BEAUTIFUL DAY

Cd I

Cd II
Commercial Release October 9/10, 2000
Record Label Island / Interscope Records
Top Chart Position US: NA, Canada: 1, UK: 1
Album All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
TRACKLISTING
Cd I:
  • Beautiful Day (Album Version) (4:06)
  • Summer Rain (4:06)
  • Always (3:46)

Cd II:

  • Beautiful Day (Album Version) (4:06)
  • Discotheque (Live from Mexico City December 3, 1997) (5:10)
  • If You Wear that Velvet Dress (Live from Mexico City December 3, 1997) (2:43)

Australian Cd I:

  • Beautiful Day (Album Version) (4:06)
  • Summer Rain (4:06)
  • Always (3:46)
  • Last Night on Earth (Live from Mexico City December 3, 1997) (6:30)

Australian Cd II:

  • Beautiful Day (Album Version) (4:06)
  • Discotheque (Live from Mexico City December 3, 1997) (5:10)
  • If You Wear that Velvet Dress (Live from Mexico City December 3, 1997) (2:43)
  • Last Night on Earth (Live from Mexico City Enhanced Video)
LINER NOTES
Beautiful Day (Album Version): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Mixed by Steve Lillywhite. Additional engineering by Tim Palmer and Stephen Harris. Keyboards / Programming by Brian Eno. Backing vocals by the Edge and Daniel Lanois. 
Summer Rain: Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono and the Edge. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered and mixed by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. 
Always: Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered and mixed by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. 
Discotheque (Live): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono and the Edge. Recorded at the Foro Sol Autodromo, Mexico City, December 3, 1997. Popmart Sound Engineer: Joe O'Herlihy. Sound Supervisors: Flood and Howie B. Mixed by Chris Potter at Metropolis Studios, London. 
If You Wear That Velvet Dress (Live): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono and the Edge. Recorded at the Foro Sol Autodromo, Mexico City, December 3, 1997. Popmart Sound Engineer: Joe O'Herlihy. Sound Supervisors: Flood and Howie B. Mixed by Chris Potter at Metropolis Studios, London.
Last Night on Earth (Live): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono and the Edge. Recorded at the Foro Sol Autodromo, Mexico City, December 3, 1997. Popmart Sound Engineer: Joe O'Herlihy. Sound Supervisors: Flood and Howie B. Mixed by Chris Potter at Metropolis Studios, London. 
Last Night on Earth (Live Video): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono and the Edge. Recorded at Foro Sol Autodromo, Mexico City, December 3, 1997. Directed by David Mallett. Produced by Dave O'Hanlon. Popmart Sound Engineer: Joe O'Herlihy. Sound Supervisors: Flood and Howie B. Mixed by Chris Potter at Metropolis Studios, London.
OTHER NOTES
Beautiful Day was released to radio on August 31, 2000 as the lead off single from All That You Can't Leave Behind. The commercial single was released on October 9, 2000 in Europe and Australia, and October 10, 2000 in Canada. There was a 12" single released a couple of weeks later in the USA, but no domestic CD singles for the US. There would be no commercial releases for this album in the US after this single until the 7 (Target EP) was released in early 2002.

The single contained several live tracks from the 1997 Mexican concert. Tracks from this show were also released on Hasta La Vista Baby, a fanclub only release. Discotheque also appeared on that release. Last Night on Earth and Velvet Dress did not appear on that compilation.

The video portion of these CDs requires Quicktime, which is not included on the CD, so if you plan to get the Australian release which contains this video, you will need to download this software.

Beautiful Day appeared on several other releases. Various remixes appeared on the Stuck in a Moment (Europe / Australia) singles and on the Canadian Walk On singles. One of these, as well as Always and Summer Rain, would later appear on the 7 (Target EP). A live version of Beautiful Day from Boston was released on a promo CD from Best Buy.


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