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Sunday Bloody Sunday

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Sunday Bloody Sunday was released on February 28, 1983 by UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) as a part of the album War

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Bono

Lead Vocals

The Edge

Background Vocals

Adam Clayton

Bass Guitar

Larry Mullen Jr.

Larry Mullen Jr.

Drums

Steve Wickham

Electric Violin

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Adam Clayton

Composer

Larry Mullen Jr.

Larry Mullen Jr.

Composer

The Edge

Composer

Bono

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Steve Lillywhite

Steve Lillywhite

Producer

Kevin Killen

Assistant Engineer

Paul Thomas

Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I can't believe the news today

Oh, I can't close my eyes and make it go away

[Chorus]

How long, how long must we sing this song?

How long, how long?

'Cause tonight

We can be as one tonight

[Verse 2]

Broken bottles under children's feet

Bodies strewn across the dead-end street

But I won't heed the battle call

It puts my back up, puts my back up against the wall

[Chorus]

Sunday, bloody Sunday

Sunday, bloody Sunday

Sunday, bloody Sunday (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

Alright, let's go

[Verse 3]

And the battle's just begun

There's many lost, but tell me, who has won?

The trench is dug within our hearts

And mothers, children, brothers, sisters, torn apart

[Chorus]

Sunday, bloody Sunday

Sunday, bloody Sunday

[Chorus]

How long, how long must we sing this song?

How long, how long?

'Cause tonight

We can be as one tonight

[Chorus]

Tonight, tonight (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

Tonight, tonight (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

Yeah, let's go

[Bridge]

Wipe the tears from your eyes

Wipe your tears away

Oh, wipe your tears away

Oh, wipe your tears away (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

Oh, wipe your tears away (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

[Chorus]

Sunday, bloody Sunday (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

Sunday, bloody Sunday (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

Yeah, let's go

[Verse 4]

And it's true, we are immune

When fact is fiction and TV, reality

And today the millions cry (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

We eat and drink while tomorrow, they die (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

The real battle just begun (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

To claim the victory, Jesus won on (Sunday, bloody Sunday)

[Chorus]

Sunday, bloody Sunday (Yeah-yeah)

Sunday, bloody Sunday

Written by: Adam Clayton, David Evans, Paul David Hewson, Laurence Mullen

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