Get On Your Boots

"Get On Your Boots"
Single by U2
from the album No Line on the Horizon
B-side"No Line on the Horizon 2"
Released19 January 2009[1]
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:24
Label
Composer(s)U2
Lyricist(s)Bono
Producer(s)
U2 singles chronology
"The Ballad of Ronnie Drew"
(2008)
"Get On Your Boots"
(2009)
"Magnificent"
(2009)
Music video
"Get On Your Boots" on YouTube

Audio sample
"Get On Your Boots"

"Get On Your Boots" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and the sixth track on their 2009 album No Line on the Horizon.[2] The song was released as the album's lead single on 19 January 2009, with a physical release on 14 February.[3] The lyrical delivery of the song's verses has been said to resemble Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues,"[4][5] while the song has also been compared to "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello.[6]

"Get On Your Boots" received mixed reviews, dividing critics. It peaked at number 12 in the UK charts in its first week of release. The song reached higher in the charts in Ireland, Scotland and Canada. Filmmaker Alex Courtes directed the song's music video, which featured footage of the band performing in front of a montage of political feminist imagery. It premiered on the Irish Independent website on 6 February 2009. U2 performed the song live to open the 51st Annual Grammy Awards and the 2009 Brit Awards.

  1. ^ Sams, Aaron; Kantas, Harry. "U2 – "Get On Your Boots" Single". U2songs.com. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ^ "U2 to perform new single at Brits". BBC Online. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  3. ^ Sams, Aaron; Kantas, Harry. "U2 – "Get On Your Boots" Single". U2songs.com. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  4. ^ U2 – Get On Your Boots – Single Review @ Unreality Music Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ U2's new single: Is 'Get on Your Boots' any good? | PopWatch Blog | EW.com Archived 9 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Pop & Hiss". The Los Angeles Times. 19 January 2009.