Fact #167684
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Short story:
I Still Haven't Found What I’m Looking For by U2 reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA, a position it will hold for two weeks.
Full article:
The Edge (guitarist, U2) : We were listening to some gospel during the Joshua Tree sessions. I remember The Mighty Clouds and the Rev. Cleveland and the Staple Singers... The original was more loose, almost Jamaican, Bono hit on the melody and I had the title in a notebook. At first, no-one took it that seriously because it sounded so unlike anything we'd ever done and it didn't gel until the mix, but when it was finished we all realised we had something special. The reviewers didn't like it, though. One American one said it was a pale imitation of the original form and that Foreigner song, I Want To Know What Love Is, was better.
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