“Magnificent” by U2

"Magnificent" sits second on No Line on the Horizon, U2's 2009 album, and followed "Get On Your Boots" as a single that May. It spent part of the sessions under the working title "French Disco" before picking up its grander name, and the credits show how wide the circle was: Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois produced it and share the songwriting with the band, Steve Lillywhite added production, and extra keyboards came from Bono, Terry Lawless and, of all people, will.i.am.

Critics warmed to it, yet it stalled at 42 in the UK, the first U2 single given a release there to miss the Top 40 since "A Celebration" in 1982. Scotland felt otherwise and sent it to number one. It has found a second home at Madison Square Garden, where it plays before every New York Rangers home game.

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