The Ground Beneath Her Feet (song)
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| "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" | ||
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| Song by U2 and Daniel Lanois | ||
| from the album The Million Dollar Hotel Soundtrack | ||
| Released | March 13/14, 2000 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:44 | |
| Label | Island / Interscope | |
| Writer(s) | Salman Rushdie | |
| Composer(s) | U2 | |
| Producer(s) | Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno | |
| The Million Dollar Hotel Soundtrack track listing | ||
| "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" (1) |
"Never Let You Go" (2) |
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| All That You Can't Leave Behind track listing | ||
| "Grace" (11) |
"The Ground Beneath Her Feet" (12 – UK and Japan bonus track) |
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"The Ground Beneath Her Feet" is a song by U2 from the film, The Million Dollar Hotel. The song was recorded with Daniel Lanois on the pedal steel guitar for the film, however a different mix than the one heard in the film appears on the soundtrack. The song credits author Salman Rushdie as its writer because its lyrics come directly from his book of the same name.
Bono came up with the idea for the song after reading a manuscript of Rushdie's novel, where he decided to write a song with "some of the most beautiful melodies he'd ever come up with," according to Rushdie. After hearing the entire song, Rushdie said,
"So it's a kind of lament for his lost love. So I always knew, you know, that it wasn't going to be an uptempo foot-tapper, because it's a sad song. I think it sounds like, I hope, one of those big U2 ballads for which Bono's voice, actually, is beautifully well suited."[1]
The song was not released as a single. However, promotional single with the song and a music video was released to radio and television stations to help promote the film. Unfortunately, the promotional single received very little airplay on both radio and television.[2] After the song's release on the film's soundtrack, U2 hoped to feature the song on their newest album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, but instead the song was only released as a bonus track on UK and Japan releases of the the album.
