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"Sunday Bloody Sunday" is a Song by U2 in the album '' War ''. It is considered by some to be the ultimate protest song by U2 and has become one of the band's Signature Song s. HISTORY It was written about the then ongoing Troubles in Northern Ireland . It refers to the events of Bloody Sunday (1972) and Bloody Sunday (1920) in Irish history but is not specifically about either event. It takes a standpoint of someone who is horrified by the cycle of violence in the province. The original recording of the song is built around a martial drumbeat and an Electric Violin part (played by Steve Wickham) playing against The Edge 's guitar. Curiously, this song was released as a single in Europe only; " Two Hearts Beat As One " was the preferred track for the US . Famously introduced on 1983's War Tour with the statement, "This is not a rebel song, this song is 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'," the live performances on that tour featured a routine where ''. During the Joshua Tree Tour it was played in both "fast" and "slow" versions. ''Rattle And Hum'''s performance is particularly famous for Bono's mid-song rant where he angrily and emphatically denounces A Terrorist Attack that had occurred earlier that day, 8 November 1987 , in the Irish town of Enniskillen . The mid-song rant goes like this: "Let me tell you something. I have had enough of Irish-Americans who haven't been back to 'their country' in twenty or thirty years come up to me and talk about 'the resistance', 'the revolution' back home and the 'glory' of the revolution and the glory of 'dying' for the revolution. Fuck the revolution! They don't talk about the glory of KILLING for the revolution! What's the glory in taking a man from his bed and gunning him down in front of his wife and children? Where's the glory in that? Where's the glory in bombing a Remembrance Day parade of old age pensioners, their medals taken out and polished up for the day? Where's the glory in that? To leave them dying or crippled for life or dead under the rubble of the revolution, that the majority of the people in my country don't want? Sing NO MORE!" The song was not played at all on the next tour, 1989's Lovetown Tour , because Bono felt he could not surpass the performance on ''Rattle And Hum''. The song finally returned to U2's live setlist in August 1992 on the third leg of the Zoo TV Tour . It initially failed to appear on 1997's PopMart Tour , except as an occasional drum part tease, but late on the second leg, U2 played an emotional concert in war-ravaged Sarajevo that included a touching solo performance of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by The Edge . The song was subsequently played live in this style until the end of the tour in March 1998, omitted from just two concerts after Sarajevo. The two tours after PopMart have included a full band performance as a regular inclusion, and it is one of the ten most frequently performed songs in U2's live history. The B-Side to this single, the evocative "Endless Deep", is unusual in that it is one of the few songs that features Bassist Adam Clayton singing. TRACK LISTINGS Version 1 #"Sunday Bloody Sunday" (Album Version) (4:34) #"Endless Deep" (2:58) This is the most common version, released on 7" vinyl in Germany and The Netherlands . Version 2 #"Sunday Bloody Sunday" (Album Version) (4:34) #" Two Hearts Beat As One " (US Remix) (5:40) #" New Year's Day " (US Remix) (4:30) This version was released on 12", and in a re-release as a CD Single , in several European countries. CHART POSITIONS EXTERNAL LINKS
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