'Sometimes...' released February 7th

14 Jan 2005
'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own', the second single from 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb', will be released by Universal Island Records outside Canada, the US and South America on 7th February.

'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own' will be available on 2 CD formats and a DVD single.
B-sides include an exclusive Jacknife Lee remix of 'Ave Maria' sung by Bono with Luciano Pavarotti (the original of which was performed at the Pavarotti & Friends concert in Italy in 2003), the dancefloor-filling 'Vertigo' Redanka remix, and the Jacknife Lee remix of UK and Japan-only album track
'Fast Cars'.

The DVD carries a video of the band performing 'Sometimes ...' live from the Dublin studio, along with a Trent Reznor reworking of Vertigo.

Formats are as follows:

CD1
1. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - radio edit 4:51
2. Fast Cars - Jacknife Lee Mix 3:28

CD2
1. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - radio edit 4:51
2. Ave Maria - Jacknife Lee Mix 3:35
3. Vertigo - Redanka Remix 7:32

DVD single
1. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - live at Hanover Quay, 16 Nov 2004
2. Vertigo - video
3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - audio
4. Vertigo - Trent Reznor Remix - audio

Don't forget that in Canada, South America and the US, the second single from 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb' is 'All Because of You' - and we are hosting the new video for this track right now on the homepage.

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