For the cover version by Pet Shop Boys, see Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You).
1987 single by U2
"Where the Streets Have No Name"
Single by U2
from the album The Joshua Tree
B-side
"Race Against Time"
"Silver and Gold"
"Sweetest Thing"
Released
31 August 1987[1]
Recorded
1986
Studio
Windmill Lane Studios (Dublin)
Genre
Rock
Length
4:46 (single version)
5:36 (album version)
Label
Island
Composer(s)
U2
Lyricist(s)
Bono
Producer(s)
Daniel Lanois
Brian Eno
U2 singles chronology
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (1987)
"Where the Streets Have No Name" (1987)
"In God's Country" (1987)
Music video
"Where the Streets Have No Name" on YouTube
"Where the Streets Have No Name" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the opening track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree and was released as the album's third single in August 1987. The song's hook is a repeating guitar arpeggio using a delay effect, played during the song's introduction and again at the end. Lead vocalist Bono wrote the lyrics in response to the notion that it is possible to identify a person's religion and income based on the street on which they lived, particularly in Belfast. During the band's difficulties recording the song, producer Brian Eno considered erasing the song's tapes to have them start from scratch.
"Where the Streets Have No Name" was praised by critics and became a commercial success, peaking at number thirteen in the US, number fourteen in Canada, number ten in the Netherlands, and number four in the United Kingdom. The song has remained a staple of their live act since the song debuted in 1987 on The Joshua Tree Tour. The song was performed on a Los Angeles rooftop for the filming of its music video, which won a Grammy Award for Best Performance Music Video.
^Sams, Aaron; Kantas, Harry. "U2 – "Where the Streets Have No Name" Single". U2songs.com. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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