Originally posted by germcevoy:and it also wasn't written by U2
Originally posted by gavinfriday:that's not an criterium for U2 to boost a single, for example: The Saints Are Coming, Everlasting Love are both not written by U2.
I keep finding it really a missed chance, since Ground Beneath Her Feet has one of the most beautifull Edge solo's in it...
Originally posted by germcevoy:and it also wasn't written by U2
Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:[..]
From what I remember, and some brief research...
The comment stating that U2 didn't write it is not correct.
U2 did write the MUSIC and Salman Rushdie wrote the LYRICS. U2 are on the recorded track. And the whole band are in the video.
The Ground Beneath Her Feet: U2 with guest Daniel Lanois on pedal steel. Music by U2. Lyrics by Salman Rushdie. Taken from his book "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" (1999) Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Mixed by Tim Palmer. Programming by Leo Pearson and Danny Saber. Additional Engineering by Mark Howard. Strings by Craig Armstrong.
http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/17.html
Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]
Saint's was a charity track and didn't actually make it onto a proper U2 album. The real reason they wouldn't have put Ground Beneath out on single or as part as the whole album is because they would have had to have paid Salman a percentage of the takings for each album sold. NONO says Paul McGuinness.