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"God Part II" is a song by rock band U2, and the 14th track from their 1988 album ''
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''.


Content

It was written as an answer song to
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's "
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", having the same kind of lyrical structure. It also contains an attack on American biographer Albert Goldman, on the following verses, by way of Lennon's song "
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": :''I don't believe in Goldman'' :''His type like a curse'' :''Instant Karma's gonna get him'' :''If I don't get him first'' Additionally, the song alludes to
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's " Lovers in a Dangerous Time", in the lyric "Heard a singer on the radio late last night/He says he's gonna kick the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight." The song is a departure from the folksy- roots rock sound of the album's other studio recordings and is an introduction to the darker sound the band would adopt following the release of their next album, ''
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''. A remix entitled the 'Hard Metal Dance Mix' was released on the " When Love Comes to Town" single.


Live performance history

"God Part II" was only played on the Lovetown Tour in late 1989 and early 1990. It was played at 36 of the 47 concerts; it debuted at the first show of the tour on 21 September 1989 in
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and was last performed at the second-last show of the tour on 9 January 1990 in
Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
. It was one of six songs to be used as concert openers on the tour, opening two concerts: 26 December 1989 in
Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
and 5 January 1990 in Rotterdam. For these two performances, its heavy bassline was linked to a recording of the
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' " Sympathy for the Devil". A performance from a Dublin show later saw light on the release '' Live from the Point Depot''. After the Lovetown Tour, its sole live appearance was as a brief lyrical snippet by Bono at the end of " With or Without You" on 23 April 1992 in
Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...
.U2-Vertigo-Tour.com
Setlist for 23 April 1992, Vancouver
accessed 25 September 2007.


See also

* List of covers of U2 songs - God Part II


References

{{authority control U2 songs 1988 songs Song recordings produced by Jimmy Iovine Songs written by Bono Songs written by Adam Clayton Songs written by the Edge Songs written by Larry Mullen Jr.