▁lyr ics ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁" H iro sh ima ▁Mon ▁Am our " ▁by ▁the ▁band ▁Ult ra vo x . ▁ ▁" E cho ▁Beach " ▁was ▁only ▁the ▁third ▁song ▁that ▁G ane ▁had ▁written . ▁ ▁The ▁map ▁shown ▁on ▁the ▁cover ▁of ▁one ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁single ▁is ▁of ▁Toronto ▁Islands , ▁while ▁another ▁single ▁shows ▁the ▁north - western ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Fle et ▁L ago on ▁and ▁the ▁bar ▁of ▁Ch es il ▁Beach , ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁Abb ots bury ▁Sw ann ery ▁in ▁Dor set . ▁▁ 3 0 th ▁anni versary ▁version ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁band ▁released ▁a ▁" 3 0 th ▁anni versary ▁version " ▁of ▁" E cho ▁Beach ." ▁A ▁comment ator ▁described ▁the ▁new ▁version ▁as ▁" def initely ▁a ▁different ▁song ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁previous ▁version ; ▁it ' s ▁slower ▁and ▁the ▁famous ▁guitar ▁r iff ▁that ▁introdu ces ▁the ▁song ▁is ▁ac oust ic . ▁[ The ▁original ] ▁was ▁also ▁good ▁to ▁be ▁dan ced ▁to , ▁whereas ▁the ▁new ▁one ▁is ▁dark er ▁and ▁l angu id ." ▁Mark ▁G ane ▁explained , ▁" We ▁wanted ▁to ▁comm emor ate ▁the ▁ 3 0 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁song , ▁by ▁not ▁trying ▁to ▁rep licate ▁the ▁version ▁that ▁we ▁originally ▁recorded , ▁but ▁as ▁mus icians ▁who ' ve ▁experienced ▁three ▁dec ades ▁of ▁living . ▁We ' d ▁like ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁recording ▁of