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Having completed two UK tours in support of their previous two
singles and debut album the band switched its attention to the USA.
I Will Follow was U2's first single
release there and the band undertook a three month tour of the USA,
releasing a US radio-only promo of the March 6th Boston show at
The Paradise Theater entitled Two Sides
Live and recording Fire at Compass
Point Studio, Nassau at the end of it. Returning to Dublin they
recorded their second album during the summer, again releasing the
opening track - Gloria - as a single.
October rode in on the wave of
interest resulting from their higher chart profile.
"I Will Follow"
| Tracks: |
I Will Follow, Out Of Control
(Live) |
| Format: |
7 inch single |
7 inch single |
| Country of Origin: |
USA |
USA |
| Label: |
Island |
Island |
| Catalogue Number: |
IS49716 |
IS49716 |
| Release date: |
March 1981 |
March 1981 |
| Notes: |
With poster |
B-side recorded at Paradise
Theater, Boston - reissued on the CD single Sweetest
Thing. |
"Two Sides Live"
 
| Tracks: |
The Ocean, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, Touch,
An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart, Cry/The Electric Co., Things To
Make And Do, Another Time, Another Place, Stories For Boys,
Twilight, I Will Follow, Out Of Control, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock,
The Ocean |
| Format: |
LP |
| Country of Origin: |
USA |
| Label: |
Island |
| Catalogue Number: |
WBMS117 |
| Release date: |
1981 |
| Notes: |
Recorded live at Paradise Theater, Boston
- complete concert. |
"Fire"
| Tracks: |
Fire, J Swallo |
Fire, J Swallo , 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (live),
The Ocean (live), Cry - The Electric Co (live) |
Fire, J Swallo , 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (live),
The Ocean (live) |
| Format: |
7 inch single |
7 inch double single |
12 inch single |
| Country of Origin: |
UK |
UK |
Holland |
| Label: |
Island |
Island |
Island |
| Catalogue Number: |
WIP6679 |
UWIP6679 |
600.417 |
| Release date: |
July 1981 |
| Notes: |
|
Live tracks recorded at Paradise
Theater, Boston. |
| Highest UK Chart position: |
No.35 |
"Why weren't U2 bigger sooner?" people often wonder.
The answer is of course that they kept putting out duff singles
like this. "Fire"'s chart performance is arguably due
to the free live single. This gave U2 their first chance to appear
on the influential Top of The Pops. After which the single
duly dropped. This success also caused the "Boy" album
to enter the UK Top 100 album chart for four weeks, peaking at No.
55.
"Gloria"
| Tracks: |
Gloria |
Gloria, I Will Follow (live) |
| Format: |
7 inch single |
| Country of Origin: |
UK |
Australia |
| Label: |
Island |
Festival Records |
| Catalogue Number: |
WIP6733DJ |
WIP6733 |
K8510 |
| Release date: |
|
October 1981 |
|
| Notes: |
One-sided DJ Promo featuring an edited version
of "Gloria" |
|
|
| Highest UK Chart position: |
No.55 |
Now I don't know about you, but can you honestly look at the cover
of this single without thinking "What the hell were they playing
at?" 'Lean a couple of mirrors together and look at the album
cover photo?' Was the creative team on holiday that week??
"October"
| Tracks: |
Gloria, I Fall Down, I Threw
A Brick Through A Window, Rejoice, Fire, Tomorrow, October,
With A Shout (Jerusalem), Stranger In A Strange Land, Scarlet,
Is That All? |
| Format: |
LP |
1+1 Cassette |
1+1 Cassette |
CD |
CD |
| Country of Origin: |
UK |
UK |
UK |
UK |
UK |
| Label: |
Island |
Island |
Island |
Island |
| Catalogue Number: |
ILP9680 |
ICT9680 |
ICT9680 |
CID111 |
IMCD223 |
| Release date: |
October 1981 |
| Notes: |
|
In cigarrette box-style carton |
|
|
Island Masters reissue, featuring higher
quality paper inner and extra pictures taken from the vinyl
album's original inner sleeve. |
| Highest UK Chart position: |
No.11 |
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