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"Dirty Day" Song by U2 from the album Zooropa Released July 1993 Genre Alternative rock Length 5:24 Label Island Records Producer Flood, Brian Eno and The Edge Zooropa track listing "The First Time"
(8)"Dirty Day"
(9)"The Wanderer"
(10)"Dirty Day" is the ninth track on U2's 1993 album, Zooropa.
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Recording and composition
"Dirty Day" originates from the band recording "live" jam performances in the studio during the Zooropa sessions on the band's break in the Zoo TV Tour.[1] The song was written about a character who leaves his family and returns years later to meet the son he abandoned. Many of the lyrics are taken from phrases that Bono's father would use, including "I don't know you and you don't know the half of it", "No blood is thicker than ink", "Nothing's as simple as you think", and "It won't last kissing time."[1] The title was inspired by another phrase Bono's father would use, "it's a dirty day".[1]
The lyrics "these days, days, days run away like horses over the hill", repeated over the outro to the song, are quoted by Bono in tribute to Charles Bukowski.[2]
Live performances
The song was played live during every show of the band's Zoomerang leg during the Zoo TV Tour. With the Zoo TV effects, blue and yellow appeared in the background, and during the upbeat parts of the song, the stage was lit primarily by strobe lights. It includes a solo by The Edge not originally on the album. Larry Mullen's drum beat for the first verse is also slightly altered from the album version. The Edge played the song both with his Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul in the live setting. This performance can be seen on the video release Zoo TV: Live from Sydney.
Remixes
Two remixes of the song, the "Bitter Kiss Mix" and the "Junk Day Mix", are on the band's 1997 "Please" single. Those were made by Musician and Producer Butch Vig. The "Junk Day Mix" was featured as well on U2's compilation, The Best of 1990-2000.
References
General
- McCormick, Neil (ed), (2006). U2 by U2. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-719668-7
Notes
- ^ a b c McCormick (2006), p. 249.
- ^ @U2.com, Bono vs. The Beast
External links
Zooropa track listing "Zooropa" · "Babyface" · "Numb" · "Lemon" · "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" · "Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car" · "Some Days Are Better Than Others" · "The First Time" · "Dirty Day" · "The Wanderer"
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