Pride (In The Name of Love)

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Written by: Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.
Produced by: Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois
Released: Oct. '84 on Island
Charts: 15 weeks
Top spot: No. 33

The song's chords came from a 1983 sound check in Hawaii; the lyrics about Martin Luther King Jr. were inspired by an exhibit at Chicago's Peace Museum. With backing vocals provided by Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde (credited on the liner notes as Mrs. Christine Kerr), the result was the band's first Top Forty hit.

Appears on: The Unforgettable Fire (Island)

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