Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

Infobox Single
Name = Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses


Artist = U2
from Album = Achtung Baby
Released = August 1992
Format = CD, cassette, 7" and 12" vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:54 (single version)
5:16 (album)
Label = Island
Producer = Steve Lillywhite, Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno
Chart position =

• #9 (Australia)
• #14 (UK Singles Chart)
• #35 (US Billboard Hot 100)
• #7 (US Modern Rock Tracks)
• #2 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks)

Reviews =
Last single = "Even Better Than the Real Thing" (1992)
This single = "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (1992)
Next single = "Numb" (1993)
Misc =Extra tracklisting
Album = Achtung Baby
Type = studio
prev_track = "Until the End of the World"
prev_no = 4
this_track = "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"
track_no = 5
next_track = "So Cruel"
next_no = 6"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" is the fifth track on U2's 1991 album, "Achtung Baby", and was released in 1992 as the album's fifth and final single.

History

The song was performed in full during the first two legs of the Zoo TV Tour in 1992. It made a few appearances during the rest of the tour in a shorter, solo acoustic form. Lines from the song were added at the end of their song "Bad" during the final leg of the Elevation Tour. During the Vertigo Tour, the song has appeared on several occasions, first in an electric version similar to the album version, and later in an acoustic version somewhat reminiscent of the "Temple Bar Remix" used for the single (see below). [ U2tours.com, http://www.u2tours.com (Accessed May 3, 2007) ] The band were never satisfied with any of the different versions recorded; an acoustic version appears on the single which the band feels is superior to the album version. [cite book
first= Niall | last = Stokes | title = Into The Heart: The Stories Behind Every U2 Song | publisher = HarperCollins"Publishers" | date = 1996 | location = London | pages = 105 | id = ISBN0-00-719668-7] This single version, with a slightly different intro, was also used for the video for the song, which featured live video from the Zoo TV Tour.

When the covers to "Even Better Than the Real Thing", "The Fly", "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses", and "Mysterious Ways" are arranged, a picture of the band members driving a Trabant is formed.

Track listings

Version 1

#"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (The Temple Bar Edit) (3:54)
#"Paint It Black" (3:22)

This was the 7" single released in the UK.

Version 2

#"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (The Temple Bar Edit) (3:54)
#"Paint It Black" (3:22)
#"Fortunate Son" (2:39)
#"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (The Temple Bar Remix) (4:49)

12" and CD single tracklisting. A cassette release omitted "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (The Temple Bar Remix).

Version 3

#"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" (The Temple Bar Edit) (3:54)
#"Paint It Black" (3:22)
#"Salomé" (Zooromancer Remix) (8:02)
#"Can't Help Falling in Love" (Triple Peaks Remix) (4:34)

CD version, released in the UK, France and Australia.

Chart positions

Covers

*An orchestral version of "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" was covered by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on their 1999 album "".
*Apoptygma Berzerk covered the song on their 2006 album "Sonic Diary".

Notes