"The Fly" is the seventh song on U2's 1991 album, Achtung Baby and was released as the album's first single. It has been described as "the sound of four men chopping down the Joshua Tree." The song's subject is that of a phone call from someone in Hell who enjoys being there and telling the person on the other line what he has learned. "The Fly" was an introduction to the sonic and electronic experimentation that would dominate U2's 1990s work.
| Year | Covered by | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Absolute Rock | A Tribute to the Greatest Hits of U2 |
| 2006 | Peter Mulvey | The Knuckleball Suite |
| 2011 | Gavin Friday | AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered |
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