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"The Hands That Built America" is a song by 's " Lose Yourself ." COMPOSITION "The Hands That Built America" is a song about New York . The first verse of the song makes reference to the Irish Potato Famine , and the resulting emigration of hundreds of thousands of Irish people to the United States ; a fact reflected in the Demographics of New York City. The second and third verses relate to the American Dream , and the ideals that hard work can bring a person prosperity. The final verse is about September 11th . SOUNDTRACK AND INSPIRATION The soundtrack mix of the song features Andrea Corr , who played the Tin Whistle , and Sharon Corr who played the violin. Liner Notes of "The Hands That Built America" The title of the song was inspired by Horslips title track to their album "The Man Who Built America" with the full blessing of Horslips singer and bass player Barry Devlin, who had also produced a number of U2 videos. LIVE HISTORY U2 have performed this song live in its entirety seven times, the first being at the premiere of ''Gangs of New York'' on December 9 2002 , and the last occurrence done solely by Bono and The Edge as an acoustic performance at the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 18th , 2004 . All times "The Hands That Built America" has been played live Although "The Hands That Built America" has not been played live since 2004, it was included in the Vertigo Tour (2005-2006) many times as a Snippet during the song " Bullet The Blue Sky ", along with other songs such as " Please " and " When Johnny Comes Marching Home ". MUSIC VIDEOS Two different music videos were created for "The Hands That Built America". The first uses a combination of black and white footage of the band playing the song, and scenes from ''Gangs of New York''. This video uses the version of the song found on ''The Best of 1990-2000''. The second video is comprised solely of black and white footage U2 playing the song. This video uses an acoustic version of the song. TRIVIA
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