Desire

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Bono (singer of U2)
composer:Bono (singer of U2)
Adam Clayton
The Edge (U2 guitarist David Evans)
Larry Mullen, Jr.
publisher:Blue Mountain Music Ltd
Mother Music
PolyGram International Music Publishing B.V.
Taiyo Music Inc.
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/32217 [info]
Songfacts:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=921 [info]
Wikidata:Q1979569 [info]
later parody versions:Messiah

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1988-05DesireU24:48
1988-05Desire (5.1 surround mix)U24:40
1989-09-21 – 1990-01-10DesireliveU23:11
1989-10-08Desire (live, 1989-10-08: National Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)liveU2?:??
1989-12-01Desire (live, 1989-12-01: Eight 579 Baby: Red Sun at Midnight: Osaka Castle Hall, Osaka, Japan)liveU23:42
1989-12-01DesireliveU23:42
1989-12-01Desire / Do Not Fade AwayliveU23:47
1989-12-26Desire (live, 1989-12-26: Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland)liveU23:11
1989-12-30Desire (live, 1989-12-30: Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland)liveU22:58
1989-12-31DesireliveU23:05
1989-12-31DesireliveU23:09
1989-12-31Desire (live, 1989-12-31: Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland)liveU23:09
1990-01-10Desire (live, 1990-01-10: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands)liveU25:36
1990-01-10Desire (live, 1990-01: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands)liveU25:35
1992-03-01Desire (live, 1992-03-01: Miami Arena, Miami, FL, USA)liveU24:41
1992-05-11Desire / Not Fade AwayliveU23:53
1992-05-21Desire (live, 1992-05-21: Forum di Assago, Milan, Italy)liveU24:25
1992-06-15Desire (live, 1992-06-15: Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands)liveU24:30
1992-08-16Desire (live, 1992-08-16: Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, DC, USA)liveU24:36
1992-08-23Desire (live, 1992‐08‐23: Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, MA, USA)liveU25:07
1992-10-14DesireliveU25:28
1992-10-14DesireliveU24:19
1992-10-14Desire (1992-10-14: Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX, USA)liveU2?:??
1993-06-04DesireliveU24:55
1993-06-30Desire (live, 1993-06-30: St. Jakob's Stadion, Basel, Switzerland)liveU26:40
1993-07-03DesireliveU28:08
1993-07-07DesireliveU25:46
1993-07-09DesireliveU26:00
1993-07-14DesireliveU28:34
1993-07-17DesireliveU24:25
1993-07-31Desire (live, 1993-07-31: Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden)liveU24:49
1993-08-03Desire (live, 1993-08-03: Goffert Park, Nijmegen, Netherlands)liveU24:40
1993-08-08Desire / My Kind of Town (live, 1993-08-08: Celtic Park, Glasgow, UK)live and medleyU29:41
1993-08-12Desire (live, 1993-08-12: Wembley Stadium, London, UK)liveU24:27
1993-08-18DesireliveU24:33
1993-08-20Desire (live, 1993-08-20: Wembley Stadium, London, UK)liveU24:09
1993-08-21Desire (live, 1993-08-21: Wembley Stadium, London, UK)liveU24:48
1993-08-28Desire (live, 1993-08-28: Royal Dublin Society Arena, Dublin, Ireland)liveU27:38
1993-08-28Desire (live, 1993-08-28: Royal Dublin Society Arena, Dublin, Ireland)liveU27:38
1993DesireliveU24:33
1997-07-03Desire (live, 1997-07-03: Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi)liveU27:40
2000-12-05Desire (2000-12-05: Irving Plaza, New York City, NY, USA)liveU23:06
2001-06-09DesireliveU27:30
2001-07-21Desire (live, 2001‐07‐21: Stadio delle Alpi, Turin, Italy)liveU26:06
2001-11-27Desire (live, 2001‐11‐27: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA)liveU24:08
2006-11-16Desire / Not Fade AwayliveU24:17
2006-11-18Desire (live, 2006‐11‐18: Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Australia)liveU23:14
2006Desirecover and liveKurt Nilsen, Espen Lind, Askil Holm & Alejandro Fuentes3:47
2009-07-08Desire / Billie Jean / Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough (live, 2009-07-08: San Siro, Milan, Italy)live and medleyU2?:??
2009-07-24Desire (live, 2009-07-24: Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland)liveU2?:??
2011-05-14Desire (live, 2011-05-14: Azteca Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico)liveU23:20
2011-05-14Desire (live, 2011-05-14: Azteca Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico)liveU2?:??
DesireliveU24:17
DesireliveU25:16
DesireliveU25:25
DesireliveU24:26
Desire (live, 1992-05-22: “Forum di Assago”, Milan, Italy)liveU24:45
DesireliveU24:49
Desire (live, 1993-08-28: Royal Dublin Society Arena, Dublin, Ireland)liveU27:40
Desire (live, 1992‐05‐12: Patinoire de Malley, Lausanne, Switzerland)liveU24:52
Desire (live, 1992-04-21: Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA, USA)liveU24:02
DesireliveU24:08
DesireliveU24:27
DesireliveU24:20
Desire (live, 2001-05-03: Beautiful Night in Cleveland, Gund Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA)liveU23:02
DesireliveU24:39
Desire (live, 1992-06-17: Indoor Sports Arena, Sheffield, UK)liveU24:53
DesireliveU23:30
Desire (live, 2009‐07‐02: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain)liveU24:50
Desire (live)liveU24:17
DesireliveU25:15
DesireliveU22:23
DesirecoverStudio 992:57
DesirecoverPolecats3:26
DesireliveU23:18
Desire (live, 2001: Slane Castle, Slane, Ireland)liveU23:29
Desire (live, 2001-09-01: Slane Castle, CO. Meath, IE)liveU24:24
Desire (live, 1992‐02‐29: Jenkins Arena, Lakeland, FL, USA)liveU24:11
DesireliveU23:20
DesireliveU22:49
Desire (live, 1997-09-30: Ramat-Gan National Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel)liveU22:21
DesireliveU23:36
DesireliveU22:39
DesireliveU24:22
DesireliveU24:42
DesireliveU24:55
DesireliveU2?:??
DesireliveU2?:??
DesireliveU23:00
DesireliveU24:04
DesireliveU24:41
DesirecoverAfrican Underground All-Stars feat.Chosan, OpTimus & Iyeoka3:29
DesireliveU2?:??
DesireliveU2?:??
DesireliveU2?:??
DesireliveU23:59
Desire (live, 2001-06-22: Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA)liveU2?:??
DesireliveU24:17
DesireliveU25:17
DesireliveU24:37
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