Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
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| "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" | ||
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| Song by U2 | ||
| from the album Achtung Baby | ||
| Released | 19 November 1991 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 5:31 | |
| Label | Island Records | |
| Producer(s) | Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno | |
| Achtung Baby track listing | ||
| "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World" (9) |
"Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" (10) |
"Acrobat" (11) |
"Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" (also spelled "Ultra Violet (Light My Way)") is the tenth track from U2's 1991 album, Achtung Baby.
It was performed live on the Zoo TV Tour for the first four legs, as the second song in the encore. During these encores, Bono was dressed as either the Mirror Ball Man (first three legs) or Mr. MacPhisto (Zooropa leg), his alter-egos. The song typically followed a phone call by the character performing that night.
The Edge played the song on his Gibson Explorer.
It was during the writing of this song that the hit single, "One", came about. Trying to write the bridge to "Ultraviolet", The Edge improvised a riff that the rest of the band rallied around. It was out of this that "One", which changed the outlook of recording sessions for the album, was born.[1]
[edit] In Popular Culture
Ultraviolet (Light My Way) was used in a scene in the Adam Sandler film, Click.
[edit] References
- ^ Flanagan, Bill (1995). U2 At the End of the World. Bantam Press, pp. 10-11. ISBN 0593-036263.
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