U2 - Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
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Lyrics
I'm not afraid of anything in this world
There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard
I'm just trying to find a decent melody
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About this track
“Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” is a single release from U2’s 2000 album, All That You Can’t Leave Behind. It has gospel-tinged melodies and saccharine guitar leads. It won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal” in 2002.
U2’s lead singer Bono wrote the song about the suicide of his close friend Michael Hutchence, the late lead singer of the band INXS. The song is written in the form of an argument about suicide in which Bono tries to convince Hutchence of the act’s foolishness.
Bono characterized the song as a fight between friends, which he felt guilty for never having with Hutchence. “It’s a row between mates. You’re kinda trying to wake them up out of an idea. In my case it’s a row I didn’t have while he was alive. I feel the biggest respect I could pay to him was not to write some stupid soppy fucking song, so I wrote a really tough, nasty little number, slapping him around the head. And I’m sorry, but that’s how it came out of me.” —Bono, in Rolling Stone (November 3, 2005 issue)
U2’s lead singer Bono wrote the song about the suicide of his close friend Michael Hutchence, the late lead singer of the band INXS. The song is written in the form of an argument about suicide in which Bono tries to convince Hutchence of the act’s foolishness.
Bono characterized the song as a fight between friends, which he felt guilty for never having with Hutchence. “It’s a row between mates. You’re kinda trying to wake them up out of an idea. In my case it’s a row I didn’t have while he was alive. I feel the biggest respect I could pay to him was not to write some stupid soppy fucking song, so I wrote a really tough, nasty little number, slapping him around the head. And I’m sorry, but that’s how it came out of me.” —Bono, in Rolling Stone (November 3, 2005 issue)
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Exploits wrote:
Lovely, classy-sounding tune.
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Petto0100 wrote:
I remember watching VH1 every day before school to see this video when i was 9. Beautiful song, Wonderful video.
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scarboro wrote:
Hey everyone if you like U2 you should ignore spammers.
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scarboro wrote:
It's just a moment, this time will pass.
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andrees28 wrote:
miss you michael
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silviolago wrote:
Amazing song! U2 gets a wonderfull letters!
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jpcaps wrote:
a song with great message. i love it!
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MuVoz_tx wrote:
my second cd, and still get me "stuck in a moment..."
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FletcherYouFool wrote:
'mazing
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GucciPiggy90 wrote:
I love the video for this song. The U2 references always make me smile.
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oldpike wrote:
tänker på er alla när jag hör denna sång
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stacyjill wrote:
What a beautiiiiful song
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tinker17k wrote:
I love this song! I just relax when I hear it!
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lauanddisorder wrote:
Feel not Think is how I think this song should be interpreted.
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Lu_ciene wrote:
I completly agree with SRX04!
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mamashakyhand wrote:
I've been stuck in a moment for a long time! This song expresses everything I feel about that moment. Brilliant stuff.
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SRX04 wrote:
U2's genius is being able to take an abstract idea infuse it with powerful emotions and make it completely personal to each listener. You decide what the song means not them. This is true art. We've all been stuck in a moment and that realization helps.
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hillers wrote:
I don't care too much for the album version, but I LOVE the acoustic version even though it's the radio edit.
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ScReaMaS wrote:
Damn you, Hutchence.
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xiempiethps wrote:
Just Beautiful
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