While radio stations loved the song despite its length, some people spread rumors that it contained satanic messages when played backward. It starts out with the sounds of an acoustic guitar and recorders and culminates in screaming vocals and a guitar solo. The song’s arrangement slowly gets bigger and bolder throughout the track. “Stairway To Heaven” was not released as a single and started life as a sort of sleeper hit on the band’s fourth album, Zeppelin IV, which was released in 1971. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100: “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” Both songs climbed to the top of the charts in 1987 and are from the band’s fifth album, The Joshua Tree. Apart from this song, U2 only had one other No. The ballad pushed their fame across the Atlantic and the song became their first hit in the US.

The band was already successful in their home country of Ireland, when “With Or Without You” was released. I was feeling guilty if I was talking to somebody in their record company who was really attractive.” “I didn’t understand at that point the freedom that I would receive from a committed relationship. “I had some difficult emotional stuff going on,” he said in an interview with Mojo magazine. It’s a reflection of the tension lead singer Bono was feeling at the time. “With Or Without You” is about the tortured feeling of being in love and simultaneously wanting to end a relationship. Written by Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr, The Edge

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