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“An Cat Dubh / Into The Heart” by U2
Released 1984
“An Cat Dubh / Into The Heart” by U2 appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1984. Its best result is #1504 on the CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,334 alternative song of all time.
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Two songs that won't be pulled apart, "An Cat Dubh" (Irish for "The Black Cat") and "Into the Heart" run together as the third and fourth tracks on Boy, U2's debut album, and the band plays them as one piece on stage as well. Steve Lillywhite produced, with Paul Thomas engineering, and all four members share the writing credit: Bono singing, the Edge on electric guitar, Adam Clayton on bass and Larry Mullen, Jr. on drums.
Even the pressings can't agree on where one song stops and the other starts. European and North American copies of Boy split the running time at different points, yet the pair clocks in at 8:14 either way, which is why they usually get treated as a single track.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1504 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1504 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1510 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1508 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1512 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1512 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1512 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
Also listed as: An Cat Dubh/ Into The Heart.
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