Elevation (song)

"Elevation"
"Elevation"
Single by U2
from the album All That You Can't Leave Behind
B-side	"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"
Released	25 June 2001
Recorded	2000
Studio	HQ (Dublin, Ireland)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:46 (album version); 3:35 (Tomb Raider mix);
Label	Island, Interscope
Composer(s)	U2
Lyricist(s)	Bono
Producer(s)	Daniel Lanois; Brian Eno;
U2 singles chronology
Music video
	"Elevation" at YouTube
Alternative cover

"Elevation" is a 2001 song by Irish rock group U2. It is the third single from their 10th studio album All That You Can't Leave Behind and went to number 3 in the United Kingdom, Croatia, Scotland and Italy, number 1 in Ireland, Canada, the Netherlands and Portugal, number 2 in Spain and number 6 in Denmark and Australia. It won a Grammy Award in 2002.

Formats and track listings[change | change source]

Version 1 (CD version released only in the UK)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix)	3:35
2.	"Elevation" (Escalation mix)	7:04
3.	"Elevation" (Vandit club mix)	8:54

Version 2 (first regular CD edition, released in Europe, Canada and the UK)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix)	3:35
2.	"Last Night on Earth" (Live at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico, 3 December 1997)	6:20
3.	"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (Johnny Cash cover)	4:11

Version 3 (Europe only)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix)	3:35
2.	"Elevation" (Biffco mix)	4:18

Version 4 (second regular CD-single released in Europe, Australia and Canada. The version released in Australia also had "Last Night on Earth" (Live from Mexico City))
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix)	3:35
2.	"Elevation" (Escalation mix)	7:04
3.	"Elevation" (Influx remix)	4:02
4.	"Elevation" (Quincey and Sonance mix)	6:53

Version 5 (labeled the "Tour Edition", this edition was numbered and sold on tour stops throughout Europe)^[1]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix)	3:35
2.	"I Remember You" (Live at Irving Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York) (Ramones cover)	1:28
3.	"New York" (Live at Irving Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York)	5:42
4.	"I Will Follow" (Live at Irving Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York)	3:51

Version 6 (released in Australia only)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix)	3:35
2.	"I Remember You" (Live at Irving Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York) (Ramones cover)	1:28
3.	"New York" (Live at Irving Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York)	5:42
4.	"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (Johnny Cash cover)	4:11
5.	"Elevation" (Biffco mix)	4:18

Version 7 (DVD-single edition)^[2]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix)	3:35
2.	"Elevation" (Tomb Raider video)	3:50
3.	"Excerpts from MTV's Making the Video"	3:46

Version 8 (double 12-inch vinyl released in the UK)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Beautiful Day" (Quincey and Sonance mix)	7:56
2.	"Beautiful Day" (Perfecto mix)	7:48
3.	"Beautiful Day" (David Holmes remix)	5:34
4.	"Elevation" (Vandit club mix)	8:54
5.	"Elevation" (Influx remix)	5:34
6.	"Elevation" (Escalation mix)	5:34
7.	"Elevation" (Quincey and Sonance remix)	5:34

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