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Where The Streets Have No Name by U2

Genre: Rock
Year: 1987

"Where the Streets Have No Name" is a song by rock band U2. It is the opening track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree and was released as the albums third single in August 1987. The songs hook is a repeating guitar arpeggio using a delay effect, played during the songs introduction and again at the end. Lead vocalist Bono wrote the lyrics in response to the notion that it is possible to identify a persons religion and income based on the street on which they lived, particularly in Belfast. During the bands difficulties recording the song, producer Brian Eno considered erasing the songs 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 Read full article at wikipedia.org