"Where the Streets Have No Name" is the third single from the 1987 album The Joshua Tree. The track's signature is a repeating guitar arpeggio utilizing a delay effect that is played at the beginning and end of the song. The song's frequent chord and time changes caused problems in playing the song correctly; the difficulty was so great that producer Brian Eno attempted to erase the track. Drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. later said of the song, "It took so long to get that song right, it was difficult for us to make any sense of it. It only became a truly great song through playing live. On the record, musically, it's not half the song it is live."
| Year | Covered by | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Pet Shop Boys | Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You) |
| 1999 | Absolute Rock | A Tribute to the Greatest Hits of U2 |
| Silverbeam with Ann Louise | We Will Follow: A Tribute to U2 | |
| 2000 | Kane | With or Without You |
| The Section | Strung out on U2 | |
| 2004 | Chris Tomlin | In the Name of Love: Artists United for Africa |
| Vanessa Carlton | Harmonium | |
| 2005 | Avalanch | Mother Earth |
| 2006 | Neal Morse | Cover to Cover |
| 2007 | Marcus Satellite | The Marcus Satellite Tribute to U2 |
| Rockabye Baby! | Lullaby Renditions of U2 | |
| 2009 | Térez Montcalm | Connection |
| 2011 | 30 Seconds to Mars | MTV Unplugged: 30 Seconds to Mars |
| 2Cellos | 2Cellos |
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—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)