Elevation (song)

"Elevation"
Single by U2
from the album All That You Can't Leave Behind
B-side"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"
Released25 June 2001 (2001-06-25)
Recorded2000
StudioHQ (Dublin, Ireland)
GenreAlternative rock
Length
  • 3:46 (album version)
  • 3:35 (Tomb Raider mix)
LabelIsland, Interscope
Composer(s)U2
Lyricist(s)Bono
Producer(s)
U2 singles chronology
"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
(2001) 		"Elevation"
(2001) 		"Walk On"
(2001)
Music video
"Elevation" on YouTube
Alternative cover

"Elevation" is a 2001 song by Irish rock group U2. It is the third single from their 10th studio album All That You Can't Leave Behind and went to number 3 in the United Kingdom, Croatia, Scotland and Italy, number 1 in Ireland, Canada, the Netherlands and Portugal, number 2 in Spain and number 6 in Denmark and Australia. It won a Grammy Award in 2002.

Formats and track listings

Version 1 (CD version released only in the UK)
No. Title Length
1. "Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix) 3:35
2. "Elevation" (Escalation mix) 7:04
3. "Elevation" (Vandit club mix) 8:54
Version 2 (first regular CD edition, released in Europe, Canada and the UK)
No. Title Length
1. "Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix) 3:35
2. "Last Night on Earth" (Live at Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico, 3 December 1997) 6:20
3. "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (Johnny Cash cover) 4:11
Version 3 (Europe only)
No. Title Length
1. "Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix) 3:35
2. "Elevation" (Biffco mix) 4:18
Version 4 (second regular CD-single released in Europe, Australia and Canada. The version released in Australia also had "Last Night on Earth" (Live from Mexico City))
No. Title Length
1. "Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix) 3:35
2. "Elevation" (Escalation mix) 7:04
3. "Elevation" (Influx remix) 4:02
4. "Elevation" (Quincey and Sonance mix) 6:53
Version 5 (labeled the "Tour Edition", this edition was numbered and sold on tour stops throughout Europe)[1]
No. Title Length
1. "Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix) 3:35
2. "I Remember You" (Live at Irving Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York) (Ramones cover) 1:28
3. "New York" (Live at Irving Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York) 5:42
4. "I Will Follow" (Live at Irving Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York) 3:51
Version 6 (released in Australia only)
No. Title Length
1. "Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix) 3:35
2. "I Remember You" (Live at Irving Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York) (Ramones cover) 1:28
3. "New York" (Live at Irving Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York) 5:42
4. "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (Johnny Cash cover) 4:11
5. "Elevation" (Biffco mix) 4:18
Version 7 (DVD-single edition)[2]
No. Title Length
1. "Elevation" (Tomb Raider mix) 3:35
2. "Elevation" (Tomb Raider video) 3:50
3. "Excerpts from MTV's Making the Video"   3:46
Version 8 (double 12-inch vinyl released in the UK)
No. Title Length
1. "Beautiful Day" (Quincey and Sonance mix) 7:56
2. "Beautiful Day" (Perfecto mix) 7:48
3. "Beautiful Day" (David Holmes remix) 5:34
4. "Elevation" (Vandit club mix) 8:54
5. "Elevation" (Influx remix) 5:34
6. "Elevation" (Escalation mix) 5:34
7. "Elevation" (Quincey and Sonance remix) 5:34

References

  1. ↑ "U2 – Elevation". Discogs. 2 July 2001. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "U2 RELEASE ELEVATION MUSIC DVD". Tombraiderchronicles.com. 16 June 2001. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
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