"One of Us" - Larry Mullen Jr. and David Baron (Featuring Donna Lewis)

Single

Track Listing:

Background Information

The 2024 film Left Behind, a documentary about dyslexia and a group of mothers advocating for their kids in New York City, included Larry Mullen as a producer. Not only did he co-produce the film, he also contributed two songs to the film. “One of Us” and “Between the Lines” both made their debut in the film.

The film debuted on October 18, at the Woodstock film festival. Both songs were later sent out for consideration for Awards season, and on December 10, 2024, both songs were commercially released. In each case the single released is a single track, and is available at high resolution, as well as in normal formats. The high resolution offering is at 96kHz / 24-bit.

Larry Mullen’s oldest son has dyslexia, which drew him to the film. “I showed it to my son and he was—moved. I felt that I needed to do something, just to express his rage at the way that he was treated.” The songs for the film were recorded as Mullen was recovering from surgeries which had prevented him from performing with U2 at Sphere.

For “One of Us” the credits are Larry Mullen Jr. and David Baron. Baron is a record producer, musician and composer, who has worked with a wide range of musicians including the Lumineers, Lenny Kravitz and Shania Twain. Vocals on the track are provided by Donna Lewis, who hails from Wales, and who made her singing debut in 1996, best known for her song “I Love You Always Forever”, and the song “At the Beginning” from the Anastasia soundtrack.

“One of Us” is used early in the film, accompanied by an animated video. It also returns at the end of the film after “Between the Lines” plays.

Of the song Larry Mullen shared with Billboard: “I could feel his stress and this real discomfort, so I actually just translated that into a pair of drumsticks, and I started to feel what he was feeling. It was me trying to let the sticks dictate what was going on through his eyes.”

Larry Mullen previously worked apart from U2 soundtracking The Man on the Train, which saw the release of a remix of the main theme that Mullen did with Simon Climie. His work with Adam Clayton on 1996’s Mission Impossible was a more well-known project.

Liner Notes

One of Us:
Produced, engineered, and mixed by David Baron.
Programming by David Baron.

Associated Performer, Studio Personnel, Producer, Recording Engineer, Programming, Composer, Mixer: David Baron
Drums, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer Lyricist: Larry Mullen Jr.
Co- Producer, Producer: David Beal
Executive Producer, Producer: Chris Farrell
Asst. Recording Engineer, Studio Personnel: Gillian Pelkonen
Vocals, Associated Performer: Donna Lewis
Mastering Engineer, Studio Personnel: Randy Merrill

Related Promotional Videos

Related News

Catalog of Releases