'' Zooropa '' producer Flood said that " Zooropa " was one of his favourite songs on the album , along with " Daddy 's Gon na Pay for Your Crashed Car " , " The First Time " , and " Numb " . Mullen felt that the song was " absolutely mesmerizing " . Following the release of " Zooropa " , references to the song have appeared in professional writings and in other media . On the day of the U2 concert in Sarajevo during the PopMart Tour in 1997 , tour set designer Willie Williams wrote about waking up that day with " Zooropa " playing in his head and stated that Sarajevo " is the city of Zooropa , if there ever was one . " José Manuel Barroso , president of the European Commission , quoted the song 's lyrics at a 2005 press conference after enlisting Bono in an effort to get governments in the European Union to give more money to developing countries , and stated that the lyrics inspired an article he wrote about the future of Europe . Thomas Diez of the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute made references to " Zooropas lyrics in a 1999 book review about the history of the European Union ; lyrics also appeared in a 2005 German – English dictionary , under its listing for " Vorsprung durch Technik "
U2 concert in Sarajevo
U2 concert in Sarajevo
Zooropa (song)