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| "Electrical Storm" | ||||
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| Single by U2 | ||||
| from the album The Best of 1990–2000 | ||||
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| Released | 21 October 2002 | |||
| Genre | Rock[1] | |||
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| Composer(s) | U2 | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Bono | |||
| Producer(s) | William Orbit | |||
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| "Electrical Storm" on YouTube | ||||
"Electrical Storm" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the fourth track on their second greatest hits compilation album, The Best of 1990–2000, and was released as a single on 21 October 2002. "Electrical Storm" is one of two new songs that were recorded for the compilation (the other one being "The Hands That Built America"). Two versions of the song were released: the "Band Version", produced by William Orbit and mixed by Carl Glanville and the "William Orbit Mix," both produced and mixed by Orbit. The music video for the song prominently features drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and actress Samantha Morton. The lyrics were written by the band's lead vocalist Bono about two quarreling lovers and the tension between them; he relates this to a looming electrical storm.[2] U2 did not perform the song live until 2 July 2009, on the second concert of their U2 360° Tour in Barcelona, Spain.
"Electrical Storm" reached number one in Canada, Italy, and Spain, and it peaked within the top 10 in 14 other countries, including Ireland and the United Kingdom, reaching numbers two and five, respectively. Although the song did not chart well on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 77, it entered the top 20 of the Adult Top 40 and Modern Rock Tracks charts and peaked at number one on the Triple-A ranking for six weeks.
- ^ MusicOMH.com, Electrical Storm Archived 19 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ U2.com Discography, Electrical Storm Archived 15 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine