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"Window in the Skies" is a song by rock band U2 and is one of two new songs featured on their
2006 compilation album U218 Singles. It
was released on 1 January 2007 as the album's second single. It was
recorded in September 2006 at Abbey Road Studios in London and produced by Rick Rubin.
The song reached number one on the Canadian Singles Chart and Dutch
Top 40, replacing U2's previous single "The
Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day) at the top in both charts.
Track
listings
|
1. |
"Window in the
Skies" (Single Version) |
4:00 |
|
2. |
"Tower of Song"
(from Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man) |
5:43 |
|
9:43 |
|
1. |
"Window in the
Skies" (Single Version) |
4:00 |
|
2. |
"The
Saints Are Coming" (Video) |
3:21 |
|
3. |
"Tower of Song"
(Video clip from Leonard Cohen: I'm Your
Man) |
6:01 |
|
13:22 |
Videos
U2 released the first music video for "Window in the Skies" on
20 November 2006, after the completion of their Australian leg of
the Vertigo tour. A second version of the video was released a few
weeks later.
The first video, directed by Gary Koepke, is a montage that
includes nearly 100 clips taken from footage from the previous 50
years of other famous musicians performing in concert.[1] The
clips were selected and edited together so that either the lip
movements or the finger movements of the musicians, who actually
were performing other songs, match up with either the lyrics or the
music of the U2 song.
The only confirmed location of the video is the Corner Hotel in Richmond
in Melbourne, Australia. The band is
featured only very briefly in the crowds as fans [2].
The second video, directed by Jonas Odell, is another montage. The camera
flies through a surreal landscape with floating buildings and still
images, mostly of the band from their U2 By U2
autobiography, morphing into each other.
Live
The song has only been performed on the fifth leg of U2's Vertigo Tour.[3] The
Edge played the song on a Rickenbacker 330-12.
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