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The song was written about a group of women who held a beauty pageant during the Siege of Sarajevo as an act of defiance. "Miss Sarajevo" appears on U2's compilation The Best of 1990–2000 and was covered by George Michael on his album Songs from the Last Century .
During the song, the video screen showed images from Carter's Miss Sarajevo documentary, including footage of the girls taking part in the beauty contest and the banner reading "Please don't let them kill us". [23] [22] Bono apologized for the rocky performance at the end of the song, saying "Sarajevo, this song was written for you. I hope you ...
Inela Nogić (born 1976) became world-famous during the Siege of Sarajevo when she won the 1993 Miss Besieged Sarajevo contest, [1] which was held in a basement in an effort to avoid the barrage of sniper attacks from Serb militias. Nogić and the other contestants held up a banner that read "Don't let them kill us".
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Original Soundtracks 1 is a studio album recorded by rock band U2 and Brian Eno under the pseudonym Passengers as a side project.Released on 6 November 1995, the album is a collection of songs written for mostly imaginary films (the exceptions being songs for Ghost in the Shell, Miss Sarajevo, and Beyond the Clouds).
One" is the third song from U2's 1991 album, Achtung Baby, and was released as a single in 1992. Tensions during the recording of the album almost prompted U2 to break-up until the band rallied around the writing of "One". [ 60 ]
The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 20, [8] while reaching No. 15 on the Record World 100 Top Pops, [9] No. 17 on the Cash Box Top 100, [10] and No. 11 on Canada's "RPM Play Sheet". [11] Billboard described the song as a "rocker with a surf in' sound in the vocal" and a "winner."
When the Sarajevo Film Festival returned to full strength last year after successive, slimmed-down pandemic editions, a robust turn-out was to be expected. For nearly three decades, the audience ...