For the first time in three years, U2 have released a little something for fans to get excited about.

Their new single, “Ordinary Love,” was written and recorded specifically for the upcoming Nelson Mandela biopic, titled Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, and a sample appears in the recently released trailer for the film. ”The sea wants to kiss the golden shore/The sunlight warms your skin,” Bono sings over a piano track. “All the beauty that’s been lost before wants to find us again.” The sample lasts a little over a minute, climaxing with a swell of chorus.

There’s no word so far on whether the song will be appearing on their highly anticipated new album, but it’s a sure sign that the boys in the band are running in high gear in preparation.

The band has gone on record saying that they hope to have the album ready for release in 2014. They plan to have all 12 songs finished by Christmas of this year. “I think it’s a bit of return to U2 of old,” says bassist Adam Clayton. “But with the maturity, if you like, of the U2 of the last ten years.”

It’s not much, but it’s nothing but good news for U2 fans.