Mothers of the Disappeared

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"Mothers of the Disappeared" is a somber, politically charged song by U2 that reflects on the suffering of families whose children were abducted by oppressive regimes in Latin America.

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Mothers of the Disappeared canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
song
addressesCountry Argentina
Chile
El Salvador
addressesRegion Latin America
album The Joshua Tree
artist U2
composer Bono
The Edge
countryOfOrigin Ireland
firstPerformed 1986
genre political song
protest song
rock
hasMood haunting
somber
hasPoliticalContext Latin American military dictatorships
hasSubject mothers of missing children
victims of authoritarian regimes
hasTempo slow
hasType album track
includedIn U2 live setlists
inspiredBy Comadres (Committee of Mothers) in El Salvador
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
disappearances under military dictatorships in Latin America
label Island Records
language English
lyricist Bono
notableLivePerformance The Joshua Tree
surface form: U2 Joshua Tree 1987 tour

The Joshua Tree 2017 Tour
surface form: U2 The Joshua Tree 2017 tour

U2 concert in Santiago, Chile, 1998
partOf The Joshua Tree
performer U2
positionOnAlbum final track on The Joshua Tree
producer Brian Eno
Daniel Lanois
U2
recordedIn 1986
recordingArtistNationality Irish
releaseDate 1987
theme forced disappearances
grief of families of the disappeared
human rights abuses
political repression
state violence
trackNumber 11
usesInstrument electric guitar
percussion
synthesizer

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Joshua Tree hasPart Mothers of the Disappeared
Exit followedBy Mothers of the Disappeared
Elevation Tour featuresSong Mothers of the Disappeared