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In addition to “Boomerang II,” it included “Boomerang I” (an earlier, and primarily instrumental, take of the song), as well as a version of “4th of July” that is longer than the version that would be released on The Unforgettable Fire. A limited 7-inch picture vinyl was also released in the UK, with a large photo of U2 on one side, and smaller individual photos on the other.Ī double 7-inch vinyl version of the single was also issued to the UK market. The 7-inch sleeve features a black-and-white photograph of the band, framed by a thick white border. The 7-inch vinyl is backed with “Boomerang II,” an outtake from the recording sessions for The Unforgettable Fire. Interestingly, the single version of “Pride” is longer (4:40) than than that found on the album (3:48), in contrast to the more common practice of taking a longer album track and editing it down for radio play. The single was issued worldwide by Island Records or companies with ties to Island, except in Ireland, where U2 was still under contract to CBS Records to release singles. In this case, “Pride (In the Name of Love” was kept out of the number 1 spot by “I Just Called to Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder. In Ireland, “Pride” was the third single in a row which just missed the #1 spot, charting at #2. The song would also be their first #1 in New Zealand. “Pride (in the Name of Love)” quickly climbed charts worldwide, and became U2’s first top 40 single on Billboard‘s “Hot 100” chart in the USA. This error would be fixed in a 2012 re-recording of the song by Bono. King was shot in the evening, not the early morning. (She was married to Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr at the time.) The song includes an error in the lyrics, when Bono sings “Early morning, April four, a shot rings out in the Memphis sky…” In reality, Dr. Christine Kerr, who is more commonly known as Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders. Martin Luther King, while the music was initially developed during a sound check in Hawaii during The War Tour and later completed during The Unforgettable Fire sessions at Windmill Lane Studios. “Pride (In the Name of Love)” was the first single released from 1984’s The Unforgettable Fire album.

"A Celebration" (Studio Version) (02:57) - U2."Boomerang II" (Studio Version) - U2 (04:50)."Boomerang I" (Studio Version) - U2 (02:48).