Where the Streets Have No Name

The music is credited to U2 and the lyrics to Bono. It was recorded in 1986 at Windmill Lane, with album recording also at Danesmoate, and the single came out on 31 August 1987. Eno considered erasing the tapes during the sessions. The lyric draws a contrast between Belfast, where streets reveal a person's religion and income, and anonymity in Ethiopia. Mullen said it only became a truly great song through playing live.

It reached 13 in the United States, 4 in the United Kingdom and number one in Ireland. The video was filmed on 27 March 1987 on a rooftop at 7th and Main in Los Angeles in front of over 1,000 people, and won a Grammy for Best Performance Music Video.

Live and covers

It was first played on 2 April 1987 in Tempe, had been played over 900 times by 2017, and was part of the Super Bowl XXXVI show in 2002. The Pet Shop Boys have covered it, and the Edge played it with Muse at Glastonbury in 2010.