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Pride (In the Name of Love)

For the song by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha, see In the Name of Love (Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha song).
For other uses, see In the Name of Love.

"Pride (In the Name of Love)"
Single by U2
from the album The Unforgettable Fire
B-side"Boomerang II"
Released3 September 1984[1]
RecordedMay–August 1984
Studio
Genre
Length
  • 3:48 (standard version)
  • 4:40 (original 12" UK single)
Label
Composer(s)U2
Lyricist(s)Bono
Producer(s)
U2 singles chronology
"40"
(1983) 		"Pride (In the Name of Love)"
(1984) 		"The Unforgettable Fire"
(1985)
Audio sample
Music video
Sepia Version on YouTube
Color Version on YouTube
Slane Castle Version on YouTube

"Pride (In the Name of Love)" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the second track on the band's 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire, and was released as its lead single in September 1984. The song was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Written about the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., "Pride" received mixed critical reviews at the time, but it was a major commercial success for U2 and has since become one of their most popular songs, as well as been re-evaluated positively by many as one of the greatest songs of all time. It appeared on the band's compilation albums The Best of 1980–1990 and U218 Singles and was reworked and re-recorded for Songs of Surrender (2023).[4]

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it 378th on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song was included on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.

  1. ^ Sams, Aaron; Kantas, Harry. "U2 – "Pride (In the Name of Love)" Single". U2songs.com. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ^ "16 canzoni degli U2". 20 October 2020.
  3. ^ Rowley, Scott; Llewellyn, Sian (15 October 2018). "The 7" singles that defined the 1980s". Louder. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  4. ^ Qureshi, Arusa (11 January 2023). "Listen to "reimagined and re-recorded" version of U2's 'Pride (In The Name Of Love)'". NME. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.