Acrobat (song)

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“Acrobat”
Song by U2
Album	Achtung Baby
Released	1991
Genre	Rock
Length	4:30
Label	Island Records
Producer	Daniel Lanois
Achtung Baby track listing
"Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" (10) “Acrobat” (11) "Love Is Blindness" (12)

"Acrobat" is the eleventh track from U2's 1991 album, Achtung Baby. Although a fan favorite, it is the only song from the album that was never played live.^[1] It can, however, be heard on recordings of the Zoo TV: Outside Broadcast Tour rehearsals in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It features ¹²⁄₈ time signature and has The Edge playing a heavily distorted tremolo. "Acrobat" deals with the themes of helplessness and broken relationships, and can be seen as the culmination of a maritial lament first told in "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)".^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Meaning

In an exclusive interview with The Edge on HBO, Bono stated that the song is about being a hypocrite. For instance the line, "I must be an acrobat, to talk like this and act like that..." is a good definition of a hypocrite.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Covers

A live cover was performed by Kane at Paridiso, Amsterdam on September 21, 2000, and later included on their CD/DVD tribute to U2, With or Without You.^[2]

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