Mofo (song)

"Mofo"
CD single cover
Single by U2
from the album Pop
Released8 December 1997
Genre
Length5:49
LabelIsland
Composer(s)U2
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s)Flood
U2 singles chronology
"If God Will Send His Angels"
(1997)
"Mofo"
(1997)
"Sweetest Thing"
(1998)
Music video
"Mofo (Phunk Phorce Mix)" on YouTube

"Mofo" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the third track on their 1997 album Pop, and was released as the album's final single on 8 December 1997. The song was partially written about lead vocalist Bono's mother, who died when he was 14 years old. Other songs which Bono wrote about his mother include "Lemon", "I Will Follow", "Iris (Hold Me Close)" and "Tomorrow".

"Mofo" opened every concert from the 1997–1998 PopMart Tour. It appears in the concert film PopMart: Live from Mexico City and also on Hasta la Vista Baby!, a live album from the same show.

British electronica band Underworld also recorded a remix that was never released.[3]

  1. ^ Gill, Andy (28 February 1997). "Andy Gill on Albums; U2 Pop Island 314 524-334-2". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 26 May 2018. "MoFo" is a juddering techno maelstrom in Chemical Brothers style
  2. ^ Popmatters Staff (October 10, 2001). "Is There Nothing Left?". Popmatters. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "> Discography > Albums > Mofo". U2. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-03-04.