| "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" | ||||
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| Single by U2 | ||||
| from the album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | ||||
| B-side | "Ave Maria" | |||
| Released | 7 February 2005 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
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| Composer(s) | U2 | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Bono | |||
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| "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" on YouTube | ||||
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the third track on their eleventh studio album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004), and was released as the album's second single worldwide except in North America on 7 February 2005. Originally titled "Tough", the song is lyrically about the relationship between the band's lead vocalist Bono and his father Bob Hewson, who died of cancer in 2001.
It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart becoming the band's sixth number-one single in the United Kingdom.[1] It also topped the charts in Canada, Scotland and Spain, and reached the top 10 in Denmark, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Norway. The song won two Grammy Awards at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in 2006: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[2] and Song of the Year.[3]
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 708. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Winners: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal". Grammy.com. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Winners: Song of the Year/New Song of the Year". Grammy.com. Retrieved 21 November 2018.