The Ground Beneath Her Feet: U2 with guest Daniel
Lanois on pedal steel. Music by U2. Lyrics by Salman Rushdie. Taken from
his book, "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" (1999). Produced by Daniel Lanois
and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Mixed by Tim Palmer. Strings
by Craig Armstrong. Programming by Leo Pearson and Danny Saber. Additional
engineering by Mark Howard.
From the original soundtrack album "The Million Dollar Hotel" produced
by Hal Wilner. All photography taken from the movie "The Million Dollar
Hotel" coutesy of the Botash Group. Sleeve Design: ABA Dublin.
OTHER NOTES
This was the first release by U2 in the 2000s. The promotional
version was released to radio on February 8, 2000, to promote the movie
"The Million Dollar Hotel". The movie itself had been co-written
by Bono, and was a project he also makes a brief cameo appearance in.
The song was written by Salman Rushdie for his book, "The Ground Beneath
Her Feet". U2 recorded the song for possible inclusion for their album
due in the fall of 2000, but the song was given to the soundtrack album
instead. It would still appear on All That You Can't Leave Behind
as a bonus track in Europe, and Japan.
The Ground Beneath Her Feet was released as a promotional single only.
The accompanying video that was shot got very little airplay. Two versions
of the promo were released, on in the UK and one in North America.
Only the UK version featured the multimedia trailer for the movie.
CATALOG INFORMATION
5" CD:
Country:
UK
Label:
Island Records
Catalog:
GROUNDCD1
UPC:
None
Package:
Double Card Sleeve
Matrix:
GROUNDCD1 04 5
Track Listing:
The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Album Version) / Million Dollar
Hotel Trailer
Further Information:
Released in a double card sleeve. The outer sleeve
is plain blue with the catalog number marked on the back. This outer sleeve
is diecut so that you can see the "Million Dollar Hotel" sign on the inner
sleeve.
