Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

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“Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses”
“Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” cover
Single by U2
from the album Achtung Baby
Released August 1992
Format CD, cassette, 7" and 12" vinyl
Genre Rock
Length 3:54 (single version)
5:16 (album)
Label Island
Producer Steve Lillywhite, Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno
U2 singles chronology
"Even Better Than the Real Thing"
(1992)		 "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"
(1992)		 "Numb"
(1993)
Achtung Baby track listing
"Until the End of the World"
(4)		 "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"
(5)		 "So Cruel"
(6)

"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" is the fifth track on U2's 1991 album, Achtung Baby, and was released in 1992 as the album's fifth and final single.

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[edit] History

The song was performed in full during the first two legs of the Zoo TV Tour in 1992. It made a few appearances during the rest of the tour in a shorter, solo acoustic form. Lines from the song were added at the end of their song Bad during the final leg of the Elevation Tour. During the Vertigo Tour, the song has appeared on several occasions, first in an electric version similar to the album version, and later in an acoustic version somewhat reminiscent of the "Temple Bar Remix" used for the single (see below).[1] The band were never satisfied with any of the different versions recorded; an acoustic version appears on the single which the band feels is superior to the album version.[2] This single version, with a slightly different intro, was also used for the video for the song, which featured live video from the Zoo TV Tour.

When the covers to "Even Better Than the Real Thing", "The Fly", "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses", and "Mysterious Ways" are arranged, a picture of the band members driving a Trabant is formed.

[edit] Track listings

[edit] Version 1

  1. "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (The Temple Bar Edit) (3:54)
  2. "Paint It Black" (3:22)

This was the 7" single released in the UK.

[edit] Version 2

  1. "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (The Temple Bar Edit) (3:54)
  2. "Paint It Black" (3:22)
  3. "Fortunate Son" (2:39)
  4. "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (The Temple Bar Remix) (4:49)

12" and CD single tracklisting. A cassette release omitted "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (The Temple Bar Remix).

[edit] Version 3

  1. "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (The Temple Bar Edit) (3:54)
  2. "Paint It Black" (3:22)
  3. "Salomé" (Zooromancer Remix) (8:02)
  4. "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Triple Peaks Remix) (4:34)

CD version, released in the UK, France and Australia.

[edit] Chart positions

Year Single Chart Position
1992 "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" Australian Singles Chart #9
1992 "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" UK Singles Chart #14
1992 "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" US Billboard Hot 100 #35
1992 "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" US Modern Rock Tracks #7
1992 "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" US Mainstream Rock Tracks #2
1992 "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" US Top 40 Mainstream #28
1992 "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" Canada #26

[edit] Covers

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ U2tours.com, http://www.u2tours.com (Accessed May 3, 2007)
  2. ^ Stokes, Niall (1996). Into The Heart: The Stories Behind Every U2 Song. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 105. ISBN0-00-719668-7. 
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