FREE WITH OR WITHOUT YOU PDF Carole Matthews | 432 pages | 27 Mar 2014 | Little, Brown Book Group | 9780751551518 | English | London, United Kingdom U2 > Discography > Singles > With or Without You It is the third track on their fifth studio album, The Joshua With or Without Youand was released as the album's lead single on 16 March The song was the group's most successful single at the time, becoming their first number-one hit in both the United States and Canada by topping the Billboard Hot for three weeks and the RPM national singles chart for one week, with a further three weeks at number two. The song originated from a demo recorded in late that the group continued to work on throughout The Joshua Tree sessions. Ostensibly a troubled With or Without You song, the track's lyrics were inspired by Bono's conflicting feelings about the lives he led as a musician and domestic man. Critics praised the song upon its release. It is frequently performed on the band's tours, and it has appeared on many of their compilation albums and concert films. With or Without You lateU2 convened at a house that drummer Larry Mullen Jr. During this time, a rough demo of "With or Without You" was written, with lead vocalist With or Without You composing the song's chord sequence. Guitarist the Edge considered the song at that point to be "awful". The group attempted to take the song in a different direction, although Bono was reluctant. Bono and his friend Gavin Friday continued to work on the song after Lanois and Eno declined to do so. Eno added a keyboard arpeggiosimilar to the one from " Bad ". This piece of gear would have failed even the most basic of safety regulations. Listening to the backing track to "With or Without You" in the control room, With or Without You and Friday heard the sustained effect that the Edge was creating with the Infinite Guitar in the other room. The combination of the two playing simultaneously caught their attention. According to Lanois, "I said, 'That sounded pretty cool,' so we listened back and I said, 'Jesus, it's better than I thought. Eno sequenced the song's electronic drum beat on the Yamaha DX7 synthesiser. Rather than connect it to the recording equipment via a DI unit and maintain the instrument's pristine sound, the producers plugged it into a Mesa Boogie guitar amplifier and then miked it to give the sound more personality. As a result, Lanois said it sounded "more like people playing in a room". The sequenced beat was chosen to give the song a feeling of discipline, so that when Mullen's acoustic drums enter the song, "they mean something", in Lanois' words. While Lillywhite and engineer Mark Wallis were mixing it, Eno entered the room and told them that he wanted to change the introduction. Wallis said: "And it was kind of awe-inspiring because he said, 'Right, send this guitar through those ten effects over there and send that guitar through those ten effects over there and then feed them back to each other. I thought that was really visionary. Lillywhite, who wanted a more mainstream approach to With or Without You mix, favoured "a little more crash, bang" sound to Mullen's drums that enter later in the song, while Eno preferred that the drums remain "more mysterious and more supportive". He explained that the final lyric is about torment and how repressing desires only makes them stronger. Lanois says of it, "It has tension and builds like one of those great Roy Orbison With or Without You, where every section is unique and never repeats. I like that kind of With or Without You [ The song begins with a minimal drum beat of eighth notes played by Mullen, while a backing track— Eno's synthesiser—plays a "rippling" triplet arpeggio of the With or Without You D major. Bono's vocals enter at in a low registera stark contrast from Bono's typical singing style to that point in the group's career. At the end of each of the first two stanzas, his vocals drop an octavefrom A to A. Author Susan Fast called Bono's vocals on With or Without You or Without You" the first occasion on which he "extended his vocal range downward in an appreciable way". The riff, a perfect fifth opening to a sixth, features a prominent use of delay. A stanza begins in which Bono sings the song's title in a high, passionate voice as the drums get heavier. He explained that its understated nature was meant to resist the temptation to With or Without You an intricate guitar solo as an ending. The lyrics ostensibly describe a troubled relationship between two lovers, although the lyrics have been interpreted in religious contexts. The Washington Post interpreted the song as both an acerbic love song and a tune lamenting the moral contradictions one faces with their religious faith. One, 'cause it's so uncommon these days, and two, 'cause it's so difficult to do. Author Niall Stokes interpreted the line as encompassing the theme of "surrendering the ego" to one's love and spiritual faith. The band's manager Paul McGuinness was resistant to U2 releasing "With or Without You" as a single, as he thought it was too sonically unusual for release. Gavin Friday, having helped the band complete the track, disagreed and thought it would be a "certain No. In church perhaps. The single also peaked at number two on the Dutch MegaCharts Top The first includes abstracts shots of dancer and Edge's future wife Morleigh Steinberg edited in between shots of the band playing the song. A second alternative version can be found in the Super Deluxe version of the album. It was played at most shows on 's Lovetown Tour. Since the PopMart Tourit has been more common for Bono to repeat the "Ohh" at the climax of the song, with the "shine like stars" verse sung rarely. It was dropped from the set list during the third leg of the Elevation Tour. It was initially With or Without You rare inclusion during the Vertigo Tour - over the two months of the tour's first leg, it was only played four times. Rolling Stone called it an "inventively arranged tune Graham suggested the lyric "And you give yourself away" was essential to U2's message. Mike DeGagne of AllMusic praised the song for Eno's and Lanois' "gleaming" production work, Bono's vocals and "poetic deftness", With or Without You for The Edge's "astute but assertive" guitar playing. DeGagne described Bono's singing as "unleashing all his vocal power, moving from a soft, subtle intro and middle to an explosive burst of unyielding energy toward the end". He made religious comparisons to the musical arrangement, saying the "discerning air sounds almost church-like as it slowly unravels". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see With or Without You disambiguation. Daniel Lanois Brian Eno. They have power. I think of notes as being expensive. You don't just throw them around. I find the ones that do the best job and that's what I use. I suppose I'm a minimalist instinctively. I don't like to be inefficient if I can get away with it. Like on the end of 'With or Without You'. My With or Without You was to go with something very simple [ I still think it's sort of brave, because the end of "With or Without You" With or Without You have been so much bigger, so much more of a climax, but there's this power to it which I think is even more potent because it's held back. Retrieved 25 May Live Nation. Retrieved Rolling Stone Special collectors edition. Hot Press. Music Technology. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 23 June The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 6 July Washington Post. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on The Irish Charts. Note: U2 must be searched manually. Rolling Stone Sunday Independent. Blender October Q Slant Magazine. The Greatest. Episode Australian Chart Book — illustrated ed. St Ives, N. Ultratop Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja in Finnish 1st ed. Helsinki: Tammi. Les classement single. GfK Entertainment Charts. Single Top Top 40 Singles. Singles Top With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt It was the first single that U2 released on CD. The single also appeared in CD Video format and is one of their rarest With or Without You. Not considered a promo item, only a few copies approximately 50 were With or Without You to take advantage of the Philips CDV system. The single became U2's first No. The song is also available in the movie and on the soundtrack for With or Without You Away. With Or Without You is the second most popular U2 song for artists to cover. Listen to With Or Without You. With or Without You 16 March, 1. Released Date:. With or Without You. You must be a logged-in member to add comments. I know I might not be the most original person liking this single the most. But I didn't choose it It was SpringI was 14 and my mother had just died a few weeks ago from cancer. I was coming back home from a school trip, despite the circumstances probably one of the best trips I had with what would become some of my best friends through all my life I immediatly fell in love with the song, could never again get enough of the band and of curse got With or Without You first heavy crush on the guy.