The Untold Story of U2’s Pride (In the Name of Love): 20-Hour Days and a Race Against Time

Coming up, it’s the story of one of the greatest rock songs of the 80s. Pride in the Name of Love by U2. and it all started with a museum exhibit. U2 was on tour here in America and took in a museum and the song was basically written on the field trip…Then lead singer, Bono convinced a famous producer to put off retirement to work on the track and then it took months to record because the song wasn’t sounding right but U2 had to deliver their record The Unforgettable Fire by a strict deadline so in order to do it they worked 20 hours a day for 2 weeks to finish this masterpiece. Bono and the Edge were going out of their minds. Then they filmed 3 different music videos for the song and the band hated them all. Would this song ever get released? Find out how it did and why Bono changed the famous lyrics decades later!

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