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"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" is the fifth track from U2's 1993 album, Zooropa, and was released as the album's third single on 22 November 1993. It achieved notable success in the UK, where it reached number four, but had a very short chart run, and also Australia, where it reached number five.
Recording and composition.
"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" was a song that Bono and The Edge had been working on for a while, prior to its recording. The song was inspired by Frank Sinatra's music - its working title while still in development was actually "Sinatra". The verse melody originated from the band's sessions for Achtung Baby in Berlin, but it was after the band heard that Wim Wenders was looking for a song for his new movie Faraway, So Close! that they decided to complete the song. The Edge proceeded to play around on the piano improvising some "old-school chord progressions, trying to summon up the spirit of Frank Sinatra." The single's B-side featured the song "I've Got You Under My Skin", as a duet between Bono and Sinatra, which was originally released on Sinatra's Duets album.
This song, in a version with heavier guitar and drums, was released on the soundtrack to Wenders' Faraway, So Close!, along with an extended version of "The Wanderer". In a 2005 interview with Rolling Stone, Bono cited "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" as one of his personal favorite U2 songs and perhaps their most underrated. This version, released on the film soundtrack, runs 1 minute and 48 seconds longer.
The single was released on 22 November 1993 in the UK and on 1 June 1994 in the rest of Europe.
Music video
The music video for the song, directed by Wenders and Mark Neale, features the Statue of Victoria, the golden monument that sits atop the Berlin Victory Column, and is heavily based on the film from which it takes its name, as it includes images taken directly from the film (some just recreated) and shows angels falling to Earth. German avant-garde artist Meret Becker, stepdaughter of the movie's lead Otto Sander, portrays the female singer.
Recording and composition.
"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" was a song that Bono and The Edge had been working on for a while, prior to its recording. The song was inspired by Frank Sinatra's music - its working title while still in development was actually "Sinatra". The verse melody originated from the band's sessions for Achtung Baby in Berlin, but it was after the band heard that Wim Wenders was looking for a song for his new movie Faraway, So Close! that they decided to complete the song. The Edge proceeded to play around on the piano improvising some "old-school chord progressions, trying to summon up the spirit of Frank Sinatra." The single's B-side featured the song "I've Got You Under My Skin", as a duet between Bono and Sinatra, which was originally released on Sinatra's Duets album.
This song, in a version with heavier guitar and drums, was released on the soundtrack to Wenders' Faraway, So Close!, along with an extended version of "The Wanderer". In a 2005 interview with Rolling Stone, Bono cited "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" as one of his personal favorite U2 songs and perhaps their most underrated. This version, released on the film soundtrack, runs 1 minute and 48 seconds longer.
The single was released on 22 November 1993 in the UK and on 1 June 1994 in the rest of Europe.
Music video
The music video for the song, directed by Wenders and Mark Neale, features the Statue of Victoria, the golden monument that sits atop the Berlin Victory Column, and is heavily based on the film from which it takes its name, as it includes images taken directly from the film (some just recreated) and shows angels falling to Earth. German avant-garde artist Meret Becker, stepdaughter of the movie's lead Otto Sander, portrays the female singer.
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