Aug 9, 2014

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It's possible that some of these titles were changed and have already appeared under a different name. It's also possible that, as song titles changes, some of these may be referring to the same song.

■"The Light" -- one of our contacts tells us that Bono mentioned a song with this title while visiting in early 2014 with Aslan singer Christy Dignam
■"Song For Someone" -- a song that Bono mentioned on NRJ's Energy Radio
■"The Troubles" -- another song Bono mentioned on NRJ's Energy Radio, saying "it'll rip you apart ... it's got some soul music in it."
■"This Is Where You Can Reach Me" -- a song that Bono mentioned to the LA Times

■"Invisible" -- the song that U2 is used early this year in a project with (RED), it could also appear on the new album
■"Ordinary Love" - a song that U2 wrote and recorded in summer 2013 for the Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom film soundtrack. It could show up on U2's next album, too, particularly in countries that often get extra songs on albums.
■"Mount Zion" - a song mentioned in the May 2011 Hot Press interview
■"I'll Believe Her When She Sings" - another song mentioned in the May 2011 Hot Press interview and described as part of the "club music" sessions with RedOne
■"The Sacred Heart of Malibu" - a new song that Bono played for Dutch journalist Bert van de Kamp, and mentioned in his book, And They Called Him Bono
■"Mother of Pearl" - another new song that Bono played for van de Kamp
■"Return of the Stingray Guitar" - an instrumental rock track that U2 played to start shows on the European U2 360 tour in 2010; in an interview, Larry says the song has been rewritten from what it sounded like on tour

■"Glastonbury" - another song that U2 performed on the European tour; U2 wrote this song shortly after the end of the 2009 U2 360 tour and planned to premiere it at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2010; in an interview, Larry says the song has been rewritten from what it sounded like on tour
■"Soon" - this is the name of the song U2 used as the intro music when the band took the stage on the 2009 U2 360 Tour; it appeared on the 7-inch, orange vinyl that accompanied the U2 360 at the Rose Bowl super deluxe DVD box set, and was previously said to be called "Kingdom Of Your Love"
■"Tripoli" (unused from No Line On The Horizon) In a video on U2.com, Brian Eno explains that this song became "Fez" on No Line On The Horizon.
■"Winter" (unused from No Line On The Horizon) - this song appears in the Jim Sheridan film, Brothers
■"Every Breaking Wave" Bono told Rolling Stone this is a "surging anthem" and would be the first single from Songs Of Ascent. U2 played a rough version of it a few times during the European tour in 2010.
■"If I Could Live My Life Again" - Bono says this song is "inspired by the great Argentinian poet Jorge Luis Borges." Bono said he had just begun the song while speaking with author Michka Assayas in December, 2005. Their interview appears as the extra material in the paperback version of Bono in Conversation with Michka Assayas.
■"Love Is All We Have Left" - a song Bono named during his May, 2006, trip to Africa as one that he had recently written. "It’s like an old Broadway tune. I thought it was a Frank Sinatra song," Bono said.
■"North Star," a song from the How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb sessions which included a guest organ appearance from Michael W. Smith. In this CCM article (PDF download), Smith describes the song as a tribute to Johnny Cash. Bono and Edge performed an acoustic version of this song a few times during the European 360 tour in 2010. It also featured briefly in the Summer 2011 film, Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon.
■"Mercy", one of the last songs to get cut from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, described in Blender magazine as "a six-and-a-half-minute outpouring of U2 at its most uninhibitedly U2-ish." U2 played it regularly during the last couple weeks of the European tour in 2010, and a live version with different lyrics appeared on the vinyl release, U2 Wide Awake In Europe in late 2010.
■"Lead Me In The Way I Should Go" -- a contender for Atomic Bomb first mentioned in this February, 2003, interview with Bono in Grammy Magazine
■"You Can't Give Away Your Heart" - a contender for Atomic Bomb first mentioned in

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