||
| from the album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | ||
| Released | 23 November 2004 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:48 | |
| Label | Island Records | |
| Producer(s) | Chris Thomas and Daniel Lanois | |
| How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb track listing | ||
| "Crumbs From Your Table" (8) |
"One Step Closer" (9) |
"Original of the Species" (10) |
"One Step Closer" is the ninth track of U2's eleventh studio album, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.
The song is of the slow, contemplative variety, with imagery centered around navigational metaphors leading to the singer being stranded on a refuge island in the middle of an intersection. The dreamy soundscape harkens back to U2's mid-1980s work, befitting Daniel Lanois' involvement; some of the synthesizer use is also reminiscient of Bruce Springsteen's similarly personal Tunnel of Love.
"One Step Closer" is billed in the album with thanks to Noel Gallagher of Oasis. The title of the song comes from a conversation Bono had with Gallagher about Bono's dying father, Bob Hewson. Bono asked, "Do you think he believes in God?" to which Gallagher replied, "Well, he's one step closer to knowing." As with most U2 songs, however, multiple readings are available, with the singer's feeling of being lost, but still drifting towards some kind of understanding, possible at any age.
As of December 2006, the song had never been performed in any U2 concert.
