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Stay (Faraway, So Close!)

Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Front Sleeve

Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Front Sleeve

Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Live CD Version Front Sleeve

Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Live CD Version | Front Sleeve

Stay (Faraway, So Close!) Promo CD Version Front Sleeve

Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Promo CD Version | Front Sleeve

Release Date: November 22-23, 1993 / June 1, 1994

Highest Chart Position: UK: 4 USA: 61

Liner Notes:

Stay (Faraway So Close) (Album Version): Words by Bono. Music by U2. Produced by Flood with Brian Eno and the Edge. Engineered by Flood and Robbie Adams. Mixed by Flood. I've Got You Under My Skin: Music and lyric by Cole Porter. Produced by Phil Ramone. Co-Produced by Mark Cattaneo. From the Frank Sinatra album Duets. Lemon (Bad Yard Club Edit): Words by Bono. Music by U2. Produced by Flood with Brian Eno and The Edge. Remix and Additional Production : David Morales for Dex Mix Productions. Engineer : David Sussman. Keyboard Programming : Satoshi Tonii for Dex Mix Productions. Percussion : David Morales. Slow Dancing: Words and Music: U2. Recorded by Flood. Mixed by Robbie Adams. Engineered by Robbie Adams. Bullet the Blue Sky (Live): Words by Bono. Music by U2. Recorded at the RDS, 28/08/93. Mixed and engineered by Mike Robinson and Robbie Adams. Radio Producer: Jeff Griffin. Love is Blindness (Live): Words by Bono. Music by U2. Recorded at Yankee Stadium, 30/08/92. Mixed and engineered by Robbie Adams. Design and Treatments by Work Associates (Dublin). Original Band photography by Anton Corbijn. Original SIEGESSAULE photography courtesy of THE TELEGRAPH Colour Library.

Track List (7" Single):

  1. Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (4:58)
  2. I've Got You Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra with Bono) (3:31)

Track List ("Swing Format" CD Single):

  1. Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (4:58)
  2. I've Got You Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra with Bono) (3:31)
  3. Lemon (Bad Yard Club Edit) (5:19)
  4. Lemon (The Perfecto Mix) (8:57)

Track List ("Live Format" CD Single):

  1. Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (4:58)
  2. Slow Dancing (3:19)
  3. Bullet The Blue Sky (Live from Dublin, August 28, 1993) (5:32)
  4. Love Is Blindness (Live from New York, August 30, 1992) (5:58)

Track List (USA CD Single):

  1. Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (4:58)
  2. I've Got You Under My Skin (3:32)
  3. Slow Dancing (3:19)
  4. Bullet The Blue Sky (Live from Dublin, August 28, 1993) (5:32)
  5. Love Is Blindness (Live from New York, August 30, 1992) (5:58)
  6. Lemon (Bad Yard Club Edit) (5:19)

Catalog:

  • Australia:
    • Cassette: Island 858 076-4
    • CD: Island 858 077-2 ("The Swing Format"), Island CIDX 578 / 858 079-2 (Digipak / Limited Edition / "The Live Format")
  • Canada:
    • Cassette: Island 422-858 076-4
    • CD: Island 422-858 097-2
  • France:
    • 7": Island IS 578 (Jukebox Promo)
    • 12": Island 2380 (One Sided Promo)
    • CD: Island 858 076-2, Island CID 578 / 858 077-2
  • Germany:
    • CD: Island 74321 17441 2 ("The Swing Format"), Island 74321 17924 2 (Digipak / Limited Edition / "The Live Format")
  • Japan:
    • CD: Island PHCR-8713
  • Netherlands:
    • 7": Island 74321 17441 7
  • Philippines:
    • 7": Island / Polycosmic PLC 93-048 (Promo / No PS)
  • UK:
    • 7": Island IS578 / 858 076-7
    • 10": Island / Abbey Road Acetate (One Sided Disc)
    • Cassette: Island CIS578 / 858 076-4
    • CD: Island CID578 ("The Swing Format"), Island CIDX578 (Digipak / Limited Edition / "The Live Format"), Island CIDDJ578 (Promo / Different PS)
  • USA:
    • 7": Island 422-858 076-7
    • Cassette: Island 422-858 076-4
    • CD: Island 422-858 097-2, Island PRCD 6806-2 (Promo / Blue Silkscreen CD)

Media Review:

Review: Stay (Faraway So Close) [US]

3 stars (out of 5)

By JT Griffith, All Music Guide

This CD single is from U2's 1993 album Zooropa. This was the first and only single released from the album in most parts of the world. It was also the first U2 single since 1989's When Love Comes to Town to feature live tracks (common in the 1980s). The non-American releases were two CD sets entitled "Live Format" and "Swing Format" depending on the non-LP material. The US single combines the two formats into one CD single. It includes the album versions of "Stay (Faraway So Close)," the Frank Sinatra/Bono duet "I've Got You Under My Skin," and the b-side "Slow Dancing.". Additionally, it has two live songs and two remixes. The live songs are "Bullet The Blue Sky" from The Joshua Tree and "Love Is Blindness from Achtung Baby. Both are impressive and indicate that U2 needs to mine their live catelogue more. The remixes of Lemon" are the "Bad Yard Club Edit by David Morales and the "Perfecto Mix" by Paul Oakenfold. These are -- by far -- the two best versions of "Lemon" available. This is the best Stay single, because it offers material that elsewhere in the world was avalible on two singles. Stay reached #61 on the US charts but was #4 in the UK.

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