Where the Streets Have No Name

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"Where the Streets Have No Name"
Single by U2
from the album The Joshua Tree
B-side
Released31 August 1987[1]
Recorded1986
StudioWindmill Lane Studios (Dublin)
GenreRock
Length
  • 4:46 (single version)
  • 5:36 (album version)
LabelIsland
Composer(s)U2
Lyricist(s)Bono
Producer(s)
U2 singles chronology
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
(1987)
"Where the Streets Have No Name"
(1987)
"In God's Country"
(1987)
Music video
"Where the Streets Have No Name" at YouTube

"Where the Streets Have No Name" is a 1987 song by Irish rock group U2. It is the third single from their fifth studio album The Joshua Tree and went to number 4 in the United Kingdom, number 13 in the United States, number 11 in Canada, number 1 in New Zealand and Ireland, number 15 in Italy, number 27 in Australia and number 44 in Germany. It won a Grammy Award in 1989.

Track listing[change | change source]

No. TitleProducer Length
1. "Where the Streets Have No Name" (single version)Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno 4:46
2. "Race Against Time"  U2, Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno 4:04
3. "Silver and Gold"  U2 4:36
4. "Sweetest Thing"  U2, Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno 3:03

References[change | change source]

  1. Sams, Aaron; Kantas, Harry. "U2 – "Where the Streets Have No Name" Single". U2songs.com. Retrieved 25 May 2016.