I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

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" I Still Can not Find What I'm Looking For " is a song by Irish rock band U2. This is the second track of their 1987 album The Joshua Tree and was released as the second single album in May 1987. The song became a hit, becoming the second consecutive serial number in the US. i> Billboard Hot 100 while peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart.

The song comes from a recorded demo band in which drummer Larry Mullen Jr. play a unique rhythm pattern. Like many from The Joshua Tree, this song is inspired by group interest in American music. "I Still Can not Find What I Want" The influence of the exhibition from gospel music and the lyrics portrays spiritual longing. Vocalist vocalist Bono is on the high list and the lead guitarist Edge plays a clanging arpeggio. Adding to the gospel quality of the song is the sound of backing vocals provided by Edge and producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.

"I Still Have not Found What I'm Looking For" has been critically acclaimed and received two nominations at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in 1988, for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. It then became one of the most famous songs and has been performed on many of their concert tours. Tracks have appeared in some of their compilations and movie concerts. Many of the critics and publications that ranked "I Still Have not Found What I'm Looking For" among the greatest songs in music history include the Rolling Stone which ranks the song at # 93 from the list of "The 500 Greatest Songs All the time ".

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Write and record

"I Still Can not Find What I'm Looking For" came from a demo with various titles "The Weather Girls" and "Under the Weather" that the band recorded during the hour session. Adam Clayton's bassist called the melody "a little one-tone", while the uncertain The Edge, the band's guitarist, compared it to the "Eye of the Tiger" played by reggae bands. However, the band loves the drummer portrayed by producer drummer Larry Mullen Jr., Daniel Lanois, saying, "This is a very genuine beat from Larry We are always looking for a tap that will qualify as a signature for the song. one of them.He has a tom-tom he does and no one understands, and we just do not want to let go of that pound, it's so unique. "Lanois encouraged Mullen to continue developing a strange drum pattern outside the demo. Mullen says the rhythm becomes more unusual, and although Lanois ends up mixing most patterns to just keep the basics, the rhythm becomes the root of "I Still Have not Found What I'm Looking For".

The group works on the track in the studio they founded at Danesmoate House in Dublin. Lanois compares the making of songs to build a building, first laying the drum as the foundation, then adding an extra layer by piece, before finally "putting the furniture". The lead singer Bono is interested in the theme of spiritual hesitation, nurtured by Eno's love for gospel music, and by Bono listening to songs by The Swan Silvertones, The Staple Singers and Blind Willie Johnson. After Edge wrote the chord sequence and played it on an acoustic guitar "with lots of strength in picking", the group attempted to compose a suitable vocal melody, trying out various ideas. During the jam session, Bono began to sing the "classic soul" melodies, and this is what added Edge to the potential of the song. At that moment, he remembered a sentence he had written in his notebook that morning as a possible title, "I still have not found what I was looking for". He suggests it is influenced by the line from Bob Dylan's song "Idiot Wind": " you'll know when you reach the top you're under ". He wrote the phrase on a piece of paper and handed it to Bono while he was singing. The Edge mentions that phrase matches the song "like a hand in a sarong". Since then, the song is the first song played to the visitors during the recording session.

As the recording progressed, a number of guitar overdubs were added, including the auto-pan and arpeggio effects to modernize the old-style "gospel song". While Edge was improvising the guitar part of the day, Bono heard the "chrome bells" guitar hook he liked. It was added as a counter-melody to the guitar parts of "muddy shoes" track, and this is this hook that played Edge during live performances of the song. Bono sings at the top of his ranks to add to the feeling of spiritual longing; in those verses he struck a B-flat note, and an A-flat in the chorus. Background vocals are provided by Edge, Lanois, and co-producer Brian Eno, their voices are tracked a lot. Lanois points out that his involvement and Eno in the making of the song helped their vocals. He stated, "You will not get that voice, 'Oh they bring some soul singers' if you know what I mean.Our heart and soul is already there.If we sing it will sound more real." Lanois also plays the percussion guitar part, which is heard in the introduction. The writing of this song was completed relatively early during the band's time at Danesmoate House. However, the mix takes longer to complete, with most production teams contributing. The final mix was completed by Lanois and Edge in a home studio set up in Melbeach, a house purchased by Edge. They mixed it over the previous mix of Steve Lillywhite, who gave the song a phasing sound.

Lanois says he is very tied with "I Still Have not Found What I'm Looking For" and has, on occasion, joined U2 on stage to do that. The original "Weather Girls" demo, entitled "Desert of Our Love", was included with the 2007 remake version of The Joshua Tree on the censored bonus disk and B-sides.

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Release

Initially, "Red Hill Mining Town" is planned to be released as the second single. However, Bono was not able to sing songs during pre-tour exercises and the band was reportedly unhappy with the video shot by Neil Jordan, so "I'm Still Not Found What I'm Looking For" becomes a late choice for the second single. The single was released in May 1987. In the US Billboard Hot 100, the song debuted at number 51 on June 13, 1987. After almost 2 months on the charts, the song reached number one on August 8, 1987. , becoming the number one successive number one hit in the United States. The song spent two weeks in the top spot, and remained on the chart for 17 weeks. In other Billboard charts, the song peaked at number 16 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and number two on the Rock Tracks Album chart. The song also occupies the Irish Singles Chart, while peaking at number six on the Canadian Top RPM and the UK Singles Chart. In New Zealand, the song peaked at number two on the RIANZ Top 40 Singles Chart, while reaching number six in the Dutch Top 40 and number 11 on the Swedish Singel Ladder.

Music video

The music video for the song was filmed on Fremont Street in Las Vegas on April 12, 1987 after their Joshua Tree Tour concert in the city. It features band members hanging around while Edge plays an acoustic guitar. The music video was then re-released on DVD compilation Video U218 Videos . Pat Christenson, president of the official Las Vegas event organization, praised the group's video by improving the city's image among musicians. "All of Vegas's perceptions change with the video," Christenson said, adding, "Now all the big names come here, some of them five, six times a year."

B-sides

" Spanish eyes " was made earlier during the The Joshua Tree session. It began as a recording made at Adam Clayton's home of Clayton, Edge, and Larry Mullen Jr. playing around with several different elements. This work evolved substantially during one afternoon, but the tapes and recordings were later lost and forgotten. Edge finds a cassette at the end of the album session and plays it throughout the group. The band realized that it was a good song, but did not have enough time to finish it before The Joshua Tree '.

" Deep in the Heart " came from a piano piece of Bono's three chords arranged on the piano about the last time he was at a family home on Cedarwood Road in Dublin, which his father had just sold. The memories of the time that live there bring up many lyrical ideas on the song. The Edge and Adam Clayton rework the piece extensively, with Bono then describing the final result as "almost jazz-like improvisation on three chords", also noting that "the rhythm section turns it into a very special piece of music." The song was recorded in a similar way to the song "4th of July" from the album U2 1984, The Unforgettable Fire ; Edge and Clayton played together in a room and did not realize that they were being recorded on a 4-track cassette machine by band assistant, Marc Coleman.

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Live show

This song is the 9th most widely played live song of U2, and has been screened on every tour. It was played on every date of The Joshua Tree and Lovetown Tours, usually at the start of the main set. It is played on most of the 1992 leg of the Zoo TV Tour, usually rounding the main set or played acoustically on stage B-Stage. However, for most of the 1993 Zooropa performances, the song was dropped. It was re-played in each of the 93 PopMart Tour events, usually played in the middle of the set. On Tour Elevation was initially very rare, only appearing once on the first and second legs. However, it became regular again in the 3rd leg, played late in the main set replacing the song "Mysterious Ways", which was used on the spot on two previous legs. It is played in mostly both Vertigo and U2 360Ã, Â ° Tours, usually the early main-to-mid set. It was used as a cover song just under half of the show on the Innocence Experience Tour, spinning with "One" and "40".

Island Records commissioned the director of the New York choir, Dennis Bell, to record the gospel version of the song, and Island intends to release it after the U2 single. However, Chris Blackwell Island boss vetoed the plan. Bell later formed his own label and Rohit Jagessar took it for distribution in the US. When in Glasgow in late July 1987 during the Joshua Tree Tour, Rob Partridge of Island Records played a demo created by Bell and his choir, New Voices of Freedom. At the end of September, U2 trained with a Bell choir at Calvary Baptist Church in Harlem for a joint performance in a few days at U2's Madison Square Garden concert. Guitar Edge is the only instrument that U2 brought to church even though Mullen borrowed conga drums. The exercises are done with the church's audio system and the recording is used in the film Rattle and Hum. Some performances are made with a piano player; However, the version used in this film only includes Bono, Edge, Mullen, and chorus. Audio from the appearance of Madison Square Garden appeared on the accompanying album.

Live performances of this song appeared in the concert movie PopMart: Live from Mexico City Vertigo 05: Directly from Milan , Live from Paris and the latest U2 360Ã, Â ° in the Rose Bowl . The versions of the concert films of Mexico City and Milan consisted only of Bono's voice and Edge guitar until after the first chorus where drums and bass kicked. The live digital version was released via iTunes on the Love: Live from Point Depot and U2.communication album.

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Reception

"I Still Have not Found What I'm Looking For" gets widespread critical recognition. The press reporter Bill Graham describes the song on the one hand as "the clever job of pop handwork, quite standard American rock-ballad radio fare" but that "the band's rhythm is much more supple and cultivated than average band HM bouffant that period ". The Sunday Independent suggests that the song is proof that the band is commercially accessible without resorting to rock cliches. NME says that the song shows that the band cares about something, which makes them "special". The Rocket notes that Bono's lyrics of the need for personal spirituality resulted in "the unique marriage of the Gospel of America and the soul of Gaelic" and that "the human perspective that he brings to the ring of sentiment is much more true than harsh words, , Bob Dylan is reborn ". Some publications, including The Bergen Record and The Boston Globe, call the song "hypnosis" and interpret it as describing the band on a spiritual quest. The song finished in 18th place on the "Best Singles" list from The Village Voice ' s 1987 Pazz & amp; Jop critics' poll.

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Legacy

"I Still Can not Find What I'm Looking For" has been recognized by many critics and publications as one of the greatest songs of all time. In 2001, the song was ranked 120th on the RIAA list of 365 "Songs of the Century" - a project intended to "promote a better understanding of American musical and cultural heritage" - regardless of the Irish origin of the group. In 2003, a special edition edition Q , titled "1001 Best Songs Ever", placed "I Still Have not Found What I'm Looking For" at number 148 on his list of greatest songs. In 2005, Blender rated the song at number 443 on "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born" list. In 2010, Rolling Stone placed the song at number 93 from the "500 Biggest Songs of All Time" list. Los Angeles Times critic Robert Hilburn called it "Let It Be" U2, referring to the song The Beatles. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame staff voted "I Still Have not Found What I'm Looking For" as one of the 500 Rock and Roll Songs.

The song was covered by Scottish band Chimes in 1990 and featured on their self-titled debut album. The rendition peaked at number six on both the UK and New Zealand charts. It also peaked to number twelve on the Dutch chart. Cher singers used to open his show with cover songs during the late 1990s and concerts of the 2000s.

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Track list

All songs are written by U2.

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Personnel

U2

• Bono - vokal utama
• The Edge - gitar, backing vocals
• Adam Clayton - gitar bass
• Larry Mullen Jr. - drum

Additional appearances

• Brian Eno - backing vocals
• Daniel Lanois - backing vocals

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Performance chart

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Climes Cover

"I'm Still Not Found What I'm Looking For " by the Scottish band The Chimes is a 1990 dance remake of U2 "I Still Have not Found What I'm Looking For," which was the Top Ten hit of the UK.

The song was very successful in Europe, reaching No. 2 in Norway, No. 6 in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand.

Bono from U2 commented that the Chimes cover of their hit "I Still Have not Found What I'm Looking For" is "the only cover version he heard that he enjoyed and did the original justice", adding "in the end someone came to sing it right ".

Critical reception

Billboard writes of the song: "The perfect cover version. The contemporary and contemporary R & amp; B treatment of a pop favorite may be the third UK key to a breakthrough in the state." Multiformat Exposures are appropriate. "

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See also

• The cover list of U2 songs - I'm Still Not Found What I'm Looking For

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References

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Bibliography

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External links

• "I'm Still Not Found What I'm Looking For" on U2.com
• Lyrics on U2.com
• Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics

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