Staring at the Sun

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"Staring at the Sun" is a pop song best known as a single by the Irish rock band U2 from their 1997 album "Pop."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Pop
artist U2
chartPositionUKSingles 3
chartPositionUSModernRockTracks 1
composer Bono
The Edge
countryOfOrigin Ireland
genre alternative rock
pop rock
hasBside North and South of the River NERFINISHED
Your Blue Room NERFINISHED
hasISRC GBAAN9700009
hasLiveAcousticVersion Staring at the Sun (acoustic live version)
hasMusicVideoDirector Jake Scott NERFINISHED
hasTheme disillusionment
escapism
political commentary
includedInTour Elevation Tour NERFINISHED
PopMart Tour NERFINISHED
Vertigo Tour NERFINISHED
language English
length 4:37
nextSingle Last Night on Earth NERFINISHED
partOf Pop NERFINISHED
performer U2
previousSingle Discothèque
producer Flood NERFINISHED
Howie B NERFINISHED
Steve Osborne NERFINISHED
U2 NERFINISHED
publisher Universal Music Publishing Group NERFINISHED
recordLabel Island Records
PolyGram NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1997-03-15
releaseYear 1997
tempo mid-tempo
trackNumber 5
writer Bono NERFINISHED
The Edge NERFINISHED

Referenced by (4)

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

If God Will Send His Angels follows Staring at the Sun
No Place in Heaven hasPart Staring at the Sun
Pop hasSingle Staring at the Sun
Pop track Staring at the Sun