U2 ~ "Gone" (Taken from U2 PopMart Live from Mexico Sity) '97
"PopMart: Live from Mexico City"
Directed by David Mallet
Written by U2
Music: The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr.; Lyrics: Bono & The Edge
"Gone" Song by U2 from the album Pop
Released: March 1997
"Gone" is the seventh track from U2's 1997 album, Pop. It is also featured on the compilation album The Best of 1990–2000, in a reworked version. A highlight of the PopMart Tour, it was often dedicated to Michael Hutchence during the final few months of the PopMart Tour and during the following Elevation Tour. Bono frequently refers to it as one of his favorite songs of the band's. The Edge has also stated he was very pleased with the "New Mix" of the song available on The Best of 1990–2000.
"Gone", along with several other tracks from Pop and previous album Zooropa were remixed and either dubbed "The New Mix" or "Mike Hedges Mix" to help fit in with the more instrumentally-conservative songs of All That You Can't Leave Behind. Some reviews of the "Best of..." notably Allmusic's review[1] singled out the remixes of "Pop" songs saying "So, all the Pop material ("Gone," "Discothèque," "Staring at the Sun") is given new mixes, as is "Numb" (from Zooropa), none improvements and all undermining the actual career arc of U2 in the '90s."
"Gone" was never intended to be released as a single. The video that featured on the DVD The Best of 1990–2000 was taken from the video PopMart: Live from Mexico City.
Personnel:
Bono – lead vocals, additional guitar.
Adam Clayton – bass guitar.
The Edge – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals.
Larry Mullen, Jr. – drums, percussion, programming.
U2: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr.
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© 1997 Island Records UK.