Desire (U2)

Desire singolo discografico
Artista	U2
Pubblicazione	26 settembre 1988
Durata	2:59
Album di provenienza	Rattle and Hum
Genere	Country rock Rock alternativo
Etichetta	Island
Produttore	Jimmy Iovine
Registrazione	1988
Formati	CD
Note	Miglior performance rock di un duo o un gruppo 1989
Certificazioni
Dischi d'argento	Regno Unito^[1] (vendite: 200 000+)
Dischi d'oro	Canada^[2] (vendite: 50 000+) Stati Uniti^[3] (vendite: 500 000+)
U2 - cronologia
Singolo precedente One Tree Hill (1988) Singolo successivo Angel of Harlem (1988)

Desire è un brano musicale del gruppo rock irlandese U2, estratto come singolo dall'album Rattle and Hum. Si tratta del primo singolo del gruppo a raggiungere la vetta della classifica inglese. Il singolo è inoltre arrivato alla terza posizione della Billboard Hot 100 negli Stati Uniti, ed alla prima sia nella Mainstream che nella Modern Rock Tracks. Il testo parla, essenzialmente, della dipendenza dall'eroina.

Tracce

Testi e musiche di Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen.

Desire – 2:59
Hallelujah (Here She Comes) – 4:12

Formazione

Classifiche

Classifica	Posizione
Australia	1
UK	1
US Billboard Hot 100	3
US Modern Rock Tracks	1
US Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
US Hot Dance Music/Club Play	37

Note

^ (EN) BRIT Certified, su bpi.co.uk, British Phonographic Industry. URL consultato il 19 gennaio 2016. Digitare "Desire" in "Keywords", dunque premere "Search".
^ (EN) Gold/Platinum, su musiccanada.com, Music Canada. URL consultato il 10 luglio 2015.
^ (EN) Desire – Gold & Platinum, su Recording Industry Association of America. URL consultato il 13 maggio 2015.

Collegamenti esterni

U2 - Desire (Official Music Video), su YouTube, 14 dicembre 2009.
(EN) Desire, su Discogs, Zink Media.
(EN) Desire (canzone), su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
(EN) Desire (album), su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.

V · D · M

Bono · The Edge · Adam Clayton · Larry Mullen Jr.

Album

Studio	Boy · October · War · The Unforgettable Fire · The Joshua Tree · Rattle and Hum · Achtung Baby · Zooropa · Pop · All That You Can't Leave Behind · How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb · No Line on the Horizon · Songs of Innocence · Songs of Experience · Songs of Surrender
Remix	Melon: Remixes for Propaganda · Artificial Horizon
Dal vivo	Under a Blood Red Sky · U2.COMmunication · Zoo TV: Live from Sydney · U22 · From the Ground Up - Edge's Picks from U2360°
Raccolte	The Best of 1980-1990 · The Best of 1990-2000 · The Complete U2 · U218 Singles · Medium, Rare & Remastered · Duals
Video	Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky · The Unforgettable Fire Collection · Zoo TV: Live from Sydney · PopMart: Live from Mexico City · Elevation 2001: U2 Live from Boston · The Best of 1990-2000 · U2 Go Home - Live from Slane Castle Ireland · Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago · Vertigo 05: Live from Milan · U218 Videos · Live from Paris · U2 3D · Linear · U2 360° at the Rose Bowl · U2 Innocence + Experience Live in Paris

Three · Wide Awake in America · Please: Popheart Live EP · 7 · Exclusive · Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge · Wide Awake in Europe · The Europa EP · I Believe in Father Christmas

Singoli

Another Day · 11 O'Clock Tick Tock · A Day Without Me · I Will Follow · Fire · Gloria · A Celebration · I Will Follow (Live) · New Year's Day · Two Hearts Beat as One · Sunday Bloody Sunday · 40 · I Will Follow (Live from Under a Red Blood Sky) · Pride (In the Name of Love) · Wire · The Unforgettable Fire · Bad · The Three Sunrises · With or Without You · I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For · Where the Streets Have No Name · In God's Country · Bullet the Blue Sky · One Tree Hill · Desire · Angel of Harlem · God Part II · When Love Comes to Town · All I Want Is You · The Fly · Mysterious Ways · One · Even Better Than the Real Thing · Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses · Until the End of the World · Numb · Zooropa · Lemon · Stay (Faraway, So Close!) · Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me · Miss Sarajevo · Discothèque · Staring at the Sun · Last Night on Earth · Please · If God Will Send His Angels · Mofo · Sweetest Thing · The Ground Beneath Her Feet · Beautiful Day · Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of · Elevation · Walk On · New Year's Dub · Electrical Storm · The Hands That Built America · Take Me to the Clouds Above · Vertigo · All Because of You · Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own · City of Blinding Lights · Original of the Species · Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band · One · The Saints Are Coming · Window in the Skies · The Ballad of Ronnie Drew · Get on Your Boots · Magnificent · I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight · Ordinary Love · Invisible · The Miracle (of Joey Ramone) · Every Breaking Wave · Song for Someone · Red Hill Mining Town (2017 Mix) · You're the Best Thing About Me · The Blackout · Get Out of Your Own Way · Lights of Home · Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way · Landlady · Ahimsa · Your Song Saved My Life · I Believe in Father Christmas · Atomic City

Film

Rattle and Hum · From the Sky Down

Tournée

Irish Tour · Irish + London Tour · U2-3 Tour · 11 O'Clock Tick Tock Tour · Boy Tour · October Tour · War Tour · The Unforgettable Fire Tour · A Conspiracy of Hope · The Joshua Tree Tour · LoveTown Tour · ZooTV Tour · PopMart Tour · Elevation Tour · Vertigo Tour · U2 360º Tour · Innocence + Experience Tour · The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 · Experience + Innocence Tour · The Joshua Tree Tour 2019

Voci correlate

Brian Eno · Daniel Lanois · Island Records · Moydrum Castle · Original Soundtracks 1 · Slane Castle · Steve Lillywhite

Discografia

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