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U2 - Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World

U2 - Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Achtung Baby
Released: 1991

Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World Lyrics

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On the liner notes to Achtung Baby, they dedicate this to The Flaming Colossus, a popular celebrity hangout in Hollywood.

David Guetta - No Money No Love

David Guetta - No Money No Love Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Listen
Released: 2014

No Money No Love Lyrics

Yeah yeah yeah yeah eh eh
Born in this world
I say it's no money no love
No money no love
Yeah yeah yeah
In case you wanna hear it again
It's no money no love
No money no love
Yeah yeah yeah

It's sure you love me now as the world is in my favor
Watch me while I disappear
No money no love

(Yeah yeah yeah)

Oh
I get my heart scarred
From all my sins (Hey)
Was my payback to never feel old again
Do you see the scars bruising my skin
Oh I wish I could erase them and start all over again
Yeah maybe I should get down on my knees and I'll still be forgiven
For what I've done

Born in this world
I say it's no money no love
No money no love
Yeah yeah yeah
In case you wanna hear it again
It's no money no love
No Money No Love (No money no love)
Yeah yeah yeah (No money no love)

It's sure you love me now as the world is in my favor
Watch me while I disappear
No money no love

(Yeah yeah yeah)

Who do I call when the world's closing in
Is it too late for me to be dead
I'd give my life to be loved again
I'd cross my heart and clap all night
Can you say this dealer, have some mercy

Maybe I should get down on my knees and I'll still be forgiven
For what I've done

Born in this world
I say it's no money no love
No money no love
Yeah yeah yeah
In case you wanna hear it again
It's no money no love
No money no love (No money no love)
Yeah yeah yeah (No money no love)

It's sure you love me now as the world is in my favor
Watch me while I disappear
No money no love (No money no love)
No money no love, no

Writer/s: GUETTA, DAVID / TUINFORT, GIORGIO / DEAN, ESTER / JANSSEN, SJOERD / JANSSEN, WOUTER / NASH, TERIUS / ROTTEVEEL, NICK
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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This is one of three tracks on Listen that Dutch sibling electronic music duo Showtek show up on. After laying down "Bad" with Guetta in 2013, the Janssen brothers spent a fortnight working on new songs with him in the studio in January 2014. It then took the trio another half a year to complete "No Money, No Love" and "Sun Goes Down" due to their touring schedules.

Showtek explained the collaboration to Billboard magazine: "David enters the studio with a song as an idea of how the song should be about. For him, it starts with a lyric, and for us it's about having a catchy melody. When you put that together, you have great ingredients that can work together."

"We made 25 versions of "No Money No Love," because he's really detail-oriented and everything must be perfect," they added. "It took at least six months, because you don't see each other every day to make it really fit and have new vocal sessions and trips to see each other."

The song features vocal contributions from the Swedish singer and rapper Elliphant and the UK Garage legend Ms. Dynamite. The later also supplied vocals on Katy B's second single, "Lights On" and the DJ Fresh Versus Jay Fray hit track "Dibby Dibby Sound."

U2 - Mysterious Ways

U2 - Mysterious Ways Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Achtung Baby
Released: 1991

Mysterious Ways Lyrics

Johnny take a walk
With your sister the moon
Let her pale light in
To fill up your room
You've been living underground
Eating from a can
You've been running away
From what you don't understand
Love

She's slippy
You're sliding down
She'll be there
When you hit the ground

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways

Johnny take a dive
With your sister in the rain
Let her talk about the things
You can't explain
To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal
If you want to kiss the sky
Better learn how to kneel (on your knees boy!)

She's the wave
She turns the tide
She sees the man inside the child, yeah

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Lift my days, light up my nights

One day you'll look back
And when you see
Where you were held
How by this love
While you could stand there
You could move on this moment
Follow this feeling

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
Ah oh oh ah huh
Move, move, move, move
She moves with it
She moves me like
Lift my days and light up my nights
Love

Writer/s: CLAYTON, ADAM / EVANS, DAVE / HEWSON, PAUL DAVID / MULLEN, LARRY / KIDJO, ANGELIQUE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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From Into The Heart by Niall Stokes: "It's a song about a man living on little or no romance," Bono says. "It's a song about women - or a woman - but it's addressed to him." Bono talks a bit about theology and about El Shadi - the third and least used name for God in the Bible, which translates as "the breasted one." "I've always believed that the spirit is a feminine thing," he says. "Mysterious Ways" is not about a particular woman. It is about women in general, and the way they entrance, and often dominate men. Says Bono, "At times I do tend to idealize women. It's easy to fall into the trap of separating them into angels and devils for the sake of the drama. But there's no way that there's ever anything anti-women involved. Our songs are not politically correct. They are written from a man's point of view. He's wrestling with different things, there's a flash of anger and hurt here and there. But I don't think women come out badly." (thanks, Oscar - College Station, TX)

While recording this in Berlin, U2 came up with the basis for their song "One." In a rush of creativity, they put together "One" and finished "Mysterious Ways" later. This was very refreshing for the band - they were having a hard time coming up with anything and even considered breaking up.

The line: "If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel - on your knees boy!" is probably a reference to oral sex, although it can have a more innocent religious meaning.

Bono performed this on the Zoo TV tour in character as The Fly, a parody of an egomaniacal rock star, wearing huge sunglasses and leather.

U2 performed this on the Zoo TV tour with a bellydancer on stage for visual aids. The Edge took up with Morleigh Steinberg, who was the dancer for part of the tour. He went on to marry her. (thanks, Viv - Windhoek, Africa)

A dance remix by Paul Oakenfold became popular in clubs.

David Guetta - Sun Goes Down

David Guetta - Sun Goes Down Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Listen
Released: 2014

Sun Goes Down Lyrics

Oh wooh
Oh gonna break it, break it, break it, break it down for you, oh
Once more, oh

When the sun goes down
And your eyes cannot see
When the sun goes down
And your hands cannot reach
When your bones feel like breaking
And your heart cannot take another run
I'll be there when the Sun Goes Down

All that I want
Is just to be crazy when the sun goes down
And all that I need
Is for you to be my baby when the sun goes down

When the sun goes down

Baby get down

Baby get down
Oh
Oh (Yeah eh eh eh)

When the sun goes down
We'll be dancing in the dark
When the sun goes down
To the beating of your heart
As the Earth moves in orbit
I will always be the one
Who stands my ground
I'll be there when the sun goes down (Everybody now come and sing along with that track now)

All that I want
Is just to go crazy when the sun goes down
And all that I need
Is for you to be my baby when the sun goes down

All that I want
Is just to go crazy when the sun goes down
And all that I need
Is for you to be my baby when the sun goes down

When the sun goes down (When the sun goes down)
When the sun goes down (When the sun goes down)
When the sun goes down
I see you around

Writer/s: TUINFORT, GIORGIO / ATWEH, NASRI / GUETTA, DAVID / JANSSEN, SJOERD / JANSSEN, WOUTER / PELLIZZER, MARK / LOULES, LUKAS
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP, SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN & CO. INC., WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC INC, SONY ATV MUSIC PUB LLC
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This is one of three Listen tracks that features the Dutch sibling electronic music duo Showtek; these Janssen brothers also show up on "Bad" and "No Money No Love." Frequent Showtek collaborator Sonny Wilson and Canadian reggae-pop band Magic! also contributed to the track.

Showtek told Billboard magazine about their collaborations with Guetta. "Our whole career started as producers, we never dreamed of becoming performing Djs," they said. "When we started making music, it was a hobby that started when we were 15 or 16. Working with David was a great chance to try producing pop, reggae and the dance music from nowadays. The songs definitely have a good Showtek touch but also more crossover pop and reggae styles from David."

"It's fun to try and do different stuff and experiment and see where you can go with it," Showtek added. "It's good to be diverse and try different stuff. David is very good to work with. He has the ability to put things together I'd never think of, he's been doing it already for like 15 years. He's very good at knowing what to put together with what and have a vision for how it should be produced. Putting a different style vocal with a different sound and find the right people to work with."

U2 - Until The End Of The World

U2 - Until The End Of The World Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Achtung Baby
Released: 1991

Until The End Of The World Lyrics

Haven't seen you in quite a while
I was down the hold just passing time
Last time we met was a low-lit room
We were as close together as a bride and groom
We ate the food, we drank the wine
Everybody having a good time
Except you
You were talking about the end of the world

I took the money
I spiked your drink
You miss too much these days if you stop to think
You lead me on with those innocent eyes
You know I love the element of surprise
In the garden I was playing the tart
I kissed your lips and broke your heart
You
You were acting like it was the end of the world

Love, love, love
Love
Love, love
Love, love, love
Love (love)
Love, love

In my dream I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows, they learned to swim
Surrounding me, going down on me
Spilling over the brim
Waves of regret and waves of joy
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy
You, you said you'd wait
'Til the end of the world

Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, PAUL HEWSON, LARRY MULLEN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Bono sang this as Judas in a biblical setting. It contains sexual imagery between Judas and Jesus that is open for interpretation.

U2 also released this on the Until The End Of The World soundtrack in 1991. Bono and film director Wim Wenders collaborated together on the soundtrack. They asked contemporary artists to imagine what they would sound like in 2001, the time that the film is set.

There is another version of this song on the Shalom 3 disc bootleg called "I Feel Free." (thanks, James - Knoxville, TN, for above 2)

This was used in the trailer for the 2000 movie Proof Of Life.

U2 played this when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. Bono introduced the song by saying it was, "A little Pop diddy - a conversation between Jesus and Judas."

Although never released as a single, this song quickly became and still remains a fan favorite. (thanks, Leon - Waterbury, CT)

Faith No More - Motherf--ker

Faith No More - Motherf--ker Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Sol Invictus
Released: 2014

Motherf--ker Lyrics

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This was the first new song to be released by Faith Mo More, since the band originally disbanded in 1998. Keyboardist Roddy Bottum said, "It feels apt that the first track we're releasing is 'Motherf--ker,' a song about accountability. Basically we've created, recorded and mixed a new body of work by ourselves and we're releasing it on our own label. It's a huge deal for us to only have ourselves to answer to at this point in our career and the song is about that, where the buck stops via the basic imagery of foie gras production, bondage... y'know, stuff like that."

The song was first played on a concert in July 2014's British Summer Time Hyde Park concert, along with another new Faith No More tune titled called "Superhero."

A seven-inch single containing the song was released on Record Store Day's Black Friday, November 28, 2014 with a limited print of 5,000 copies.

U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing

U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Achtung Baby
Released: 1991

Even Better Than The Real Thing Lyrics

Give me one more chance
And you'll be satisfied
Give me two more chances
You won't be denied

Well my heart is where it's always been
My head is somewhere in between
Give me one more chance
Let me be your lover tonight

You're the real thing
Yeah the real thing
You're the real thing
Even better than the real thing

Give me one last chance
And I'm gonna make you sing
Give me half a chance
To ride on the waves that you bring

You're honey child to a swarm of bees
Gonna blow right through you like a breeze
Give me one last dance
We'll slide down the surface of things

You're the real thing
Yeah the real thing
You're the real thing
Even better than the real thing

We're free to fly the crimson sky
The sun won't melt our wings tonight

Oh now
Here she comes

Take me higher
Take me higher
You take me higher?
You take me higher?

You're the real thing
Yeah the real thing
You're the real thing

Even better than the real thing
Even better than the real thing
Even better than the real thing

Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, PAUL HEWSON, LARRY MULLEN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song began with the title "The Real Thing" during the Rattle And Hum sessions. It's a play on the Coca-Cola slogan "It's The Real Thing," and the song was intended to make a statement about commercialism.

U2 performed this on the Zoo TV tour with huge monitors flashing messages and video clips behind the band. It was mocking the advertising messages that were constantly bombarding the public.

A single of dance remixes went to #8 in England and was popular in clubs.

Richard Branson asked to use this to launch his Virgin Cola, a competitor of Coke, but U2 refused.

Back when they gave out such an award, this won the MTV Video Music Award for best special effects in 1992.

Stromae - Meltdown

Stromae - Meltdown Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Released: 2014

Meltdown Lyrics

Lorde meet King Push

Life is like a costume party
Just cover the floors in Cavalli
Let's hide the hurt in a molly
We're all tryna be somebody else
You can't hide your tears in wealth
When your heart knows you hate yourself
It's all pain we felt
Just the way that the card's been dealt

Cover up all that is passed
Drop an olive in your glass
Putting on a disguise
It's an ocular vice
Everyone on the run
Fifty feet all on the gas
Take him out, take him out
Gonna take him out

We're the only theory they can't prove
And we don't have anything to lose

In my eyes, in my ears, bring might
Love is only figured once in life
Tell the crowd, search the town
Can we make it out right now
It's a full meltdown

Try to break her spirit so it shouldn't be surprisin'
We're here with no fear and gave her uprising
Gonna blend in with the bullies and the bureaucrats
Arrows pierce like lightning, choppers sound like thunder clap
Never will you stand, we gon' lay you down
Dominant and dapper kids comin' in to take the town
Try to restrain us, even though you trained us
We're better than you are, now we're gonna make you feed us

Cover up all that is passed
Drop an olive in your glass
Putting on a disguise
It's an ocular vice
Everyone on the run
Fifty feet all on the gas
Take him out, take him out
Gonna take him out

We're all lookin' for status
Cristal sent over on gratis
Can't pretend we're not plastic
When these poker faces take practice
Who to trust? Who to love?
Who to run from? Who to hug?
Set fire to a government of thugs
Respect only comes from the money or your blood

We're out of sight, shadows of light
They're closing in and I know where we're goin'
But I don't know who I'll be

In my eyes, in my ears, bring might
Love is only figured once in life
Tell the crowd, search the town
Can we make it out right now
It's a full meltdown

(I can hear, and see a ghost)
Was it meant to be?
(In my mind, I know)
'Cause I can't see
(And if you keep, [?])
I can't see
(I'm your undertow)

Writer/s: Alana Haim, Danielle Haim, Ella Yelich O'Connor, Este Haim, Joel Little, John Fareed, Kamaal Ibn, Paul Van Haver, Terrence Thornton
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This is the opening track of the soundtrack to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1. The song is manned by Stromae. The Belgian singer-songwriter and producer first came to wide public attention with his song "Alors On Danse," which was one of the biggest hits of 2010 in continental Europe.

The song also features Lorde, the album's overall curator, holding down the hook. She's joined by Pusha T and Q-Tip, both of whom toss out quick-fire verses after the initial chorus. The Haim sisters also have a brief cameo at the end of the track.

Lorde told Fader: "Something like 'Meltdown' was pretty far outside my comfort zone. I contacted Stromae early on asking if he had anything, and he had this amazing instrumental from his record. I was, like, 'Oh my god, when I listened to your album the first thing I thought was that someone should do something over this awesome instrumental.' I thought, 'Wouldn't it be cool to get a bunch of rappers on it?' And once you say that, nothing can dissuade you. It ended up being one of my favorites on the album."

Asked by Fader if all the artists joined her in the studio, Lorde replied: "I wish. It was me and Haim. I'd been in the studio for 20 hours doing everything that needed to be finished, with me and my producer scarfing burgers."

"It was this big Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, and Haim couldn't eat all day," she continued. "Before they came to the studio, we were like, 'Put everything away! Light a candle! No one can know this happened' When the girls showed up, we did awesome gang vocals for an hour. You feel so much cooler around them than you are. When they leave, I'm like, 'The light just got turned off and all of a sudden I'm a loser again.'"

Speaking about her curating of the soundtrack to Rolling Stone, Lorde said "Everyone my age read the books and saw the films. I got a call: 'You've been asked to write the end-credit song.' But I wanted ownership in the process. They came back: 'Would you like to do the soundtrack?' I was like, 'Uh, that would work.'"

U2 - All I Want Is You

U2 - All I Want Is You Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Rattle And Hum
Released: 1988

All I Want Is You Lyrics

You say you want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
You say you want
Your story to remain untold

But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you'll give me
A highway with no one on it
Treasure just to look upon it
All the riches in the night

You say you'll give me
Eyes in a moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbor in the tempest

But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you want
Your love to work out right
To last with me through the night

You say you want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
Your story to remain untold
Your love not to grow cold

All the promises we break
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You... all I want is...
You... all I want is...
You... all I want is...
You...

Writer/s: EVANS CLAYTON
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Bono wrote the lyrics about his wife Ali. The quiet verses are him telling her the words, the loud guitar pieces at the end of the verses is her reaction. At the end when he screams "All I want is you" 4 times, the Edge solos for that amount of time, as her reaction. (thanks, Bill - Johnstown, PA)

The Edge came up with the guitar part while working on U2's song "Desire."

Van Dyke Parks arranged the strings. He was best known for working with Brian Wilson on the Beach Boys Smile project, writing intricate lyrics for Wilson's melodies, but many other artists have called upon his services as a session musician and arranger, including T-Bone Burnett, Rufus Wainwright and Joanna Newsom. When we spoke with Parks in 2011, he talked about "framing" a song to give it "greater power of enunciation so that it will be noticed." "All I Want Is You" is a great example of his work, as the strings bring out an emotive quality in the song without detracting from its other elements.

On The Best Of 1980-1990, "October" comes on as a hidden track about a minute after this.

The single is backed with a cover of "Unchained Melody."

This was used in the trailer for the 2000 movie All The Pretty Horses. It was also on the soundtrack to Reality Bites. (thanks, Wendy - Yakima, WA)

This plays under the credits of the U2 documentary Rattle And Hum.

The Chemical Brothers - This Is Not a Game

The Chemical Brothers - This Is Not a Game Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Released: 2014

This Is Not a Game Lyrics

There it is

Wait! Find what you love and let it kill you
Chop under pressure, thinkin' dammit (dammit)
All eyes on me like a conductor (conductor)
That mean, just play your role, you might can chime in
Wait, shh play the game to change the game
Word to Gucci, that's my hitta
Your way is livin' in the moment, huh?
My way is livin' for tomorrow

Oh I know what I'm doin'
Yeah I know what I'm doin'
Say I know what I'm doin'
I'm talkin' 'bout a revolution

There it is (Wait) ah ahh (Nah babe)
(Ah ahh) There it is (Wait) ah ahh (Nah babe)
(Ah ahh) There it is

Wait! All around the clock
Even when I'm under fire, preach
No never settle, I just stop 'em boy
But I ain't down to touch, I'm just out of reach

Oh I know what I'm doin'
Yeah I know what I'm doin' (ah ahh)
Say I know what I'm doin'
I'm talkin' 'bout a revolution

There it is (Wait) ah ahh (Nah babe)
(Ah ahh) There it is (Wait) ah ahh (Nah babe)
(Ah ahh) There it is (Wait) ah ahh

No This Is Not a Game (ah ahh) (This is not a game)
(Ah ahh) No this is not a game (ah ahh) wait!
No this is not a game, wait!

Patience and determination
Starin' at a body of it
Starin' at a gladiator
Victory is sweet and I'ma get it now and later

I know what I'm doin' (Patience and determination)
Yeah I know what I'm doin' (Starin' at a body of it)
Say I know what I'm doin' (Starin' at a gladiator)
Talkin' 'bout a revolution

Now this is not a game, nah babe
I'm talkin' turn out
I won't ever burn out
What I gotta make it turn out

No this is not a game, nah babe
I'm talkin' turn out
I won't ever burn out
What I gotta make it turn out, wait!

There it is (Wait)
(Nah babe)
There it is

Writer/s: PIMENTEL, MIGUEL JONTEL / ROWLANDS, THOMAS OWEN MOSTYN / YELICH O'CONNOR, ELLA MARIJA LANI
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This track was manned by the British production duo, The Chemical Brothers. Most of the vocals are provided by R&B singer, Miguel, who surprisingly raps rather than croons the words. Lorde, the album's overall curator, also contributes to the chorus and sings the outro.

Asked by Fader whose idea it was for Miguel to rap on the track, Lorde replied: "There was this very early beat that the Chemical Brothers sent me. They sent me ten beats, and that was the one I kept coming back to."

"It had no melody, and I was trying to dream up this amazingly melodic person on this amazingly melody-less beat, and I thought of Miguel," she continued. "I said, 'Are you a fan of Chemical Brothers by any chance?' He was, and he was able to deliver in that style. I hadn't heard Miguel in that way, and I haven't heard Chemical Brothers in that way, so it was pretty cool for me."

"Someone called it 'playing god' earlier, which is a weird way of thinking about it, but it really felt limitless to me to sit in my bedroom on the tour bus and think up dream combinations of people who deserved to be in each other's presence," Lorde added, "people who I thought could learn from each other."

U2 - Heartland

U2 - Heartland Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Rattle And Hum
Released: 1988

Heartland Lyrics

See the sun rise over her skin
Don't change it
See the sun rise over her skin
Dawn changes everything
Everything
And the delta sun
Burns bright and violet

Mississippi and the cotton wool heat
Sixty six a highway speaks
Of deserts dry
Of cool green valleys
Gold and silver veins
Of the shining cities

In this heartland
In this Heartland soil
In this heartland
Heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland, heartland

See the sun rise over her skin
She feels like water in my hand
Freeway like a river cuts through this land
Into the side of love
Like a burning spear
And the poison rain
Brings a flood of fear
Through the ghost ranch hills
Death valley waters
In the towers of steel
Belief goes on and on

In this heartland
In this heartland soil
In this heartland
Heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland, heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland, heartland
Heartland, heaven's day here in the heartland
Heart

Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, PAUL HEWSON, LARRY MULLEN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This was written in 1986 and intended for The Joshua Tree. It was bumped by "Trip Through Your Wires," which they felt was a better song to perform live.

U2 wrote this about Ireland, but they were also inspired by the American heartland. It talks about the "Mississippi delta sun, Mississippi and the cotton wool heat, Sixty-six a highway speaks." Route 66 is a historic interstate highway in the USA. (thanks, Richard - St. Louis, MO)

Idris Elba - Nothembi Jam

Idris Elba - Nothembi Jam Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Mi Mandela
Released: 2014

Nothembi Jam Lyrics

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This sparse, plaintive tune is a track from Mi Mandela, an album inspired by Idris Elbas's experience playing the South African anti-Apartheid leader Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.†Ž The song is titled after South African artist Nothembi Mkhwebane, who contributed towards the tune.

The track features James Blake on the guitar. Elba hooked up with the electronic music singer-songwriter after running into him at a Brixton, London café. The actor told Spin magazine: "I was directing a video for an artist D'Banj, he's a Nigerian rapper. I was in Brixton shooting that, having lunch at this place, and this kid came up and sat next to me and he goes, 'Idris, I'm James.' And I'm, 'Hello, man. I didn't recognize you, you're James Blake.' We know mutual friends."

"We sat there talking, and I told him what I was doing and he goes, 'Oh man, I'd love to hear it.' So I sent him a couple of jams when I was mixing songs," Elba continued. "He came down to studio to mess around with one of these tracks and the one he ended up on he came into the studio and plugged in the Rhodes and started playing. He didn't want to sing, he just wanted to get on it."