Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
- Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
Song infobox
Name = Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
Type = Song
Artist = U2
alt Artist =
Album = Achtung Baby
Published =
Released = 19 November 1991
track_no = 10
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 5:31
Writer =
Composer =
Label = Island Records
Producer = Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno
Background =
Tracks =
prev = "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World"
prev_no = 9
next = "Acrobat"
next_no = 11
"Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" (also spelled "Ultra Violet (Light My Way)") is the tenth track from U2's 1991 album, "Achtung Baby".
It was performed live on the Zoo TV Tour for the first four legs, usually as the second song in the encore. During these encores, Bono was dressed as either the Mirror Ball Man (first three legs) or Mr. MacPhisto (Zooropa leg), his alter-egos. The song typically followed a phone call by the character performing that night.
The Edge played the song on his Gibson Explorer.
It was during the writing of this song that the hit single, "One", came about. Trying to write the bridge to "Ultraviolet", The Edge improvised a riff that the rest of the band rallied around. It was out of this that "One", which changed the outlook of recording sessions for the album, was born. [cite book | last =Flanagan | first =Bill | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =U2 At the End of the World | publisher =Bantam Press | date =1995 | location = | pages =pp. 10-11 | url = | doi = | id =ISBN 0593-036263 ] The riff can also be heard on the B-side "Lady with the Spinning Head".
In popular culture
"Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" was used in a scene in the Adam Sandler film "Click".
The song is featured in the 2007 film "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly".
The beginning of the song was sampled by Enigma in their song "The Eyes of Truth".
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