"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
Single by U2
from the album The Joshua Tree
Released	May 1987
Format	Vinyl record (7" and 12"), Cassette tape and CD
Recorded	Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland 1986
Genre	Rock
Length	4 min 37 s
Label	Island Records
Producer(s)	Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois
Chart positions
#6 (UK Singles Chart) #1 (US Hot 100) #2 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks) #16 (US Adult Contemporary)
U2 singles chronology
"With or Without You" (1987)	"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (1987)	"Where the Streets Have No Name" (1987)
The Joshua Tree track listing
"Where the Streets Have No Name" (1)	"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (2)	"With or Without You" (3)
Rattle and Hum track listing
"All Along the Watchtower" (Live) (5)	"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (Live) (6)	"Freedom for my People"/"Silver and Gold" (Live) (7)
The Best of 1980-1990 track listing
"With or Without You" (3)	"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (4)	"Sunday Bloody Sunday" (5)

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is the second track U2's 1987 album, The Joshua Tree and was released as the album's second single. It became their second (and last as of 2006) #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 after "With or Without You", the first single from the album. One accepted interpretation is Bono's exploration of finding the true meaning of his Christian faith. Image File history File links Still_havent_found_cover. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... 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The song grew from another song called "Under The Weather Girls". A rough version was taped. However, Joshua Tree co-producer Daniel Lanois didn't like it — except for Larry Mullen, Jr.'s drum track, which the band used as the foundation of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". The development of the song saw the addition of such things as a subtle auto-pan effect added to one of The Edge's guitar overdubs and Bono, a tenor, singing in the upper register of his range to add to the feeling of spiritual yearning. Both Bono and Edge have, in fact, called it a gospel song on numerous occasions. Daniel Lanois says he is very attached to "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and has, on occasion, joined U2 on stage to perform it. Daniel Lanois (born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Québec) is a Canadian record producer and singer-songwriter. ... Larry Mullen, Jr. ... The Edge is the moniker of David Howell Evans (born August 8, 1961), the lead guitarist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. ... Les Paul, a pioneer of multi-track recording. ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high vocal range. ... Gospel music may refer to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the first quarter of the twentieth century or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by predominately white Southern Gospel artists. ...

The music video for the song was filmed on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, and featured the band members wandering around while The Edge played an acoustic guitar. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Fremont Street is probably the most famous street in Las Vegas, Nevada besides the Las Vegas Strip. ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... A classical guitar, also called a Spanish guitar, is a musical instrument from the family of musical instruments called chordophones. ...

A live version of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" was recorded on September 28, 1987 at Madison Square Garden in New York, during the group's Joshua Tree Tour. This live performance, which features the New Voices of Freedom, appears on U2's 1988 album Rattle and Hum. A rehearsal for this live performance is featured in the rockumentary film of the same name. In 2006, a version featuring Cuban artist Coco Freeman was released on the charity album Rhythms Del Mundo. September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, known colloquially simply as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The rock band U2s Joshua Tree Tour took place during 1987, in support of their album The Joshua Tree. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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 term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a program on television or movie documentary about rock and roll or its musicians. ...

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed the song at number 93 of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. In the same year, Los Angeles Times critic Robert Hilburn said it was U2's "Let It Be". [1] 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the music magazine. ... The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2004. ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ... Let It Be is a song written by Paul McCartney. ...

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is U2's most frequently covered song. Cher used it as the show opener on her multi-year Love Hurts, Do You Believe? and Living Proof: The Farewell Tours. In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... Cher[1] (born Cheryl Sarkisian LaPiere on May 20, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entertainer. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

Track listings

1. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (4:37)
2. "Spanish Eyes" (3:16)
3. "Deep in the Heart" (4:31)

Chart positions

The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock (that is, alternative) stations, which are counted in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. ... The Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart (formerly known as Adult Contemporary Singles and only Adult Contemporary) lists the most popular songs weekly calculated by airplay and occasionally sales. ... Shakedown is a 1987 single by Bob Seger, that is from the soundtrack of the film Beverly Hills Cop 2. ... Robert Clark Bob Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American rock musician from Michigan, who after years of local Detroit-area success starting in the mid-1960s, achieved his greatest national success starting in the mid-1970s and extending into the 1980s. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... This is a list of number-one hits in the United States by year from the Billboard Hot 100. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Whos That Girl is a song by American singer Madonna for her 1987 movie Whos That Girl and on the subsequent, various artists soundtrack Whos That Girl. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

External links

• U2.com entry
• U2Wanderer.org entry