"The Ground Beneath Her Feet" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It appears in the 2000 film The Million Dollar Hotel, which was produced by U2 lead vocalist Bono, and the song was included on the film's soundtrack. Author Salman Rushdie is credited as the lyricist, as the words are taken from his 1999 book The Ground Beneath Her Feet. Written during the recording sessions for U2's album All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000), the song features Daniel Lanois, who played pedal steel guitar. A different mix from the soundtrack version appears in the film. "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" was released as a promotional single in February 2000, reaching number two on the US Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart, number 22 in Canada, and number one in Iceland. Writing Author Salman Rushdie's novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet contains lyrics for a song of the same name. In the novel, the fictional character Ormus Cama writes the lyrics as a lamentation for his lover, Vina Apsara. After completing the novel, Rushdie sent a copy of the manuscript to U2 lead vocalist Bono and asked him to set the song lyrics to music. According to Bono, he developed the song's melody as soon as he first read the lyrics. During a dinner break in the recording sessions for U2's album All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000), Bono and producer Daniel Lanois remained in the studio and recorded a version of the song. Bono said, "I sang the melody and it was all there." Lanois said: "It's a lovely song to sing with just an acoustic guitar. That's the mark of a good song, isn't it? That's probably the way the song should have been presented." Lanois played pedal steel guitar on the song, and guitarist the Edge added a guitar riff. U2 manager Paul McGuinness confirmed in January 1999 that a demo of the song had been recorded and that the group were hoping to release it. In an April 1999 issue of Rolling Stone, the Edge said: "The bones of it are there, but we're still in development. We're very excited about it." Ultimately, the rest of the band were unconvinced by the song. They pejoratively called it a "salad" (the group's term for a ballad) and questioned whether they needed another one for All That You Can't Leave Behind. The Edge said the song