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The Hands That Built America

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"The Hands That Built America"
Song by U2
from the album The Best of 1990–2000 / Gangs of New York: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture
Released5 November 2002
GenreSymphonic rock
Length4:35 (Soundtrack Mix)
4:58 (The Best of 1990–2000 Version)
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)U2
Producer(s)The Edge

"The Hands That Built America" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It was released on the soundtrack to the film Gangs of New York,[1] and was one of two new songs on the group's The Best of 1990–2000 compilation (the other being "Electrical Storm").[2] It was nominated for Best Original Song at the 75th Academy Awards,[3] but lost to Eminem's "Lose Yourself".

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Transcription

Composition

"The Hands That Built America" is a song about the experience of nineteenth century Irish migrants to New York and their contribution to building America. The song was considered for single release and was announced as such for a 2003 release. The songs "The Playboy Mansion" (2003 Version - originally from Pop) and "That's Life" (a cover song by Bono and released on the soundtrack for The Good Thief) were announced as B-sides. The release was canceled, however.

Soundtrack and inspiration

The soundtrack mix of the song features Andrea Corr, who played the tin whistle, and Sharon Corr who played the violin.[4] The title of the song was inspired by Horslips title track to their album "The Man Who Built America" with the full blessing of Horslips singer and bass player Barry Devlin,[citation needed] who had also produced a number of U2 videos. In Gangs of New York the song is played with a long and grand intro and plays over the final sequence and the closing credits.

Live performances

The music video features numerous transitions between band performance images and scenes from "Gangs of New York"

U2 have performed this song live in its entirety seven times, the first being at the premiere of Gangs of New York on 9 December 2002, and the last occurrence done solely by Bono and the Edge as an acoustic performance at the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas on 18 November 2004.[5]

Although "The Hands That Built America" has not been played live since 2004, it was included at every concert on the Vertigo Tour (2005–2006) as a snippet during performances of "Bullet the Blue Sky". This took place in conjunction with snippets of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and sometimes "Please".[5] It was later featured as a snippet again on the Innocence + Experience Tour before "Pride (In the Name of Love)".[6] It was later replaced by "Zooropa" on the European leg of the tour. [7]

Music videos

The second version of the video shows black-and-white footage of the band playing an acoustic version of the song.

Two different music videos were created for "The Hands That Built America". The first uses a combination of black-and-white footage of the band playing the song, and scenes from Gangs of New York. This video uses the version of the song found on The Best of 1990–2000 CD. The second video is composed solely of black-and-white footage of U2 playing the song, and it was filmed on 9 May 2002. This video uses an acoustic version of the song, and is the version found on The Best of 1990–2000 DVD.

Credits and personnel

U2[8]

Technical[8]

  • Production – The Edge
  • Engineering – Carl Glanville
  • Mixing – William Orbit at The Leonard Hotel, London
  • Additional keyboards – William Orbit
  • Pro-Tools programming – Iain Roberton, Jake Davies and Rico Conning
  • String arrangement – The Edge
  • String conductor – Daragh O'Toole
  • Strings – Katie O'Connor, Rosie Nic Athlaioch, Emer O'Grady, Una O'Kane
  • Recording – HQ, Dublin and Nice, France

See also

References

  1. ^ Gangs of New York soundtrack from IMDb.com
  2. ^ Track listing of The Best of 1990–2000
  3. ^ "Nominations and winners at the 75th Academy Awards". Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2007.
  4. ^ Liner Notes of "The Hands That Built America"
  5. ^ a b All times "The Hands That Built America" has been played live
  6. ^ "U2 the Hands That Built America - U2 on tour".
  7. ^ "U2's Turin #1 setlist, 04/09". 4 September 2015.
  8. ^ a b Achtung Baby (CD booklet). U2. Island Records. 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

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