The Unforgettable Fire (song)

"The Unforgettable Fire"
Standard edition
Single by U2
from the album The Unforgettable Fire
B-side	"Love Comes Tumbling" "Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come" "The Three Sunrises" "Bass Trap"
Released	22 April 1985[1]
Recorded	May–August 1984
Studio	Slane Castle (County Meath) Windmill Lane (Dublin)
Length	4:56
Label	CBS Ireland Island Polystar
Composer(s)	U2
Lyricist(s)	Bono
Producer(s)	Brian Eno Daniel Lanois
U2 singles chronology
"Pride (In the Name of Love)" (1984) "The Unforgettable Fire" (1985) "With or Without You" (1987)
Audio sample
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Music video
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"The Unforgettable Fire" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the title track of their fourth album (1984), and was released as the album's second single in April 1985. The band cited an art exhibition by victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that was held at The Peace Museum in Chicago as the lyrical inspiration for the song. It became U2's first number one single in Ireland,^[2] their third top-ten hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number six on the UK Singles Chart, and reached number eight on the Dutch singles chart.

The song, like many tracks from The Unforgettable Fire, is an atmospheric composition, with ambient use of guitar and a string arrangement by Irish jazz musician Noel Kelehan.