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"Yahweh" (יהוה) is the name of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic God in both the Bible. The oldest Hebrew manuscripts present the name in the form of four consonants, commonly called the Tetragrammaton (from Greek te·tra-, meaning "four", and gram′ma, "letter"). These four letters (written from right to left) are יהוה, transliterated into ...
"In God's Country" was released as a single in Canada and the United States in November 1987. The cover art (photographed by Anton Corbijn), sleeve (designed by Steve Averill), and B-sides ("Bullet the Blue Sky" and "Running to Stand Still") were identical to those used for U2's 1988 single "One Tree Hill," released only in New Zealand and Australia.
"Gloria" is a song by rock band U2. It is the opening track and second single from the band's 1981 album, October. It features a chorus sung in Latin, from the liturgical "Gloria in Excelsis Deo".
The lyrics are a modification of the Bible's Psalm 40. The song was released as a commercial single only in Germany, simply to promote U2's appearance at the Loreley Festival in 1983. [ 1 ] The single was released on a 7-inch gramophone record with a B-side of the album version of " Two Hearts Beat as One ".
Bono writes the lyrics for almost all U2 songs, which often have social and political themes. [2] His lyrics frequently allude to a religious connection or meaning, evident in songs such as "Gloria" from the band's album October and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" from The Joshua Tree. [3]
U2 struck a topical, tragic note in the band’s show Sunday at Sphere in Las Vegas, adding “Pride (In the Name of Love)” to the set and dedicating it to the hundreds of music fans killed at a ...
The music for "Where the Streets Have No Name" originated from a demo that guitarist The Edge composed the night before U2 resumed The Joshua Tree sessions. In an upstairs room at Melbeach House—his newly purchased home—he used a four-track tape machine to record an arrangement of keyboards, bass, guitar, and a drum machine.
Irish rock band referred to those who lost their lives as ‘stars of David’ in rewritten lyrics of their song ‘Pride (In the Name of Love)’