Hawkmoon 269

"Hawkmoon 269"
Song by U2 from the album Rattle and Hum
Released 10 October 1988
Genre Blues rock
Length 6:22
Label Island Records
Producer(s) Jimmy Iovine
Rattle and Hum track listing

"Desire"
(3)		 "Hawkmoon 269"
(4)		 "All Along the Watchtower"
(5)

"Hawkmoon 269" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and is the fourth track on their 1988 album, Rattle and Hum.

Recording

"Hawkmoon 269" was recorded in Hollywood, California in Sunset Sound studios. The name "Hawkmoon" was inspired by the town of Hawkmoon, North Dakota, which U2 had passed through while on tour. The number "269" in the title refers to the number of mixes the song went through before the final recorded version, according to the Edge, who said they spent three weeks on the track.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Neil McCormick (2006). U2 by U2 (1st US ed.). HarperCollins. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-06-077675-6.
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