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"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 ".
"A Celebration" was released on 22 March 1982 as a non-album single. The song "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl" was featured on the B-side of the single, except in Japan, where the song "Fire" was included on the B-side instead. [4] "A Celebration" was absent from any of the group's compilations until the digital box set The Complete U2 in
"I Will Follow" is a song by rock band U2. It is the opening track from their debut album, Boy, and it was released as the album's second single in October 1980. Lead singer Bono wrote the lyrics to "I Will Follow" in tribute to his mother Iris Hewson, who died when he was 14 years old.
Within four years, they signed with Island Records and released their debut album, Boy (1980). Works such as their first UK number-one album, War (1983), and singles "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Pride (In the Name of Love)" helped establish U2's reputation as a politically
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]
The album debuted at number one in 32 countries, [41] [42] including Canada where first-week sales totaled 71,470 copies. [40] According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album has sold 4.4 million copies in the US through March 2014. [43] All That You Can't Leave Behind is the fourth-highest-selling U2 album, with total sales of over 12 million. [44]
Gloria Gaynor "Testimony" album cover It, like all noteworthy moments in her life, required extraordinary survival. In 2017, after years of counseling, the performer revealed that she was a victim ...
"Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way" was released on 23 April 2018. [4] In May 2018, an acoustic rendition of "Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way" was recorded by U2 at Third Man Records for vinyl. [5] Throughout May 2018, multiple remixes were released including ones by The Funk Hunters and Cheat Codes.