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I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Front Sleeve

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Front Sleeve

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Back Sleeve

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Back Sleeve

Release Date: May 1987

Highest Chart Position: UK: 6 USA: 1

Liner Notes:

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For: Written by U2. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Recorded by Flood. Additional Engineering by Dave Meegan. Assisted by Pat McCarthy. Mixed by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Spanish Eyes: Written by U2. Produced by U2. Recorded by Flood. Assisted by Pat McCarthy. Mixed by Dave Meegan. DX7 played by Brian Eno. Deep in the Heart: Written by U2. Produced by U2. Recorded by Marc Coleman. Assisted by Pat McCarthy. Mixed by Dave Meegan.

Track List:

  1. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (4:36)
  2. Spanish Eyes (3:14)
  3. Deep In The Heart (4:30)

Catalog:

  • Argentina:
    • 12": RCA / Ariola TLP-50467
    • Cassette: Island TMS 50467
  • Australia:
    • 7": Island K273
  • Austria:
    • CD: Island 664 987
  • Brazil:
    • 7": WEA Flexi Disc (from Bizz Magazine)
    • 12": WEA 1127 (Promo)
  • Canada:
    • 7": Island 97057
    • 12": Island IS 1135
    • Cassette: Island ISC1135
  • Germany:
    • 7": Island 109 152
    • 12": Island 609 152
    • CD: Island 659 152
  • Guatemala:
    • 7": Island A-364
  • Italy:
    • 7": Island IS 328
  • Japan:
    • 7": Island D07D-2026
  • Mexico:
    • 7": Ariola RX 397 (Promo)
    • 12": Island SL-7173
  • South Africa:
    • 7": Island ISS328
  • Spain:
    • 7": Island 1A 609 152
    • 12": Island 3A 609 152 (1 Sided White Label Promo)
  • Sweden:
    • 7": Island IS 328
  • UK:
    • 7": Island IS 328, Island ISJ 328 (No PS / Jukebox Promo)
    • 12": Island 12IS328, Island 12 IS 328A (No PS / 1 Sided White Label Promo)
    • Cassette: Island CIS 328
  • USA:
    • 7": Island 7-99430, Island 7-99431 (No PS / Jukebox Promo)
    • 12": Island 0-96740
    • Cassette: Island 96757-9, Island 96757-4

Media Review:

Review: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For [Single]

3 stars (out of 5)

By JT Griffith, All Music Guide

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For was the second single released from U2's breakthrough 1987 album The Joshua Tree. The song was deeply inspired by American gospel music. According to the Edge (from U2.com): "We were listening to some gospel during The Joshua Tree sessions. I remember The Mighty Clouds and the Rev Cleveland and the Staple Singers...." Supposedly the album version was very different from the first attempt, when the song was called "Under the Weather": "The original was more loose, almost Jamaican. At first no-one (in the band) took it that seriously because it sounded so unlike anything we'd ever done and it didn't gel until the mix, but when it was finished we all realized that we had something special. The reviewers didn't like it though. One American said...that Foreigner's song "I Want to Know What Love Is" was better." The Jamaican influence was never lost from U2's gospel song, as Bono has added snippets of Bob Marley's "Exodus" and "Three Little Birds" live in concert. U2.com claims that "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is the band's second most covered song (after "With or Without You" Famous versions include ones by Cher, Seal and Steve Winwood, Vertical Horizon, and Venice. The 7" vinyl version was released worldwide and contains the title track (album version) and two B-sides from the infamous Joshua Tree Double Album, "Spanish Eyes" and "Deep in the Heart." Both songs are excellent and make this single a great addition The I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For single has been released on CD. This song was U2's second straight number one on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, but peaked at only number six on the U.K. singles chart. It was nominated for two Grammys as Best Single of the Year and Best Record of the Year.

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