Get On Your Boots

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"Get On Your Boots"
Single by U2
from the album No Line on the Horizon
B-side	"No Line on the Horizon 2"
Released	19 January 2009[1]
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:24
Label	Interscope Mercury
Composer(s)	U2
Lyricist(s)	Bono
Producer(s)	Brian Eno Daniel Lanois Declan Gaffney
U2 singles chronology
"The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (2008) "Get On Your Boots" (2009) "Magnificent" (2009)
Music video
"Get On Your Boots" on YouTube
Audio sample
"Get On Your Boots" file help

"Get On Your Boots" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and the sixth track on their 2009 album No Line on the Horizon.^[2] The song was released as the album's lead single on 19 January 2009, with a physical release on 14 February.^[3] The lyrical delivery of the song's verses has been said to resemble Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues,"^[4][5] while the song has also been compared to "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello.^[6]

"Get On Your Boots" received mixed reviews, dividing critics. It peaked at number 12 in the UK charts in its first week of release. The song reached higher in the charts in Ireland, Scotland and Canada. Filmmaker Alex Courtes directed the song's music video, which featured footage of the band performing in front of a montage of political feminist imagery. It premiered on the Irish Independent website on 6 February 2009. U2 performed the song live to open the 51st Annual Grammy Awards and the 2009 Brit Awards.