A list of songs that U2 have covered

U2 songs cover list

You could be forgiven for thinking  that one of the biggest bands in music history wouldn't need to do covers but history has shown the Beatles did and as did the Rolling Stones (have you heard their version of My Girl?) - so why shouldn't  U2 record the odd cover song? They are a great way to add a bit of colour as a B-side on a single, and ideed they are popular as an artist's public appreciation for what has inspired and influenced them.

Here's the list of songs U2 have covered:

Song Name                        Release  found on                                           Original writer

"Night and Day"	Red Hot + Blue	Written by Cole Porter
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"	A Very Special Christmas	Written by Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
"I Believe in Father Christmas"	(RED)Wire Volume 1 Issue 2	Written by Greg Lake and Peter Sinfield
"Beat on the Brat"	We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones	Written by Jeffrey Hyman, John Cummings and Douglas Colvin
"I Remember You"	"Elevation" single	Written by Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, and Tommy Ramone
"Fortunate Son"	"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" single	Written by John Fogerty
"Instant Karma!"	Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur	Written by John Lennon
"Happiness Is a Warm Gun"	"Last Night on Earth" single	Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"	"Elevation" single	Written by Johnny Cash
"Satellite of Love"	"One" single	Written by Lou Reed
"Everlasting Love"	"All I Want Is You" single	Written by Mac Gayden and Buzz Cason
"Paint It Black"	"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" single	Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
"Dancing Barefoot"	"When Love Comes to Town" single	Written by Patti Smith and Ivan Kral
"Springhill Mining Disaster"	The Late Late Show Tribute to The Dubliners	Written by Peggy Seeger
"Neon Lights"	"Vertigo" single	Written by Ralf Hütter, Florian   Schneider, and Karl Bartos
"Pop Muzik"	"Last Night on Earth" single	Written by Robin Scott
"Jesus Christ"	Folkways: A Vision Shared	Written by Woody Guthrie

"Unchained Melody"

"With or without You" single

Written Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret

In a galaxy far far away

Now that Disney has thrown a lot of cash at George Lucas and are going to make a lot of movies that continue the adventures of Luke and Leia, I've started a new Star Wars website, In a Far Away Galaxy to see in the new movies - here's some questions I've started answering....

Who is directing Star Wars?

The director of Episode VII is the very popular JJ Abrams - currently riding a wave of popularity due to Star Trek Into Darkness, JJ is a very successful writer and producer of several films and TV shows - most notably Super 8 and Lost. 

That also sounds nice and grand but does he get Star Wars? Is he fan? If he's doing Star Trek movies why is he doing a Star Wars movie?

When will Star Wars start filming?

Byran Burk is the producer of Star Wars Episode VII along with Katherine Kennedy and JJ Abrams. He was quoted by Collider as saying: “We’re progressing on a schedule to hopefully begin next year, or the beginning of next year, and the location is still kind of floating around in the air all depending on script and a whole bunch of other issues. As I just said, everything is kind of a free-flowing thing, and when we feel like the story level on this script and everything is really coming together and schedules are all working and pieces line up, we prowl ahead, and Star Wars will be no different.” Which basically means there's firm plans to do SOMETHING .....

Is this the best top ten Star Wars quotes list ever? What about this cosplay?

How good a pilot is she really?

How many new Star Wars movies are there going to be?

Starting with Episode VII (being directed by JJ Abrams) in the Northern Hemisphere summer of 2015, it will alternate every summer with a stand -alone film until the trilogy is all sewn up. So that means 5 but you can guarantee Disney is gonna make a boat load of movies.

How did Han Solo and Chewbacca become friends?

Their connection begins when Solo boards a derelict slaving craft to find that its cargo of Wookiee children had escaped and all that was left on board was a severely wounded Wookiee in the pilot’s seat. 

Han was ordered to skin the helpless Chewbacca alive but refused. A court martial and an escape ensued as a result of this insubordination. Chewbacca later swore that he owed a life debt to Han and wouldn’t leave his side.

And that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship! 

What's the best way to blow up the Millennium Falcon?

If the Millennium Falcon was to be destroyed in the new Stars Wars movie, how should she go?

This evocative fan art of a crashed or derelict Millennium Falcon being used as a starting point for Episode VII is pretty cool.

It’s suggesting that yes, the original trilogy has been and gone, it’s time for something new.

Which got me wondering, if the Millennium Falcon was to make a grand exit from the Star Wars franchise how could she go? 

7 ways Episode VII could destroy the Millennium Falcon

1.  Han’s drunk and showing off so attempts to to again do the the Kessel Run in less than twelve par-secs. Hits an asteroid during the first par-sec.

2. Someone finds the droids they were looking for on her. They blow it up, trying to get R2D2 out of a smuggler’s hidey hole.

3. Greedo’s long lost son hunts down Han and plants a bomb on her in an attempt to kill Han. Han survives due to be way too hungover to do any work that day and stayed in bed.

4. Out of his mind on Ewok whiskey, Chewbacca crashes her on a midnight booty call trip to Kashyyyk.

5. Luke uses it to try and kill some womprats back home and comes face to face with the ultimate womprat.

6. Han doesn’t pay his parking fines and the city of Mos Eisley takes the ship as punishment. Han stubbornly does not pay his fines and the Falcon is crushed and sold as scrap metal.

7. Princess Leia, late for a girl’s night out, enters incorrect co-ordinates and drives the Falcon into the hanger exit.


Originally published at In a far away Galaxy as 7 ways Episode VII could destroy the Millennium Falcon

I found this lil guy in my back yard

He might do for Easter lunch?

Bats: Foe or food?

What goes around in nature:

Lunch is served

Comes around on the street:

The Dark Knight was to never rise again

These bat-a-riffic images and more can be found at What do bats eat? and this this post where obviously a snake was found eating a bat on a road in Australia.