Lemon
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Lemon
Promo CD Version | Front Sleeve
Release Date: September 1993
Highest Chart Position: UK: n/a USA: n/a
Liner Notes:
Lemon (Edit): Words by Bono. Music by U2. Produced by Flood, Brian Eno and the Edge. Lemon (Oakenfold Jeep Mix): Remix and additional production by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne. Lemon (Album Version): Words by Bono. Music by U2. Produced by Flood, Brian Eno and the Edge. Lemon (Morales Bad Yard Club Version Dub): Remix and additional production by David Morales for Def Mix Productions Ltd. Keyboards, programming by Satoshi Tomiie for Def Mix Productions Ltd and Peter "Ski" Schwarts. Percussion by David Morales. Lemon (Bad Yard Club Mix): Remix and additional production by David Morales for Def Mix Productions Ltd. Keyboards, programming by Satoshi Tomiie for Def Mix Productions Ltd and Peter "Ski" Schwarts. Percussion by David Morales. Lemon (Momo's Reprise): Remix and additional production by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne. Lemon (Perfecto Mix): Remix and additional production by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne.
Track List (Promo 10" Single):
- Lemon (Bad Yard Club Mix) (8:35)
- Lemon (Serious Def Dub) (6:24)
Track List (12" Single):
- Lemon (Bad Yard Club) (10:13)
- Lemon (Morales Bad Yard Club Version Dub) (6:35)
- Lemon (Morales Momo's Reprise) (4:08)
- Lemon (Perfecto Mix) (8:56)
- Lemon (Oakenfold Jeep Mix) (5:30)
Track List (Promo 12" Single):
- Lemon (Bad Yard Club) (10:13)
- Lemon (Momo's Beats) (4:25)
- Lemon (Bad Yard Club Version Dub) (6:35)
- Lemon (Serious Def Dub) (6:24)
Track List (CD Single):
- Lemon (Edit) (4:39)
- Lemon (Oakenfold Jeep Mix) (5:30)
- Lemon (Album Version) (6:56)
- Lemon (Morales Bad Yard Club Version Dub) (6:35)
Track List (Promo CD Single):
- Lemon (Edit) (4:39)
- Lemon (Lemonade Mix Edit) (4:16)
- Lemon (Album Version) (6:56)
- Lemon (Lemonade Mix) (6:40)
Catalog:
- Australia:
- Cassette: Island 858 115-4
- CD: Island 858 115-2
- Japan:
- CD: Island PHCR-12702 (Australian Single Version)
- UK:
- 12": Island 12LEMDJ-1 (Promo), Island 12LEMDJ-2 (Promo / No PS), Island 12 LEM-DJ-1 / DJ-2 (DJ-1 and DJ-2 packaged together / 1000 Numbered Copies)
- CD: Island LEMCD 1 (One Track Promo / Different PS)
- USA:
- 10": Island PR 12 6804-1 (Promo / No PS / Marble Yellow Vinyl)
- 12": Island 422-862 957-1
- CD: Island PRCD 6800-2 (Promo / No PS)
Media Review:
Review: Lemon [Australia]
2 stars (out of 5)
By JT Griffith, All Music Guide
This CD single is from U2's 1993 album Zooropa and was only released in the U.K. It contains four versions of the disco-flavored song, but that is slightly misleading. Of the four, one is the album version and one is an edit of that version. The two real remixes on this single are the "Oakenfold Jeep Mix" and the "Morales BYC Version DUB." Of those two, only the Paul Oakenfold version is worthy. The "Jeep Mix" is stunning, as is most of Oakenfold's work for U2. Instead of just extending the song (or in transforming it into something unrecognizable) he isolates the elements that make "Lemon" the standout track on Zooropa. Here it has a driving drum and bass rhythm and new blistering guitar, all adding to the original's sensual qualities. And at 5:32 it is not too long for friends of obsessive U2 fans. David Morales' take on "Lemon" is too esoteric, which one could expect from a dub version. The early addition of funky piano is refreshing but after a few minutes you wonder if this is "Lemon" at all. People who sort of like U2 will hate this version. Overall, the U.K. single for "Lemon" is likely not an important purchase for a casual U2 fan. But devotees of Zooropa will love it for Oakenfold's reworking. (They should, however, first buy the Stay/Under My Skin CD Single which has Oakenfold's "Perfecto Remix" and Morales' "BYC Mix Edit," by far the two best "Lemon" remixes.)
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