"11 O'Clock Tick Tock"
Single by U2 from the album (non-album single)
Released	May 23, 1980
Format	Vinyl (7")
Recorded
Genre	Rock
Length	3 m 44 s
Label	CBS / Island
Producer(s)	Martin Hannett
Chart positions
Professional reviews
AMG link
U2 singles chronology
Another Day (1980)	11 O'Clock Tick Tock (1980)	A Day Without Me (1980)

"11 O'Clock Tick Tock" was U2's third single release. A non-album single, it was produced by then-legendary producer Martin Hannett, who was more famous for his work with Joy Division, a band influential on U2. It debuted live in August 1979 with alternate lyrics and was then known as The Silver Lining, and evolved into 11 O'Clock Tick Tock between March and May 1980. During the first half of the 1980s, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock was one of U2's most popular live songs and it appears on the live release Under A Blood Red Sky. On U2's very early tours, it was often played twice due to a lack of material - once early in the concert, and then during the encore. Until December 1982, it was routinely paired with The Ocean, a song from the band's debut album Boy. After The Unforgettable Fire Tour concluded in July 1985, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock essentially vanished from live setlists, appearing only twelve more times, including eight performances on 2001's Elevation Tour. Nonetheless, the frequency of its early performances means that it still holds a place as one of U2's twenty most performed live songs. In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals and guitar, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar and pianos and vocals, Adam Clayton on bass, and Larry Mullen Jr on drums and vocals. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... This article contains information that has not been verified. ... The second (symbol: s) is the SI base unit of time. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) is (among many other tasks) primarily responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for mass production and commercial release. ... Martin Hannett (May 31, 1948 - April 18, 1991, sometimes credited as Martin Zero) was an innovative record producer who helped discover Joy Division and co-founded Factory Records with Tony Wilson. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals and guitar, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar and pianos and vocals, Adam Clayton on bass, and Larry Mullen Jr on drums and vocals. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... U2 can mean: The Irish rock band U2 The Lockheed U-2 spy plane The U-2 Spy Plane Crisis of 1960 Unterseeboot 2, German submarine The Polikarpov U-2 (Po-2) biplane The U2 electric guitar by Danelectro, a 1956 twenty-two fret single-cutaway with two single-coil... Martin Hannett (May 31, 1948 - April 18, 1991, sometimes credited as Martin Zero) was an innovative record producer who helped discover Joy Division and co-founded Factory Records with Tony Wilson. ... Joy Division was a rock music band formed in 1977 in Manchester. ... Under a Blood Red Sky is an album by U2 and produced by Jimmy Iovine. ... A boy is a male human child or adolescent, as contrasted to a female child, which is a girl. ... The rock band U2s Elevation Tour took place in 2001 in support of their album All That You Cant Leave Behind. ...

The b-side on the 11 O'Clock Tick Tock single was Touch, and like the a-side, had evolved from an earlier song, Trevor. Touch was played live at many dates on the Boy Tour in 1980-1981 but has never been performed on any subsequent tours.

External Links

• 11 O'Clock Tick Tock's performance history at U2-Vertigo-Tour.com--Lists all concerts at which 11 O'Clock Tick Tock is known to have been performed.
• Touch's performance history at U2-Vertigo-Tour.com--Lists all concerts at which Touch is known to have been performed.
• Discography entry at U2 Wanderer--Comprehensive details on various editions, cover scans, lyrics, and more.