Walk On (U2 song)

"Walk On"
Single by U2
from the album All That You Can't Leave Behind
Released	20 February 2001 (2001-02-20)
Recorded	2000
Studio	HQ (Dublin, Ireland)
Genre	Rock
Length	4:55 (album version) 4:09 (single version) 4:25 (edited version) 4:29 (video version)
Label	Island Interscope
Composer(s)	U2
Lyricist(s)	Bono
Producer(s)	Daniel Lanois Brian Eno Steve Lillywhite
U2 singles chronology
"Elevation" (2001) "Walk On" (2001) "Electrical Storm" (2002)
Music video
"Walk On" on YouTube
Audio sample
"Walk On" file help

"Walk On" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the fourth track on their tenth studio album, All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000). The song was first released in Canada on 20 February 2001, then was given a UK release in November of the same year; it was the album's second single in Canada and the fourth internationally. The song was written about Burmese academic Aung San Suu Kyi, who was the chairperson of the National League for Democracy and was placed under house arrest from 1989 until 2010 for her pro-democracy activities, which led to the song being banned in Burma. In 2002, the song won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, marking the first time an artist had won the award for songs from the same album in consecutive years.

In the United States, the song peaked at number 21 on the Adult Top 40, number 19 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and number 10 on the Alternative Songs chart. It also topped the charts in Canada and Portugal, and reached the top 10 in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom.