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"Where the Streets Have No Name" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the opening track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree and was released as the album's third single in August 1987. The song's hook is a repeating guitar arpeggio using a delay effect, played during the song's introduction and again at the end. Lead vocalist Bono wrote the lyrics in response to the notion that it is possible to identify a person's religion and income based on the street on which they lived, particularly in Belfast. During the band's difficulties recording the song, producer Brian Eno considered erasing the song's tapes to have them start from scratch.
"Where the Streets Have No Name" was praised by critics and became a commercial success, peaking at number thirteen on the US Billboard Hot 100, number fourteen in Canada, number ten in the Netherlands, and number four on the UK Singles Chart. The song has remained a staple of their live act since the song debuted in 1987 on The Joshua Tree Tour. The song was performed on a Los Angeles rooftop for the filming of its music video, which won the Grammy Award for Best Performance Music Video at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards.
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| lyricist: | Bono (singer of U2) |
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| composer: | Bono (singer of U2) Adam Clayton Larry Mullen, Jr. The Edge (U2 guitarist David Evans) |
| publisher: | Blue Mountain Music Ltd Mother Music PolyGram International Music Publishing B.V. Taiyo Music Inc. Universal Music Publishing B.V. (Benelux subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) Universal PolyGram International (SESAC) |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/29119 [info] |
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| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0003979567 [info] |
| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=908 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q2290594 [info] |
| referred to in medleys: | U2 Medley Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You) |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| 1987-04-10 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987-04-10: Pan American Center, Las Cruces, NM, USA) | live | U2 | 6:13 |
| 1987-04-29 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987-04-29: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL, USA) | live | U2 | 6:26 |
| 1987-05-09 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987-05-09: Civic Center, Hartford, CT, USA) | live | U2 | 5:39 |
| 1987-05-12 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987‐05‐12: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | U2 | 6:31 |
| 1987-06-24 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987-06-24: King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK) | live | U2 | 6:25 |
| 1987-06-27 | Where The Streets Have No Name (live: 1987-06-27: Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 1987-07-18 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987-07-18: Espace Richter, Montpellier, France) | live | U2 | 6:18 |
| 1987-07-21 | Where the Streets Have No Name | live | U2 | 6:29 |
| 1987-09-17 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987-09-17: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA) | live | U2 | 4:28 |
| 1987-09-28 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987-09-28: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA) | live | U2 | 6:30 |
| 1987-10-13 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987-10-13: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) | live | U2 | 5:43 |
| 1987-10-22 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987-10-22: University of Illinois Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL, USA) | live | U2 | 6:08 |
| 1987-10-28 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987-10-28: Chicago - My Kind of Town: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL, USA) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 1987-11-24 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987-11-24: Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 1987-12-05 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1987-12-05: Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL, USA) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 1989-12-01 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1989-12-01: Eight 579 Baby: Red Sun at Midnight: Osaka Castle Hall, Osaka, Japan) | live | U2 | 6:00 |
| 1989-12-31 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1989-12-31: Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland) | live | U2 | 4:36 |
| 1989-12-31 | Where the Streets Have No Name | live | U2 | 4:33 |
| 1989 | Where the Streets Have No Name (US’89) (live, 1989: US Tour ’89-91, USA) | cover and live | Pet Shop Boys | 5:11 |
| 1990-01 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1990-01: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands) | live | U2 | 5:40 |
| 1991-04-03 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1991-04-03: Minneapolis, MN, USA) | cover and live | Pet Shop Boys | 5:14 |
| 1991-06-09 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1991-06-09: Wembley Arena, London, UK) | cover and live | Pet Shop Boys | 5:12 |
| 1991-06 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1991-06: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK) | cover and live | Pet Shop Boys | 5:44 |
| 1992-05-21 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1992-05-21: Forum di Assago, Milan, Italy) | live | U2 | 5:56 |
| 1992-06-04 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1992-06-04: Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany) | live | U2 | 5:47 |
| 1992-06-15 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1992-06-15: Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands) | live | U2 | 5:39 |
| 1992-08-16 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1992-08-16: Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, DC, USA) | live | U2 | 5:49 |
| 1992-10-14 | Where the Streets Have No Name (1992-10-14: Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX, USA) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 1993-06-30 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1993-06-30: St. Jakob's Stadion, Basel, Switzerland) | live | U2 | 5:52 |
| 1993-08-03 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1993-08-03: Goffert Park, Nijmegen, Netherlands) | live | U2 | 5:34 |
| 1993-08-08 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live,1993-08-08: Celtic Park, Glasgow, UK) | live | U2 | 5:46 |
| 1993-08-12 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1993-08-12: Wembley Stadium, London, UK) | live | U2 | 5:33 |
| 1993-08-20 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1993-08-20: Wembley Stadium, London, UK) | live | U2 | 5:39 |
| 1993-08-21 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1993-08-21: Wembley Stadium, London, UK) | live | U2 | 5:41 |
| 1993-11-16 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1993-11-16: Football Park, Adelaide, SA, Australia) | live | U2 | 5:36 |
| 1993-11-27 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1993-11-27, Sydney Football Stadium) | live | U2 | 5:41 |
| 1993-12-04 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1993-12-04: Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand) | live | U2 | 4:52 |
| 1997-06-12 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1997‐06‐12: Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 1997-07-18 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | live | U2 | 6:33 |
| 1997-08-30 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1997‐08‐30: Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland) | live | U2 | 8:35 |
| 1997-09-06 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1997-09-06: Parc des Princes, Paris, France) | live | U2 | 6:41 |
| 1997-09-23 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1997-09-23: Kosevo Stadium, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) | live | U2 | 7:42 |
| 1997-12-03 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1997‐12‐03) | live | U2 | 6:35 |
| 2001-03-24 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2001‐03‐24: National Car Rental Center, Sunrise, FL, USA) | live | U2 | 5:25 |
| 2001-03-26 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2001-03-26: National Car Rental Center, Sunrise, FL, USA) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 2001-06-06 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2001-06-06: Boston, MA, USA) | live | U2 | 6:04 |
| 2001-07-09 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2001‐07‐09: Globen, Stockholm, Sweden) | live | U2 | 5:46 |
| 2001-08-19 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2001‐08‐19: Earl’s Court Arena, London, UK) | live | U2 | 5:42 |
| 2001-10-10 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2001‐10‐10: Joyce Center, Notre Dame, IN, USA) | live | U2 | 6:01 |
| 2001-10-25 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2001-10-25: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | U2 | 4:44 |
| 2001-11-27 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2001‐11‐27: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA) | live | U2 | 5:46 |
| 2005-03-28 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2005‐03‐28: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA) | live | U2 | 6:00 |
| 2005-04-14 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2005‐04‐14: Glendale Arena, Glendale, AZ, USA) | live | U2 | 5:47 |
| 2005-05-21 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2005-05-21: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 2005-06-25 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2005-06-25: Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland) | live | U2 | 9:49 |
| 2005-07-09 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2005-07-09: Stade de France, Paris, France) | live | U2 | 9:43 |
| 2005-07-16 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2005‐07‐16: Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 2005-07-29 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2005-07-29: Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg, Sweden) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 2005-12-14 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2005-12-14: Savvis Center, St. Louis, MO, USA) | live | U2 | 6:28 |
| 2005-12-19 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2005-12-19: Rose Garden, Portland, OR, USA) | live | U2 | 6:24 |
| 2006-11-18 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2006‐11‐18: Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Australia) | live | U2 | 6:08 |
| 2006-11-29 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2006‐11‐29: Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 2008-06-12 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2008-06-12: Arena Auf Schalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany) | live | U2 | 6:11 |
| 2009-07-08 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2009-07-08: San Siro, Milan, Italy) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 2009-07-24 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2009-07-24: Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 2009-10-01 | Where the Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet) (live, 2009-10-01: Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA, USA) | live and medley | U2 | 5:53 |
| 2009-10-12 | Where the Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet) (live, 2009-10-12: New Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX, USA) | live and medley | U2 | ?:?? |
| 2009-10-14 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2009-10-14: Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX, USA) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 2009-10-23 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2009-10-23: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 2009-10-25 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2009-10-25: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA, USA) | live | U2 | ?:?? |
| 2009-10-25 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2009-10-25: Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, CA, USA) | live | U2 | 6:59 |
| 2010-06-26 | Where the Streets Have No Name | cover and live | Muse feat. The Edge | 6:09 |
| 2011-05-13 | Where the Streets Have No Name (unplugged) | cover and live | 30 Seconds to Mars | 4:29 |
| 2011-07-02 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2011-07-02: Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN, USA) | live | U2 | 5:28 |
| 2014-12-01 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2014-12-01: Duffy Square at Times Square, New York City, NY, USA) | live | U2 with Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
| 2017-06-16 | Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2017-06-16: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, KY, USA) | live | U2 | 6:46 |
| 2017-07-12 | Where the Streets Have No Name | live | U2 | 6:42 |
| Bad / "40" / Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2001-06-06: Boston, MA, USA) | live and medley | U2 | 12:28 | |
| Contra Dance with Eel House at Tanana Valley State Fair 2012 | cover, live and medley | Eel House | 7:37 | |
| I, Chapter 15: Where the Streets Have No Name | partial | Bono | 21:02 | |
| Love U2! | cover, instrumental and medley | Celtica - Pipes Rock! | 5:31 | |
| Where the Strees Have No Name | live | U2 | ?:?? | |
| Where the Street Have No Name | cover | DJ Jump | 4:33 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name | live | U2 | 6:21 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name | U2 | 4:27 | ||
| Where the Streets Have No Name | live | U2 | 5:28 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name (live) | live | U2 | 5:21 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 2001‐08‐08: Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain) | live | U2 | 5:50 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1993-07-12: Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin, Italy) | live | U2 | 5:55 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name | cover and live | Flea, Brad Wilk, Tom Morello, Pete Yorn, Tim Walker, Serj Tankian, Maynard James Keenan, Jonny Polonsky | 5:08 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1989-12-26: Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland) | live | U2 | 5:41 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name | U2 | 4:38 | ||
| Where the Streets Have No Name | live | U2 | 6:59 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name | live | U2 | 5:55 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1993-08-28: Royal Dublin Society Arena, Dublin, Ireland) | live | U2 | 5:42 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1992‐04‐17: Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA, USA) | live | U2 | 6:12 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name | cover | Morse Portnoy George | 5:48 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name | U2 and Soweto Gospel Choir | 5:39 | ||
| Where the Streets Have No Name (live, 1993-08-28: Royal Dublin Society Arena, Dublin, Ireland) | live | U2 | 5:42 | |
| Where the Streets Have No Name | live | U2 | 6:00 | |
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