Always - U2

[MrAlbinoPanther]

2:19 City of blinding lights?

[hatrickp]

You can hear a distinct ghost of "I know I'll Go Crazy if I don't go Crazy Tonight" in the first few bars of this too, I wonder if that song also grew out of older B sides?

IT's amazing to be able to hear early takes of songs compared to what they eventually turned into, gives me great hope as a songwriter that it's ok if things don't come together right away when writing something!

[JudithRosalee]

This is shit good ..

[NikonFstopper]

Here today...gone tomorrow. Ain't that the freakin truth?

[TheCanadaGold2010]

It kinda sounds like With or Without You during the verse.

[henrikk1972]

Superb, thanks for the memories . "And if you dream then dream out loud" Great line eh?

[EnjoyTheSurface]

there are no b-sides..... :)

[theempire00]

Verses of the album version are better, but the chorus of this one is more powerful

[Tommylally]

Jesus I love this song.......how did this song not make it as a single on Sometimes you can't make it on your own.

[davel619]

GREAT SONG

[kubo0666]

this song is so full of good emotions ... :P

[kingharvest11]

If you like this song, checkout "the Runaway" by Regret the Hour

[barn524]

I love this song.....so um....real...I like better than Beautiful Day....

[sergentwinni]

to my mind beautiful day is better than this song.the guitar is less expressiv in this song. i think it's just a bad copy than beautiful day but it sounds good 'cause it's U2 =)

[DizziNY]

I never heard this song before, I want to copy of it. Awesome.

[EpiLPstandard]

This is as powerful as Beautiful Day. As a musician i can say that you need special magic to create a song like this and make it sound like this.

[squashboardboy]

i like this version more than Beautiful day :s

[barn524]

I really think Bono feels songs like these have been 'done' by them and doesn't take them into serious consideration for albums. He goes for the more intricate and deeper or complex songs-that may not translate into air time on radios. This is too bad. I think he needs to put out songs even though they sound like "U2" -edge was trying out songs once and Bono said no that sounds like U2--Edge gave him a dirty look and I think Bono relented and the result was ATYCLB? NOT sure about that tho!

[latingorillaz]

wow what an amazing song!!!

i cant figure out why do you say that this song "later would became beautiful day" it is not similar to it, maybe the edge riff sounds a bit "beautifual day", but if you didnt say that, i wouldnt never realise that the song had something of beautiful day... see you

[Adambehanmusic]

There are a number of reused lines in this song, most of which have been mentioned. The "dream out loud" one was not only in Acrobat but in Zooropa (the song) as well, and the line "turn this song into a prayer" is used on the live version of Sunday Bloody Sunday (Slane I think it was?) Also, the bit at the beginning "to be the bee and the flower" is in Levitate, but that song wasn't released either, so I guess it's grand. Still, this is in my top 3 U2 songs, I love it to pieces!

[Hellsconsort]

I forgot about this tack. Was this on the single of beutiful day too?

[peterpeter9900]

hello everyone! God "ALWAYS" will be there to give you beautiful music like this and all the love and support you need! I wish I could stay in this moment forever such a connection and strong sense of love I feel right now because of a beautiful song like this one the message it has and the U2 family atmosphere created by arguable the GREATEST ROCK BAND of all time. Love these guys so much can't wait to see them in Toronto this summer.

[peterpeter9900]

hello everyone! God "ALWAYS" will be there to give you beautiful music like this and all the love and support you need! I wish I could stay in this moment forever such a connection and strong sense of love I feel right now because of a beautiful song like this one the message it has and the U2 family atmosphere created by arguable the GREATEST ROCK BAND of all time. Love these guys so much can't wait to see them in Toronto this summer.

[bnchase112]

1:45-1:48

"the soul needs beauty for a soulmate"

That same lyric was used on "A Man and A Woman" from HTDAAB

[haleyfamily1975]

@bnchase112 They also use "trampled underfoot" a lot too.

[acrobatzootv]

Un pur chef d'oeuvre,Fantastic U2

Great inédit!

Oh Yeah

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[RedwoodUnion]

This is great

[historybuff09]

Left-handed Edge at 2:16 !

[wackyjackie011]

I love this song and how the edge says "always" in the background during beautiful day :)

[09876543217028]

i wonder how many unrealised tunes u2 have,this is great.

[dazzye]

Quality, simple as

[bendh1967]

Agree with you twochord...the "junk" of the great bands - like U2 - is still better than the best work of most bands...Mercy is another good example of a "discarded" U2 song....

[vociti]

I would love to hear a final version of Mercy. Talk about powerful lyrics. The world needs the song Mercy right now.

[bendh1967]

I agree wholeheartedly.  Amazing song.

[markperera3]

Awsome, this is great EP Song =D

[milesian1]

This tune has some of Bono's best lyrics ever. So uplifting. Too bad it was left off the album and they've never played it live.

If you dream then dream out loud!

[zabica91]

nice comment... :)

dream it out loud!

[twochordcool]

What is SO amazing is that most of U2's "shelfed" / unused / unreleased songs are better than the VAST majority of other bands best stuff! They are MILES ahead of whoever the second best band in the world is!!!

[Hallucination]

"You can Dream so dream out loud" is actually basically a lyric in Acrobat so... Still nice lyrcis but the one you quoted is from another song already on Achtung Baby. haha.

[MarthVader1]

Great to hear parts of the origin of songs. At 2:20 I hear the beginning of 'City of Blinding Lights' :-)

[happyicecream1234]

hey, neat-

[Magicmenez]

so true, i can't believe i have never noticed that

[SEO021078]

fantastic! congratulation on your clip, nice

[quakey987]

The note above by mixelangel says this song is the template for Beautiful Day ? This song is better !

[lisamarie656]

Get down off your holy cloud; God will not deal with the proud!

[LukeJ60]

awsome line. i also love the= Be uncool

Yes, be awkward

[MrU2man]

No line on the horizon is a ripper album.I cant stop listening to it. BRING ON AUSTRALIAN TOUR

[twochordcool]

But not before another North American leg!!!

[MrU2man]

No Line is a fucking great album.

[VanCityKyle]

yeah thats why i find myself listening to their last 2 albums and leaving there new one in its cd case... trust me the new album doesnt carry the same magic as there last 2..

[poop4charity]

maybe its just not for you. Some people cant stop listening to their new album while others, like you, cant stop listening to their last two album. I personally enjoy zooropa and pop sometimes more than the joshua tree, that dosent necessarly mean that either album is better.

[VanCityKyle]

Exactly its a matter of taste, for me i thought that Atomic Bomb was the perfect album.... Same with All That You Cant Leave Behind, Zooropa is the type of album we kinda forget about and forget to list as a classic, but you dam well know as soon as it plays in your car you realize it should be listeened to more... Its a matter of taste and Pop has more great moments than there new album, each album has a few good songs but there new album just doesnt hit me the same way, its prob just me..

[twochordcool]

Try Unknown Caller, Magnificent, Breathe, FEZ, I'll Go Crazy, Stand Up Comedy, Cedars of Lebanon, White As Snow - FUCK IT - try the ENTIRE album - it's AMAZING!

[twochordcool]

Trust ME - you have NO idea what you're talking about - NLOTH is as good as ANY other U2 album after you have gotten to know it - it's just not obvious - you're rewarded on repeated listens - you're only cheating yourself to shelf such great music.

[Hallucination]

I think had they used the alternate version of NLOTH instead and then cut Unknown Caller and added Mercy after Stand Up Comedy it's be easily their second best album ever right after Achtung Baby but as it stands I'm not sure where it ranks. Top 4 for sure.

[twochordcool]

And some people HATE HTDAAB - I think they're INSANE also! Could be their BEST album.

[manzone604]

100% correct - couldn't agree more mate.

and I never realized I'll have that pop touch again, but they did spend decent time and even themselves remixing it creates a diff new world. But for sure, for U2...there is NO LINE ON THE HORIZON

[SEO021078]

NLP?

;-)

[potplan]

@MrU2man - you are so right, I love that album

[swarmmaster]

Classic albums usually don't reveal themselves immediately. Give it time. Revisit it every few months...

[poop4charity]

so true, especailly with U2

[marksloi]

mis huevos putos

[nickloveandpeace]

beatiful song :D

[HarmonicsExplorer]

Always has a more intimate vibe than Beautiful Day; it's simpler in compositional dynamics. I prefer this to Beautiful Day, as a personal preferences, but I recognize the 'superior composition' of Beautiful Day, by normal professional compositional commercial production standards.

[VanCityKyle]

I couldnt agree more, in fact i think they could of kept this song for there new album, and called it "Always: still beautiful"..... This song is first single worthy and U2 should focus on these type of songs... There new album is a bit of a dissapointment for me!!

[HarmonicsExplorer]

The album doesn't really 'grab me' so much, except for Breathe and Unknown Caller, but the live performances of Breathe, Magnificent, and I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight on David Letterman are great, and, the live performance of No Line On The Horizon with host Lauren Laverne is really good to.  En el opinion mio.

[VanCityKyle]

I agree, i think that NLOTH has some great songs that are better live... But yeah i wouldnt say there new album is a classic..

[VanCityKyle]

I couldnt agree with you more... HarmonicsExplorer... U know the deal!!

[paddymourinho]

yeah i agree, i reallly dont get moment of surrender. but i also like boots :)

[twochordcool]

The entire album falls right into place over time - if you give it a chance you will soon be telling people that there isn't a bad song on the album - which there isn't!

[twochordcool]

You can AT LEAST add Fez - Being Born, Stand Up Comedy and Get On Your Boots to that list of great songs on the new album.

[twochordcool]

Their new album is GREAT!

[StellaFabi]

its better than beautiful day!!!!!!!!

U2 FOREVER

[chefluke52]

nah... its good but i like "beautiful day" better

[VanCityKyle]

I didnt say that this was my favorite song i said beautiful day was!

This is a great rough draft! Shit they could of polished this up and released it now?

[chefluke52]

oh k yeah good for a rough draft

[wrightherewrightnow9]

"Be uncool....yes be awkward!" Love that line! Such a shame that so many people are afraid to follow that advice these days.

Anyway beautiful song, loved it!

[lazarush1980]

WOW............brilliant

[u2MacPhisto09]

Awesome, it is so interesting to see how Beautiful Day developed! =)

[ProofThatThisIsReal]

Honestly, my favorite song is Beautiful day, and it ranks number one out of a list of 129 u2 songs I ordered from favorite to least favorite.(yes, it was hard to complete)That said, this song is different enough and u2ish enough to have been a completely different song with only minor relations to Beautiful Day. It's a great song that I wish they had on one of their albums. The "always" part reminds me of ELO's Time album and the song "Your's Truly 2095."'s chorus.

[governmentcheese61]

Just curious, what was your bottom ten U2 songs?

[robthebusby]

some amazing lines in this song

before the sweetness turns to sorrow. be uncool and yes be awkward

[robthebusby]

this song wudnt have bin as big as beautiful day but i think its more u2 i wish they wud have released wat they made orginally instead of being so secure and risk free because i reli like this track and i like native son better than vertigo.

[VanCityKyle]

Im sorry i have to say it! Its taken me a while to figure out my favorite song of all time.. My favorite song of all time is Beautiful Day....

I just found out about this version called always..I cant stop playing it.. NO JOKE at least 89 spins since i found it last nite/.

[VanCityKyle]

This is the type of material U2 has to put out!! It doesnt get better than this.. I think it would BE A GREAT IDEA IF THE RIGHT POPULAR BAND DID A COVER OF THIS VERSION... IT COULD BE THE SEQUEL TO BEAUTIFUL DAY OR JUST PUT OUT AS A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION!!! No Line cant compare to this....

[Carelesshottie1]

I don't get when pple mean b side plz help!

[mixelangel]

Well, when a band release a single cd, they usually put in it some other songs, like unreleased material, demos or remixes to make it more atractive to buyers... that's a b-side... ;)

[mock109]

@mixelangel b-side also can be an unreleased song that become or caused another song and then was redone

[Ste1000]

When singles were released on 45s (vinyl) the single would be on side a and a lesser song - possibly a song rejected from the album etc - would be on side b

[VanCityKyle]

oh thats why its called b-sides... Ath least with records you would for sure get b-sides cuz theres two sides.. nowadays you dont get that!!

[DizziNY]

@Carelesshottie1 On 45s there were two sides. The "B: side was the opposite side of the other in vynil. This is the song in the opposite side of the "A" side, the main song the record company pushed.

[pvaldespino]

@Carelesshottie1 Singles used be released on small 45 rpm vinyl records, producers would usually release songs that they thought would become hit songs. Eventually, the record company would release a larger 33 rpm vinyl album with most of the songs that were recorded, Some of the songs that did not make it on the full album would sometimes be put on the B side of the smaller 45 records. Sometimes the B side songs would become very popular.=)

[pvaldespino]

@Carelesshottie1 Singles used be released on small 45 rpm vinyl records, producers would usually release songs that they thought would become hit songs. Eventually, the record company would release a larger 33 rpm vinyl album with most of the songs that were recorded, Some of the songs that did not make it on the full album would sometimes be put on the B side of the smaller 45 records. Sometimes the B side songs would become very popular.=)

[pvaldespino]

@Carelesshottie1 

[swarmmaster]

@Carelesshottie1 Exactly @mixelangel. Back in the vinyl days (and of course carried into the CD age), a 7" single would have a "B" side to the "A" side. Often, and at BEST, these were songs not released on the album corresponding to the "A" side it was promoting. The Smiths were great at this, The Beatles, U2, REM. The greatest were one off singles with the A/B both new songs unavailable on LP...i.e "A Celebration/Trash, Trampoline & The Party Girl" by U2.

[Bruni93]

cool song! but i more like beautiful day!

[Skye8293]

Exactly how I feel. You can tell just listening to this song, as awesome as it is, that Beautiful Day is better; perhaps more polished or just finished is a better description. Regardless, this is an awesome rough draft, and a lovely song on its own.

[VanCityKyle]

Oh yeah this is an A+ rough draft...

[Hatjo176]

Good, but not that good as Beautifull Day

[Carelesshottie1]

Beautiful Day is better

[daholstead]

not as powerful as beautiful day

[19AD93]

Always U2! yeah! great!!

[andresc60]

Great song!!

[clockIzTicking]

the bridge isn't that good on this

[babyblueloveangel]

cool!

[HtdaabU2]

AAAAALWAYS.

[tcsurvivor03]

wow! love it! do you know where i can get this mp3? its so hard to get these rare songs anywhere.

[mastert205]

I bet you havnt read the boook NOOB!

[MrRicho1986]

he does smoke if you read u2byu2 he tells you he smoked because he liked what it did with his voice. he still smokes now but not as much i guess, the only reason you dont see him smoke now is because you never see celebrities smokeing now like they used to because it would be classed as endorsing it now.

[mastert205]

Bono Is not a smoker in real life u fools, He smokes for the Videos Are you Dull?

[OllyRogers]

No you're dull. He does smoke (or did, I dunno if he's quit).

[laboloche]

Fucking great song..

[LULUSOCCERBABE]

This song is so sweet and made me cry the first time I heard it. Bono is such an amazing singer even though he is a smoker his voice hasn't changed one bit!

[mastert205]

He isnt a smoker!

[edwardjt]

wow his voice has changed a TON lulus.(read about the pop era recordings if your interested). i still love his voice but if you listen to with or without you from RnH then listen to something like the boston concert its night and day. ALWAYS loved this b side tho. it came with my ATYCLB cd back in 2000!

[daholstead]

it would be better if they changed the lyrics

it wud be a good release

[ASortOfHomecoming92]

i prefer beautiful day

[cantsingbutgotsoul]

What? U2 lovers like everything we see!!!

No not fans,get it!!!

[Nailersy]

Or if you were a real U2 fan like me you would already have the CD single in your collection like i do, this song is eight years old, Jamie! Old news buddy.

[JamieErwin1986]

I've only been a fan for about three years

[kane1900]

Lyrically its weak, i can see why they never stuck with it.

[ChaosWolrd]

Perfect song.

[sgf1989]

you're welcome

[scottclemente]

i didn't think it sounded like beautiful day

[LennertMoens]

yeah, indeed, this song to me fits the how to dismantle an atomic bomb album more than the all that you can't leave behind. the middle eight part, i also hear some bits and pieces of miracle drug in there

[oliwil92]

2.18-2.32 it sounds like City Of Blinding Lights

[Meibukan2]

How are you people able to get these songs? I have tried for months and I can figure out how.

Please respond A.S.A.P.

Meiabukan2

[JamieErwin1986]

This song was the B-Side to Beautiful Day you can get it off iTunes

[Meibukan2]

Thanks so much.

[paxil5]

Creo que estte es el lado b de beautiful day

[GroverParachutes]

"The soul needs beauty for a soulmate"

Bono tucked that line in his pocket for a few years and dusted it off for "A Man and a Woman" on HTDAAB.

[AssistantTOtheRM]

"To be the bee and the flower" is also a line from Levitate. :)

[GroverParachutes]

Well played, good sir.

How about "if you dream, then dream out loud"?

I must be an "Acrobat"! ;)

[Europe1992]

This sounds like Beautiful Day

[SalsaForte]

Read the comments/description of this video. It's a "pre-version" of Beautiful Day... We call this a work in progress.

[u2forall]

1:22 - 1:28

With or Without you.

<3333333333

[wowychild]

Sorry, finally I found out that this videofootage is not official, but contains some parts fropm teh official Beautiful day video.

[wowychild]

I think this loveable song and its lyric is better than the final Beautiful day...Thanks for sharing its rare video!

[21gio21]

BEAUTIFUL DAY ALWAYS

B D A

[evanmcginty]

This is the original version of Beautiful Day.

The chorus of "Always" is sampled on the album version of BD

[baltazx]

Boa música. Não a conhecia.

Portugal love's U2. Come back to lisbon!

[Delasphere]

I'm french and I'm a big fan of U2. This song's amazing, it's the best band of the world...U23D in march 2008 :) <3

[Erabot]

Everyone liking this, will surely like Echo and the Bunnymen's Bomber's Bay or Lips...

[U2006gmx]

Thanks for sharing -

this song is great of course it reminds you of beautiful day but on the other hand it s diffrent!I´ve heard all their records but their still a lot of songs ive never heard before ,amazing

[markGTAfanman]

no, this song is not official released. It's not placed on any album, so that's why it's never live I think :P

[diegomansi]

this song... never live?

[ddvtsh]

Wow, I almost like this better than Beautiful Day! Thanks for posting!

[QUIQUEU2]

Terrific again!!!!!!!!!!!

[KTness1982]

"even the stuff they throw away is better then everything else out there at the moment." NsHatch

My sentiments exactly

[ml8ml8]

Song reminds me a bit of 9/11 ( 2001 )listened to the single around this time.

[sinepsdog]

you say that you know yourself, go find yourself in someone else -

[gerchokun]

At first, I kinda underrated this song, cause it was inevitable for me to compare it with Beautiful Day. But it's really grown on me, particularly because of the lyrics.

[tantradrewien]

it is intresting that it was the same video as Beautiful day.

[ml8ml8]

u kidding right?

[EnigmaComposer]

wow the verse is so different.... cool =)

[QuiqueBaeza]

De este tema salió Beautiful Day.

An excellent b side.

[sgf1989]

this was on the beautiful day single originally, not the 7 ep

[BelgianBono]

This song is soo beautiful !!

I wanted to make a video for this one but you're before me ;)

And you did a great job !

Thanks for uploading

[NsHatch]

Nice, hearing this it makes me wonder why so many people bash U2 when even the stuff they throw away is better then everything else out there at the moment.

[jneruda68]

this song is unreal..thanks for posting

[sheki890]

Beautiful Day is amazing....however the song Always is just mind blowing..just listn to the lyrics and you will know where that extra money went in the studio. U27 if you have the means, I highly recommend picking it up...it is so choice.

[John4526]

I'm so glad that someone has put this track up. Thanks, Mixelangel.

[Vinc90]

Yeah Always is cool, but Beautiful day is still better. Nice vid though