Cd I |
Cd II |
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| Commercial
Release |
July 14 / 21, 1997 |
| Record
Label |
Island Records |
| Top
Chart Position |
US: 57, Canada: 9, UK: 10 |
| Album |
Pop
(1997) |
| TRACKLISTING |
Cd I:
- Last
Night on Earth (Single Version) (4:14)
- Pop
Muzik (Popmart Mix) (8:50)
- Happiness
is a Warm Gun (The Gun Mix) (4:46)
Cd II:
- Last Night on Earth (First Night
in Hell Mix) (5:50) (Instrumental)
- Numb (The Soul Assassins Mix)
(3:58)
- Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Danny
Saber Mix) (4:51)
- Pop
Muzik (Popmart Mix) (8:50)
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| LINER NOTES |
Last Night on Earth (Single
Version): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono & The Edge.
Produced by Flood. Engineered by Mark 'Spike' Stent. Assisted by
Rob Kirwan. Mixed by Rob Kirwan and Howie B. Assisted by Michael
Harris. Decks: Howie B. Additional vocal production: Steve
Osborne. Contains excerpts from "Trayra Boia" written
by N. Vasconcelos and D. Milan. Performed by Colin Walcott, Don
Cherry and Ed Blackwell.
Pop Muzik (Popmart Mix): Words and music
by Robin Scott. Vocal by Bono. Mixed by Steve Osborne. Mix
engineer and additional programming: Ben Hiller. Assitional
vocal production: Howie B.
Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Gun Mix):
Words and music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney. Performed
by U2. Produced by Flood. Engineered by Rob Kirwan. Mixed by Rob
Kirwan, Flood and Howie B. Remixed by Joe Chicarelli and John X.
Numb (The Soul Assassins Mix): Music by
U2. Lyrics by the Edge. Produced by Flood, Brian Eno, and the
Edge. Engineered by Flood and Robbie Adams. Assisted by Willie
Mannion and Rob Kirwan. Originally recorded with Daniel Lanois.
Backing vocals: Bono and Larry Mullen. Additional synthesizers:
Brian Eno. Remixed by the Soul Assassins.
Last Night on Earth (First Night in Hell Mix):
Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono and the Edge. Produced by Flood.
Engineered by Mark 'Spike' Stent. Assisted by Rob Kirwan. Mixed
by Rob Kirwan and Howie B. Assisted by Michael Harris.
Additional vocal production: Steve Osborne. Decks: Howie B.
Additional production and remix by Jon Carter. Contains excerpts
from "Trayra Boia" written by N. Vasconcelos and D.
Milan. Performed by Colin Walcott, Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell.
Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Danny Saber Mix):
Words and music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney. Performed
by U2. Produced by Flood. Engineered by Rob Kirwan. Mixed by Rob
Kirwan, Flood and Howie B. Remixed by Danny Saver. Discipline
and perversion by John X. Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge. |
| OTHER NOTES |
| Last Night on Earth was released
just as the Popmart tour was starting to find its stride. The
track was reworked for the single release. U2 had
commented several times that Pop felt unfinished, this was
corrected somewhat in the single versions of tracks rerecorded
in the midst of the tour. Last Night on Earth was the
first track to be reworked.
Last Night on Earth would be performed
throughout the Popmart tour, and although performed that night,
was left off the Hasta
La Vista Baby CD which captured the tour stop in Mexico in
December of 1997. That show's version of Last Night on
Earth would resurface as a b-side to the Australian Beautiful
Day single, and the European / Canadian versions of the Elevation
single.
This single also included a cover reworking
of the Beatles song "Happiness is a Warm Gun". The
track was originally recorded for the soundtrack of an ABC
television show simply titled, "Gun", but this single
saw a release of that track. Another cover made it to this
single as well, a cover of M's "Pop Muzik". This song
was used to start each Popmart show on the tour, and played over
the PA system of the stadium while U2 made their entrance.
Rounding out the songs released on this single was Numb (The
Soul Assassins Mix) which had previously been released on 1995's
fan club only CD Melon.
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