Song · U2
“Get on Your Boots” by U2
Released 2009
“Get on Your Boots” by U2 appears on 18 radio countdowns from 18 stations in 2009. It was first released in 2009. Its best result is #18 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #69 alternative song of 2009.
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"Get on Your Boots" was the first taste of U2's No Line on the Horizon in early 2009, sitting sixth on the album, and it came out swinging and a little unhinged. Bono's verses tumble out in a rapid-fire rush that critics likened to Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues", with a whiff of Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up" thrown in. Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois produced, Declan Gaffney added production and mixed it, and Terry Lawless and Sam O'Sullivan chipped in keyboards and percussion.
It split the critics down the middle, but U2 put it front and center anyway, opening both the 51st Grammy Awards and the Brit Awards with it. Alex Courtes directed the video, which set the band against a collage of feminist political imagery, and the single climbed to 12 in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
Also listed as: Get On Your Boots; Get on your boots.
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