Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Front Sleeve
Release Date: September 1984
Highest Chart Position: UK: 3 USA: 33
Liner Notes:
Produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Additional Engineering by Kevin Killen. Band Photography by Anton Corbijn.
Track List (7" Single):
- Pride (In The Name Of Love) (3:47)
- Boomerang II (Vocal) (4:50)
Track List (12" Single):
- Pride (In The Name Of Love) (4:40)
- Boomerang I (Instrumental) (2:47)
- Boomerang II (Vocal) (4:48)
- 4th Of July (2:38)
Catalog:
- Australia:
- 7": Island / Festival K 9502
- 12": Island X 14105 (Clear and White Vinyl)
- Cassette: C 14105, C14114
- Austria:
- CD: Island 664 975 (Issued in 1991)
- Brazil:
- 12": WEA PRO 21.049 (Promo)
- Canada:
- 7": Island ISL 97011
- 12": Island IS1010
- Cassette: Island ISC-1035
- France:
- 7": Island 880 236-7
- 12": Island 880 236-1
- Germany:
- 7": Island 106 773-100
- 12": Island 601 469-213
- Ireland:
- 7": CBS A 4727, CBSA4727 (Double Pack)
- 12": CBSA 4727
- Italy:
- 7": Island IS202
- 12": Island ISX 202
- Japan:
- 7": Island 7SI-125
- 12": Island 18SI-275
- New Zealand:
- 7": Island / Festival K-9502
- 12": Island X14105
- Peru:
- 7": Island F-ISL 0106773.4
- Portugal:
- 12": Island 10.601469.27
- South Africa:
- 7": Island IS202
- Spain:
- 7": Island A-106.773 (White Label Promo)
- 12": Island F-601.921, Island F-601.469
- UK:
- 7": Island IS202, Island ISP 202 (Picture Disc), Island ISD 202 (Double Pack)
- 12": Island 12IS202, Island 12ISX202
- Cassette: Island CIS 202
- USA:
- 7": Island IS 7-99704
- 12": Island PR 635 (No PS / White Label Promo)
Media Review:
Review: Pride (In the Name of Love) [Single]
2 1/2 stars (out of 5)
By JT Griffith, All Music Guide
Pride (In the Name of Love) was the first single from U2's 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire. In the 1980s, Bono described "Pride" as "the most successful pop song we've ever written. Pop for me is an easily understood thing, you listen to it and you comprehend it almost immediately. You relate to it instinctively." He also added with great insight: "A lot of (The Unforgettable Fire) isn't like that at all." Legend has it that "Pride" was developed during a sound check in 1983. The song is a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., even though it incorrectly describes King's death as happening in the "early morning." "Pride" peaked at number 33 on the Billboard charts, but is undoubtedly the band's most popular. The single was voted Number One Best Single in the Hot Press Readers Poll that year. U2.com shares some trivia about the song: Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders is credited for backup vocals on the track but was credited as Christine Kerr because she was married to Jim Kerr of Simple Minds. The 12" version was released in Europe with a black-and-white photo of the band and contains the single version of "Pride (In the Name of Love)," the B-sides "Boomerang I" and "Boomerang II," and a longer version of The Unforgettable Fire's "4th of July." The Pride (In the Name of Love) single was released on CD.
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