Not only do we have a new U2 single in “Ordinary Love,” but now we also have a new remix of the single. And most interestingly, it’s been released for free online.
The remix is the work of Paul Epworth, the British producer that collected four Grammy …
Ordinary Love (Paul Epworth Version)
Ordinary Love was nominated for a Golden Globe Award this week. Today the band have shared a new version.
Read MoreIrish stars going for gold at the Globe awards
Roll out the red carpet – awards season is about to kick off.
by KIRSTY BLAKE KNOX
And it seems Irish actors, singers and storytellers have made their mark on Hollywood this year.
Michael Fassbender, rock stars U2 and Irish film Philomena have all landed Golden Globe 2014 nominations.
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Chart moves: U2 return
U2: The band likewise returns to Triple A with “Ordinary Love” at No. 24. It starts on Rock Digital Songs at No. 37 with 7,000 downloads sold. The song appears on the soundtrack to the biopic “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” which was released on Nov. 29, less than a week before former South African President and renowned activist Nelson Mandela died. (Having also been released as a 10-inch vinyl single for the Nov. 29 Black Friday-themed Record Store Day, the track, U2’s first new recording since 2010, debuted last week at No. 1 on Hot Singles Sales with 2,000 sold.)
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‘Ordinary Love’ Debuts on 3 Billboard Charts
U2’s “Ordinary Love” single, which has already seen some success on international iTunes sales charts, has debuted on three Billboard charts:
No. 24: Triple A (Adult album alternative)
No. 37: Rock Digital Songs (7,000 downloads sold)
No. 1:
Ordinary Love Gets Golden Globe Nom
“Ordinary Love” received a nomination in the Best Original Song – Motion Picture category for the 71st annual Golden Globes. Joining U2 in nomination are “Atlas” from Catching Fire, “Let It Go” from Frozen, “Please Mr. Kennedy” from Inside Llewyn Davi…
Read MoreLike A Song: Do They Know It’s Christmas?
[Ed. note: This is the 81st in a series of personal essays by the @U2 staff about songs and/or albums that have had great meaning or impact in our lives.] The day was Nov. 25, 1984. A young girl in Portland, Ore. had just opened a lavender bathrobe an…
Read MoreLike A Song: Do They Know It’s Christmas?
[Ed. note: This is the 81st in a series of personal essays by the @U2 staff about songs and/or albums that have had great meaning or impact in our lives.]
The day was Nov. 25, 1984. A young girl in Portland, Ore. had just opened a lavender bathrobe an…
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Read MoreBono Remembers Mandela
‘He has been a forceful presence in my life going back to 1979, when U2 made our first anti-apartheid effort’
Bono writes that he could charm the birds off the trees. As Bono remembered Mandela in such a way that friends and family often remember love ones that pass on. The deepest respect and love which extends beyond the work his done.
Bono has a deep respect for Mandela’s fight to bring freedom to South Africa’s people of color. Bono responded during a time when apartheid spoke loudest in a country that offered no hope or future for African people of color.
In 1985, U2 along with other bands responded to Steve Van Zandt’s call to lend a voice to speak up against apartheid. Sun City was born. Artists in years past performed at the casino earning massive paydays, before the awakening of the people to the issues within South Africa. Most bands stopped performing in South Africa others donated their pay to causes to fight apartheid.
Bono continues to be out spoken on human right issues some might say that a rocker has no place in such matters. Mandela like Bono believes in the human spirit that lives within each of us.
Mandela’s work lives on in each of us. Bono will continue to speak out against those issues that keep the human spirit down. This is not a time of sadness, we shall rejoice that within our life time we have seen that one man can make a difference and maybe that difference can inspire us to achieve that what seems impossible.
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