Track Listing
All songs written and composed by U2, with lyrics by Bono.
| Side one | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Recording location/date | Length | |
| 1. | "Gloria" | Denver, Colorado on 5 June 1983 | 4:32 | |
| 2. | "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" | Boston, Massachusetts on 6 May 1983 | 4:34 | |
| 3. | "I Will Follow" | Sankt Goarshausen, Germany on 20 August 1983 | 3:36 | |
| 4. | "Party Girl" | Denver, Colorado on 5 June 1983 | 2:52 |
| Side two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Recording location/date | Length | |
| 1. | "Sunday Bloody Sunday" | Sankt Goarshausen, Germany on 20 August 1983 | 4:55 | |
| 2. | "The Electric Co." | Sankt Goarshausen, Germany on 20 August 1983 | 5:18 | |
| 3. | "New Year's Day" | Sankt Goarshausen, Germany on 20 August 1983 | 4:29 | |
| 4. | "40" | Sankt Goarshausen, Germany on 20 August 1983 | 3:36 |
During the performance of "The Electric Co.", Bono included a 27 second snippet of Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns". When Under a Blood Red Sky was released, U2 failed to get permission and pay the appropriate licensing and royalty fees to include that piece of Sondheim's tune on the album. When Sondheim objected, U2 agreed to pay a $50,000 (US) penalty for the unauthorized use and to press all future releases with a new version that did not include the snippet.
Essentially, there are now two versions of the vinyl album: the original with the full "The Electric Co." running 5:18 and the edited version which runs 4:51. However, the various CDs pressed around the world all vary in the versions of the song that are included.
- The trifold digipack CD pressed in the U.S. correctly lists "The Electric Co." at 4:51 and contains the edited version of the song.
- Later U.S. CD pressings in the standard jewel box format incorrectly list "The Electric Co." at 5:18, but have the edited version of the song.
- Some, and perhaps all, European pressings of the CD correctly list "The Electric Co." at 5:18 and have the unedited version of the song (the same is likely true of other worldwide CD pressings).
- An Australian pressing of the CD lists the track at 4:57, but the song actually runs the full 5:18.
- The remastered editions all contain the edited version of the song.
Read more about this topic: Under A Blood Red Sky
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