▁des erved ▁credit ▁for ▁creating ▁an ▁original ▁song ▁for ▁the ▁occasion ▁but ▁that ▁the ▁results ▁were ▁of ▁mixed ▁quality : ▁" The ▁sound ▁was ▁mud dy , ▁and ▁the ▁concept ▁under co oked , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁an ▁implicit ▁acknowled gment ▁that ▁a ▁situation ▁this ▁dire ▁demanded ▁something ▁more ▁than ▁s que ez ing ▁meaning ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁pre - ex isting ▁song ▁that ▁la cks ▁it ." ▁Ann ▁Pow ers ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁said ▁the ▁song ' s ▁performance ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁new sw orth y ▁of ▁the ▁event , ▁and ▁described ▁its ▁musical ▁flav oring ▁as ▁partly ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁U 2 ▁side ▁project ▁Pass engers ▁and ▁partly ▁derived ▁from ▁modern ▁rap . ▁The ▁Hart ford ▁Cour ant ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁most ▁high - power ed ▁combination ▁of ▁the ▁tele th on , ▁but ▁said ▁that ▁B ono ▁did ▁not ▁seem ▁fully ▁integrated ▁into ▁the ▁performance . ▁ ▁Chart ▁performance ▁On ▁ 2 7 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁song ▁deb uted ▁on ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁Singles ▁Chart ▁at ▁number ▁six . ▁It ▁also ▁deb uted ▁at ▁number ▁ 1 6 ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁ 1 0 0 ▁chart , ▁and ▁number ▁six ▁on ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Hot ▁ 1 0 0 . ▁On ▁ 2 8 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁' Str and ed ▁( H ait i ▁Mon ▁Am our )' ▁deb uted ▁on ▁the ▁Irish ▁Singles ▁Chart ▁at ▁number ▁three . ▁The ▁following ▁day ,