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"Electrical Storm"
Single by U2
from the album The Best of 1990–2000
Released 21 October 2002
Format CD, DVD
Genre Rock[1]
Length 4:37 (album version)
4:25 (band version)
Label Island / Interscope
Writer(s) Bono
Producer William Orbit
U2 singles chronology
"Walk On"
(2001)		 "Electrical Storm"
(2002)		 "Vertigo"
(2004)

"Electrical Storm" is the only single from U2's second compilation album, The Best of 1990–2000, and one of the two new songs recorded for that album (the other one being "The Hands That Built America"). The music video for the song prominently features drummer Larry Mullen, Jr., as well as actress Samantha Morton. The song is about two lovers who are fighting and the tension between them; it relates this to a looming electrical storm.[2]

Although the song did not make a big impression in the U.S. (#77), the song did well elsewhere, peaking at #1 in Canada and many European countries. It also peaked at #5 on the UK Singles Chart and made #s 13 and 26 on the Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, respectively. It made #5 in Australia.

Contents

Composition

Larry Mullen Jr. carries Samantha Morton back into the ocean.

Two official versions of the song exist — the "Band Version" mixed by Carl Glanville, and the "William Orbit Mix" mixed by William Orbit and featuring a much quieter intro. The "William Orbit Mix" appeared on The Best of 1990-2000 and the "Band Version" was featured on the b-sides disc of the album. A third version was heard, briefly, on radio stations in the UK and Australia, shortly before official release of the single. Sometimes called the 'Radio One Mix' (because it was originally played on Radio One in the UK, and in the middle of the song a Radio One station call sign is heard), this version is a very-mellow sounding mix, with different guitar lines during the chorus and traditional U2 "chiming" riff at the start of the guitar solo towards the end of the song. It is believed this was a demo version that was leaked to radio, and it now is thought to only exist as private fan off-air recordings.

Live performances

Though released in 2002, the song was not played live until the U2 360° Tour when it was played in the William Orbit style during the tour's second night in Barcelona.[3]

Track listings

CD version 1

# Title Length
1. "Electrical Storm" (William Orbit mix) 4:37
2. "New York" (Nice Mix) 5:43
3. "New York" (Nasty Mix) 5:00

CD version 2

# Title Length
1. "Electrical Storm" (Band version) 4:26
2. "Bad"/"40"/"Where the Streets Have No Name" (From Elevation 2001: U2 Live from Boston) 12:28

CD version 3

# Title Length
1. "Electrical Storm" (William Orbit mix) 4:37
2. "Electrical Storm" (Band version) 4:26

CD version 4

(Released in Japan only)

# Title Length
1. "Electrical Storm" (William Orbit mix) 4:37
2. "New York" (Nice Mix) 5:43
3. "New York" (Nasty Mix) 5:00
4. "Electrical Storm" (Band version) 4:26
5. "Bad"/"40"/"Where the Streets Have No Name" (From Elevation 2001: U2 Live from Boston) 12:28

DVD

# Title Length
1. "Electrical Storm" (William Orbit mix) 4:37
2. "Electrical Storm" (Music video) 4:25
3. "Interview with Larry Mullen Jr."    

The DVD release also features a photo gallery containing shots by Anton Corbijn.

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
Australian ARIA Chart[4] 5
Austrian Singles Chart[4] 8
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[4] 23
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[4] 29
Danish Singles Chart[4] 2
Dutch MegaCharts[4] 4
Finnish Singles Chart[4] 2
French Singles Chart[4] 18
Chart (2002) Peak
Irish Singles Chart[5] 2
Italian Singles Chart[4] 1
New Zealand Singles Chart[4] 5
Norwegian Singles Chart[4] 4
Swedish Singles Chart[4] 13
Swiss Singles Chart[4] 5
UK Singles Chart[6] 5

See also

References

  1. ^ MusicOMH.com, Electrical Storm
  2. ^ U2.com Discography, Electrical Storm
  3. ^ "Barcelona II setlist, 02/07". U2Gigs.com. 2009-07-02. http://www.u2gigs.com/article477.html. Retrieved 2009-07-03.  
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "U2 – Electrical Storm". Hung Median. http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=U2&titel=Electrical+Storm&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-11-23.  
  5. ^ "Irish Singles Chart". The Irish Charts. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2009-11-23.   Note: U2 must be searched manually.
  6. ^ "EveryHit.com search results: U2". Everyhit.com. http://www.everyhit.com. Retrieved 2009-11-17.   Note: U2 must be searched manually.
U2's singles discography
1980s
1990s
2000s

2000: "Beautiful Day" • 2001: "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" • "Elevation" • "Walk On" • 2002: "Electrical Storm" • 2004: "Take Me to the Clouds Above" (LMC vs. U2) • "Vertigo" • 2005: "All Because of You" • "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" • "City of Blinding Lights" • "Original of the Species" • 2006: "One" (with Mary J. Blige) • "The Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day) • 2007: "Window in the Skies" • 2008: "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (with The Dubliners, Kíla, and A Band of Bowsies) • 2009: "Get on Your Boots" • "Magnificent" • "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"







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