EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING

Cd I

Cd II - Remixes
Commercial Release June 7 / 8, 1992
Record Label Island Records
Top Chart Position US: 32, Canada: ??, UK: 12
Album Achtung Baby (1991)
TRACKLISTING
Cd I:
  • Even Better Than The Real Thing (Single Version) (3:41)
  • Salome (4:32)
  • Where Did It All Go Wrong (3:57)
  • Lady With The Spinning Head (Extended Dance Mix) (6:08)

Cd II:

  • Even Better Than The Real Thing (Perfecto Mix) (6:37)
  • Even Better Than The Real Thing (Trance Mix) (6:47)
  • Even Better Than The Real Thing (Sexy Dub Mix) (7:14)
  • Even Better Than The Real Thing (Apollo 440 Stealth Sonic Mix) (6:41)
  • Even Better Than The Real Thing (V16 Exit Wound Remix) (3:19)
  • Even Better Than The Real Thing (Apollo 440 Vs U2 Instrumental) (6:27)
LINER NOTES
Even Better Than the Real Thing (Single Version): Words by Bono. Music by U2. Produced by Steve Lillywhite with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Engineered by Robbie Adams and Paul Barrett. Mixed by Steve Lillywhite and Robbie Adams. Assisted by Sean Leonard and Willie Mannion. Additional editing and mastering: Arnie Acosta.
Salome: Words by Bono. Music by U2. Produced by Paul Barrett and U2. Mixed by Paul Barrett and U2. Mixed by Paul Barrett. Engineered by Ian Bryan, Louise McCormick and Paul Barrett. Additional backing vocals by Ian Bryan and Paul Barrett.
Where did it all Go Wrong?: Demo from STS, Dublin, July 1990. Words by Bono. Music by U2. Produced by Paul Barrett and U2. Mixed by Paul Barrett and Ian Bryan. Engineered by Ian Bryan.
Lady with the Spinning Head (Extended Dance Mix): Words by Bono. Music by U2. Produced by Paul Barrett. Recorded by Ian Bryan. Remixed by Alan Moulder.
Even Better than the Real Thing (The Perfecto Mix): Remixed by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne.
Even Better than the Real Thing (Trance Mix): Remixed by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne.
Even Better than the Real Thing (Sexy Dub Mix): Remixed by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne.
Even Better than the Real Thing (Apollo 440 Stealth Sonic Remix): Remixed by Apollo 440
Even Better than the Real Thing (V16 Exit Wound Remix): Remixed by Apollo 440
Even Better than the Real Thing (Apollo 440 vs. U2 Instrumental Remix): Remixed by Apollo 440.

Photography by Anton Corbijn. Design by Works Associates, Dublin.
OTHER NOTES
Even Better Than the Real Thing got the full single treatment.  A slightly different remix of the album track was released with several b-sides. The single version of the song is most noticibly different at the end of the track, and the drums throughout the song.  A second single was also released made up of remixes of the title track by Paul Oakenfold and Apollo 440. It was the first single which saw two very different releases of the single, a trend which would continue throughout the 90s and into the next decade.

Even Better Than the Real Thing was performed live throughout the Zoo TV and Popmart tours. During the Elevation tour it was played rarely. One of the promotional concerts for the All That You Can't Leave Behind album was a small club in Paris, where Even Better was played. That version was released on the French Stuck in a Moment single.

The single cover for Even Better than the Real Thing fits together with the single covers for The Fly, Mysterious Ways and Who's Going to Ride Your Wild Horses to make one large image.
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