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All images are copyright their respective designers. U2 - “Under a Blood Red Sky” Album (Original Release).U2 - “I Will Follow” Promotional Release.U2 - “I Will Follow (Live 1983)” Promotional Single.U2 - “I Will Follow (Live 1982)” Single.Two Hearts Beat as One (Import Mix): Re-mixed by Francois Kervorkian at Sigma Sound, NYC. I Will Follow (Live): Produced by Jimmy Iovine. The album version of “I Will Follow” has been re-released multiple times on many U2 compilations, including several promotional releases as well as The Best of 1980-1990 and, as a bonus track, on the UK version of 18 Singles. Finally, an “Alternate Version”-actually an early mix by Steve Lillywhite, done without the band’s input and featuring prominent acoustic guitars-was released on the remastered deluxe version of Boy. A studio version without the countdown at the start was released on The Last American Virgin soundtrack album. On other promos it was edited to 3:22 in length. On some promotional singles, the album version was released in a mono format. Finally, U2’s performance of the song at the Glastonbury Festival in 2011 was released as an iTunes exclusive.Īlternate versions of the studio recording of “I Will Follow” do exist. A live version from Brooklyn on Novemwas featured on an iTunes-exclusive EP, “Live from Brooklyn,” and a version recorded live in Milan in July, 2005 was featured on the deluxe version of 18 Singles when purchased through iTunes (as well as on the DVD accompanying the deluxe CD version of 18 Singles). The Jversion from Boston, MA was used on the Best Buy-exclusive “3 Tracks Live from Boston” promo CD, as well as on the Elevation 2001: U2 Live from Boston DVD. The Decemperformance from New York City was used as a b-side on the “Elevation” single as well as on a CD given away with copies of The Sunday Times newspaper. The Decemperformance from Mexico City was released on the fan club album Hasta La Vista Baby! as well as the Popmart: Live from Mexico City DVD and VHS releases. The Decemperformance from Dublin featured on the Love: Live from the Point Depot section of The Complete U2. A live version from July 4, 1987, recorded in Paris, was released on the iTunes release Live in Paris (and also the DVD accompanying the super deluxe reissue of The Joshua Tree). A live version from Boston on Mawas released as a b-side to the “Gloria” single, and also appeared on the Live from Boston 1981 section of The Complete U2 release on iTunes, and on the deluxe version of the October remaster. A version recorded live in-studio on Septemwas released on One and Only: 25 Years of Radio One. Beyond this release, it has been issued in an official capacity many times. “I Will Follow” is one of U2’s most-performed songs, appearing regularly in set lists as recently as 2011’s U2360° Tour. Instead, “Sunday Bloody Sunday” from the U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky video was placed in the network’s rotation in late 1983. However, the companion video, U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky used performances exclusively from U2’s Jperformance at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, CO.ĭespite Island Records’ promotional push behind this live version of “I Will Follow,” MTV chose, for the most part, to ignore it. Several tracks from this German concert (“I Will Follow,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “The Electric Co.,” “New Year’s Day,” and “40”) were included on the Under a Blood Red Sky album. Goarhausen, Germany, which was part of the Rockpalast Festival. This recording of “I Will Follow” is taken from the Augconcert in St. (This track, an edit of a longer Francois Kevorkian remix, had not been previously available in the USA.) The single, housed in a no-frills generic sleeve with no additional artwork, was only commercially released in the USA. The commercial single featured the Under a Blood Red Sky version as the a-side, with “Two Hearts Beat as One (Import Mix)” on the B-side. A special promotional 7-inch single was produced, featuring the Under a Blood Red Sky version of “I Will Follow” on side A and a special edited version on side B, which removed much of the crowd noise for airplay. This third version was issued to promote the Under a Blood Red Sky album, as Island Records felt that a radio single would help sales of the LP. This live recording, from an August, 1983 performance in Germany, marks the third overall single release of “I Will Follow,” following the 1980 release of the album version from Boy as a single, and the 1982 release-in The Netherlands and Germany-of a different live performance of the song. 'Two Hearts Beat as One' (Import Mix / French Edit) - U2 (03:42).'I Will Follow (Live 1983)' - U2 Single Track Listing:

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