Zooropa
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Publication |
1993 |
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| Label (s) | Island Records | |||
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
51:15 min |
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Zooropa is the eighth studio album by the Irish rock band U2 . It was on July 6, 1993 by Label Iceland Records published. The producers were Brian Eno , Flood and U2 guitarist The Edge . Originally planned as an EP , the album was recorded during the Zoo TV Tour and released as a full LP . The name of the album is a suitcase word that was formed from the parts Zoo TV and Europe.
Track list
- Zooropa (6:31)
- Babyface (4:01)
- Numb (4:20)
- Lemon (6:58)
- Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (4:58)
- Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car (5:20)
- Some Days Are Better Than Others (4:17)
- The First Time (3:45)
- Dirty Day (5:24)
- The Wanderer (featuring Johnny Cash ) (5:41)
In the lyrics to the song Zooropa , the well-known Audi advertising slogan “ Vorsprung durch Technik ” appears at the beginning . There are three songs that remained unfinished and were released on another album or only as a single. On the one hand, this is Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me , which U2 contributed as the soundtrack for the film Batman Forever and cannot be found on any U2 album. It can only be found on the compilation The Best of 1990-2000 . The tracks Wake Up Dead Man and If You Wear That Velvet Dress can be heard on the follow-up album Pop .
You can see the titles of these three songs on the cover of Zooropa, where fragments of the title can be read ("Wake up de", "Et Dress", "Iss me Kill M").
As singles were Lemon and Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Decoupled from the album. The song Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Is also on the soundtrack for the Wim Wenders film In Far Far Away, So Close! to listen. Numb was released as a video single.
Since many songs were recorded during the ZooTV tour, they lack the finishing touches, according to singer Bono. This was possibly one of the reasons Zooropa fell short of sales expectations after Achtung Baby . The songs Numb , Stay (Faraway, So Close!) And The First Time also appear on the compilation The Best of U2 1990-2000 . The song Numb shows slight changes compared to the original version.
Chart placements
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
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1 (21 weeks) | 21st |
 Austria (Ö3)
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1 (18 weeks) | 18th |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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1 (14 weeks) | 14th |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
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1 (34 weeks) | 34 |
 United States (Billboard)
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1 (40 weeks) | 40 |
 Ireland (IRMA)
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35 (10 weeks) | 10 |
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Argentina (CAPIF)
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 platinum
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60,000 |
 Australia (ARIA)
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3 × platinum
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210,000 |
 Brazil (PMB)
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 gold
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100,000 |
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Germany (BVMI)
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gold
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250,000 |
 France (SNEP)
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platinum
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300,000 |
 Japan (RIAJ)
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gold
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100,000 |
 Canada (MC)
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4 × platinum
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400,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
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4 × platinum
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60,000 |
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Austria (IFPI)
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gold
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25,000 |
 Sweden (IFPI)
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gold
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50,000 |
 Spain (Promusicae)
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platinum
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100,000 |
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United States (RIAA)
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2 × platinum
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2,000,000 |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
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platinum
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300,000 |
| All in all |
5 × gold 17 × platinum |
3,955,000 |
Main article: U2 (band) / Music Sales Awards
live
Many of the album songs were played live on the Zoo TV Tour with the exception of Some Days Are Better Than Others and The Wanderer . Lemon and Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car were sung by Bono while he performed as the specially created fantasy character MacPhisto . Was also Numb which is sung as one of the few songs by guitarist The Edge played. He plays the guitar and is accompanied by Larry Mullen, Jr. on the drums . Zooropa and Babyface were after a short time from the setlist taken because according to the band they do not live sound reasonable. The First Time was played several times on the Vertigo tour in 2005 and 2006.
The American television broadcaster CBS recorded a tribute concert entitled "I Walk The Line: A Night For Johnny Cash " , which included Sheryl Crow , Foo Fighters , Shooter Jennings & Jessi Colter , Norah Jones , Kid Rock , Alison Krauss , Kris Kristofferson , Jerry Lee Lewis , Martina McBride , Brad Paisley and Dwight Yoakam participate. U2 recorded their performance before a concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles . For the first time, U2 played the title The Wanderer live . While Bono sings the lyrics, The Edge delivers high falsetto vocals in the background. CBS aired the TV special on November 16, 2005.
"Some Days Are Better Than Others" has not yet been played live.
Awards
literature
- Niall Stokes: U2 - Into the Heart. The story for every song . Rockbuch, Schlüchtern 2003, ISBN 3-927638-12-9 .