"Exit"
Song by U2
From the album The Joshua Tree
Album released	9 March 1987
Recorded
Genre	Rock
Song Length	4:13
Record label	Island Records
Producer	Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois
The Joshua Tree Album Listing
One Tree Hill (Track 9)	Exit (Track 10)	Mothers of the Disappeared (Track 11)

"Exit" is a song on U2's 1987 album The Joshua Tree. This is an album cover. ... U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, guitar and harmonica, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Adam Clayton on bass, and Larry Mullen, Jr. ... The Joshua Tree is an album by U2, released on March 9, 1987 on Island Records (see 1987 in music). ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... 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. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Island Records is a record label that was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Brian Eno in 1977 Brian Peter George St. ... Daniel Lanois Daniel Lanois (born September 19, 1951, Hull, Québec) is a French Canadian producer and musician. ... The Joshua Tree is an album by U2, released on March 9, 1987 on Island Records (see 1987 in music). ... One Tree Hill is a U2 song from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree. ... Mothers of the Disappeared is a song on U2s 1987 album The Joshua Tree. ... U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, guitar and harmonica, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Adam Clayton on bass, and Larry Mullen, Jr. ... The Joshua Tree is an album by U2, released on March 9, 1987 on Island Records (see 1987 in music). ...

Inspired by Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song, "Exit" is a somber song about a psychotic murderer obsessed about something he called the "hands of love". Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American writer and, along with Truman Capote, is considered an innovator of the nonfictional novel. ... The Executioners Song book cover The Executioners Song is a 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Norman Mailer that depicts the events surrounding the execution of Gary Gilmore by the state of Utah for murder. ...

It was a live favorite during the Joshua Tree Tour, usually followed by a snippet of Them's "Gloria". One of these performances, in Denver, Colorado, was featured in the Rattle And Hum movie. The rock band U2s Joshua Tree Tour took place during 1987, in support of their album The Joshua Tree. ... Them was a British-Irish band formed in Belfast in 1963, featuring Van Morrison on vocals and harmonica, Billy Harrison on guitar, Eric Wrixen on piano and keyboards, Alan Henderson on bass, and Ronnie Millings on drums. ... Gloria is the title of many different songs, both in contemporary popular music as well as classical music of the sacred Christian genre. ... This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 8th 269 837 km² 451 km 612 km 0. ... Rattle and Hum refers to both a motion picture about the band U2 and its companion album, documenting the bands 1987 Joshua Tree Tour of the United States and its exploration into American music. ...

The song starts off so quietly, it is bearly audible. It then gently builds to a cresendo then dies back down again.