Bono, "it will cause you embarrassment". Ultimately, no single was commercially released. After the song's release on the film's soundtrack, U2 hoped to feature the song on their newest album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, but instead the song was only released as a bonus track on the United Kingdom, Australian and Japanese releases of the album. Reception Steve Matteo of Newsday called the song "a haunting track of rousing, visceral majesty that can stand alongside anything U2 has recorded". Rob Brunner of Entertainment Weekly rated the song a C+, calling it "so ordinary" and saying, "Eno's sonic atmosphere can't conceal a serious lack of melodic substance." Track listing Personnel U2 Bono – vocals The Edge – guitar Adam Clayton – bass guitar Larry Mullen Jr. – drums, percussion Additional performers Daniel Lanois – pedal steel Craig Armstrong – strings Leo Pearson – programming Danny Saber – programming Production Daniel Lanois – production Brian Eno – production Richard Rainey – engineering Tim Palmer – mixing Mark Howard – additional engineering Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Mnemonic version Members of the London band Mnemonic Richard Das and Jonathan Skipp had heard Bono and the Edge perform a verse of this song as they were writing it for the upcoming film The Million Dollar Hotel on a television program in September 1999 and then interpolated verses and chorus from the Salman Rushdie book The Ground Beneath Her Feet to complete their own version of the song. Band members contributed their parts and a final version was mixed and completed in December 1999. The band released it free on the internet downloadable from mnemonicgroove.com in January 2000 before the official U2 version (released on 8 February 2000). Hits on the Mnemonic band website at one point peaked at 97,000+ for one day for the download. The news of their version of the song spread to global news agencies and this was widely reported on various media and a feature on the band was done by The Straits Times. The release of their version of the song as free downloadable media prompted a "surprisingly favourable" response from the Edge. References Footnotes Bibliography 2000s ballads 2000 songs U2 songs Rock ballads Song recordings produced by Brian Eno Songs written by Bono Songs written by the Edge Songs written by Adam Clayton Songs written by Larry Mullen Jr. Song recordings produced by Daniel Lanois Salman