Where the Streets Have No Name

Where the Streets Have No Name

I wanna run, I want to hide
I wanna tear down the walls
That hold me inside.
I wanna reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name.

I wanna feel sunlight on my face.
I see the dust-cloud
Disappear without a trace.
I wanna take shelter
From the poison rain
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name.

We're still building and burning down love
Burning down love.
And when I go there
I go there with you
(It's all I can do).

The city's a flood, and our love turns to rust.
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust.
I'll show you a place
High on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name.

We're still building and burning down love
Burning down love.
And when I go there
I go there with you
(It's all I can do).


28 "Where the Streets Have No Name"
U2 (1987)

With the Edge's chicken-scratched fusillade of echoing guitar tones, U2 shot up from the Top 40 straight into the pop stratosphere. Proof that his guitar style is just as iconic as Bono's singing: He plays for two full minutes before the vocals come in.

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GRAMMY WINNER	GENRE	CATEGORY	YEAR	TITLE	PERFORMING ARTIST

U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.), artist. Meiert Avis, video director. Ben Dossett & Michael Hamlyn, video producers.

Music Video

Best Performance Music Video

1988 - 31st Annual GRAMMY Awards

Where The Streets Have No Name

U2

This video was directed by Meiert Avis. The song was performed to playback on the rooftop of the Republic Liquor Store at East 7th Street and South Main Street in Los Angeles on March 27, 1987. The scenes including the police shutting the video down due to traffic concerns are real. In 1988, the music video won a Grammy Award for "Best Performance Music Video

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