Song · U2
“Heartland” by U2
Released 1988
“Heartland” by U2 appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1988. Its best result is #748 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,082 alternative song of all time.
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"Heartland" found its home on Rattle and Hum, U2's 1988 album, and in the film that shares its name, but it had been drifting around since 1984. The band started it during the sessions for The Unforgettable Fire and picked it up again for The Joshua Tree, where it wasn't finished in time and was judged too laid-back to work on stage, so "Trip Through Your Wires" took its place.
Bono built the words out of a trip he made with Adam Clayton, describing the song as scraps of travelogue lifted from his journal. Brian Eno's keyboards hang over it like heat haze, Daniel Lanois and Kevin Killen recorded it, Jimmy Iovine produced and Thom Panunzio mixed, and it rolls along at the pace of a long drive across open country. Fittingly for a song too mellow for the road, it was the one Rattle and Hum track the band never played on the Lovetown Tour.
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 | 1003 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 748 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 748 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 748 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 748 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 748 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 748 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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