Seconds (song)

Song infobox
Name = Seconds


Type = Song
Artist = U2
alt Artist =
Album = War
Published =
Released = 28 February 1983
track_no = 2
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:10
Writer =
Composer =
Label = Island Records
Producer = Steve Lillywhite
Background =
Tracks =
prev = "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
prev_no = 1
next = "New Year's Day"
next_no = 3

"Seconds" is the second track on U2's 1983 album, "War". It is widely believed to be about the possibility of nuclear war [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=891] , and contains a clip from the 1982 documentary "Soldier Girls" [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=891] . It is the first song in the band's history not sung solely by Bono, as The Edge sings the first two stanzas. "Seconds" accordingly became the first song to feature Edge on lead vocals live when it debuted at the first concert of the War Tour on 26 February 1983. It was a regular inclusion in the first half of the band's main sets for the War and Unforgettable Fire Tours, but it has not been played on any later tours. Its last performance was on 7 July 1985.

There is a break of approximately 11 seconds in the song at 2:10.

Rogue Wave released an Itunes exclusive cover of this song.

Aerosmith released a cover of the song in 2007 with the West African band the Refugee All Stars. [http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/786792/pid/302766]

External links

* [http://www.u2-vertigo-tour.com/song207.html Seconds' performance history from U2-Vertigo-Tour.com] - Lists all known performances of "Seconds".