2008 single by U2, The Dubliners, Kíla and A Band of Bowsies
"The Ballad of Ronnie Drew"
Single by U2, The Dubliners, Kíla and A Band of Bowsies
B-side
Easy and Slow[1]
Released
19 February 2008
Recorded
January 2008, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
Genre
Irish folk, rock
Length
4:52
Label
Universal Music
Songwriter(s)
Robert Hunter
Bono
The Edge
Simon Carmody
Producer(s)
John Reynolds
U2 singles chronology
"Window in the Skies" (2007)
"The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (2008)
"Get On Your Boots" (2009)
Audio sample
file
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Music video
"The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" at U2.com
"The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" is a single by U2, The Dubliners, Kíla and A Band of Bowsies.[2] The single was recorded as a charitable project, with proceeds going to the Irish Cancer Society – owing to Ronnie Drew's cancer condition.[3] It was recorded at Windmill Lane on 14 and 15 January 2008. "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" is available as a CD in Ireland only. Ronnie Drew died a few months after the release of the single in August 2008.
Glen Hansard's vocals on the record were recorded over the telephone, and not in person, as he was in the United States for the 80th Academy Awards.
^7digital website: The Ballad of Ronnie Drew Archived 20 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^"Here's to you, Ronnie Drew". U2. 17 January 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
^Irish Cancer Society – Irish Musicians Pen Song for Ronnie Drew Archived 27 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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