Elevation (song)

Single infobox
Name = Elevation


Artist = U2
from Album = All That You Can't Leave Behind
Released = June 25, 2001
Format = CD, DVD
Recorded =
Genre = Hard rock, alternative rock
Length = 3:49
Label = Island / Interscope
Producer = Daniel Lanois
Brian Eno
Chart position =

• #6 (Australia, Peru)
• #3 (UK)
• #8 (US Modern Rock Tracks)
• #21 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks)
• #32 (US Hot Dance Music/Club Play)
• #1 (Canada)
• #2 (Latvia)

Last single = "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" (2001)
This single = "Elevation" (2001)
Next single = "Walk On" (2001)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = 12" vinyl coverExtra tracklisting
Album = All That You Can't Leave Behind
Type = studio
prev_track = "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
prev_no = 2
this_track = "Elevation"
track_no = 3
next_track = "Walk On"
next_no = 4Extra tracklisting
Album = U218 Singles
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Walk On"
prev_no = 14
this_track = "Elevation"
track_no = 15
next_track = "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
next_no = 16"Elevation" is the third track and third single release from U2's 2000 album, "All That You Can't Leave Behind". Featuring a thunderous beat, a variety of sound effects on the central guitar riff, and an easy rhyming lyric for the audience to shout along with, it was highly effective in its concert-opening role on the Elevation Tour (named after the song) and became a hit in the United States and the United Kingdom. In 2002, "Elevation" won "Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal".

History

During live shows during the Vertigo Tour, it was played without drums and bass for the first verse and chorus before the rest of the band joins in. It has been played at every U2 concert since it debuted, and it is the only song for which The Edge uses his Gibson SG.

The version of the song released as a single was entitled the "Tomb Raider Mix" (mixed by Paul Leary of the Butthole Surfers), differing significantly from the album version, in that it features guitars with a more 'hard rock' sound than the reggae-inspired feel of the album version. The drums in the single version are also harder, with a more traditional rock'n'roll beat. The name comes from its role in the soundtrack to the movie, "". This arrangement is how U2 have performed the song since its release.

"Elevation" won the "Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" in 2002.

From 2006 - present the song is played every time the Vancouver Canucks score a home ice goal. It is also played every time the NFL's New England Patriots score a touchdown at home in Gillette Stadium. In addition, it was also regularly played during the 2007 NBA Playoffs.

Elevation Partners, a $1.9 billion private equity company of which Bono is a Co-Founder and Managing Director [http://www.elevation.com/EP_IT.asp?id=112] , is named after the song.

Music video

A music video was made for "Elevation" and is set around Lara Croft and a rescue of The Edge from his "evil twin brother" (The Edge has been inserted into footage from the Tomb Raider movie). The video begins with Bono being called by the "evil Bono" and informed that they have The Edge. After escaping evil Bono's murder attempts, the band reunites and performs a "rock-off" against the "evil U2", ending with their victory. In the video Edge uses a Marshall amp instead of his usual Vox and Fender amps. The video was released as a digital DVD ("Version 7" below), the band's first, on July 16, 2001. [ [http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/headlines494.html] ] The making of the music video was on MTV's Making The Video and it is directed by Joseph Kahn.

Formats and track listings

*Version 1
#"Elevation" (Tomb Raider Mix) (3:35)
#"Elevation" (Escalation Mix) (7:04)
#"Elevation" (Vandit Club Mix) (8:54)

CD version released only in the UK.

*Version 2
#"Elevation" (Tomb Raider Mix) (3:35)
#"Last Night on Earth" (Live from Mexico City) (6:20)
#"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (4:11)

First regular CD edition, released in Europe, Canada and the UK.

*Version 3
#"Elevation" (Tomb Raider Mix) (3:35)
#"Elevation" (The Biffco Mix) (4:18)

Europe only.

*Version 4
#"Elevation" (Tomb Raider Mix) (3:35)
#"Elevation" (Escalation Mix) (7:04)
#"Elevation" (Influx Remix) (4:02)
#"Elevation" (Quincey and Sonance Mix) (6:53)

Second regular CD single released in Europe, Australia and Canada. The version released in Australia also had "Last Night on Earth" (Live from Mexico City).

*Version 5
#"Elevation" (Tomb Raider Mix) (3:35)
#"I Remember You" (Live from Irving Plaza) (1:28)
#"New York" (Live from Irving Plaza) (5:42)
#"I Will Follow" (Live from Irving Plaza) (3:51)

Labeled the "Tour Edition," this edition was sold on tour stops throughout Europe. "I Remember You" was a Ramones cover.

*Version 6
#"Elevation" (Tomb Raider Mix) (3:35)
#"I Remember You" (Live from Irving Plaza) (1:28)
#"New York" (Live from Irving Plaza) (5:42)
#"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (4:11)
#"Elevation" (The Biffco Mix) (4:18)

Released in Australia only.

*Version 7
#"Elevation" (Tomb Raider Mix) (3:35)
#"Elevation" (Tomb Raider Mix - Enhanced Video) (3:50)
#"Excerpts from MTV's "Making the Video"

DVD single edition.

*Version 8
#"Beautiful Day" (Quincey and Sonance Mix) (7:56)
#"Beautiful Day" (The Perfecto Mix) (7:48)
#"Beautiful Day" (David Holmes Remix) (5:34)
#"Elevation" (The Vandit Club Mix) (8:54)
#"Elevation" (Influx Remix) (4:02)
#"Elevation" (Escalation Mix) (7:04)
#"Elevation" (Quincey and Sonance Remix) (6:53)

Double 12" vinyl released in the UK.

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