"The End of Violence" - Various Artists
Film
U2 Related Tracks:
- "I'm Not Your Baby" (Film Edit) - U2 and Sinéad O' Conner (04:40)
Background Information
This 1997 film by Wim Wenders, features U2 and Sinead O’Connor singing “I’m Not Your Baby” over the closing credits. The version used in the film is an edited version of the mix found on the soundtrack CD. It fades out early in the film as the credits come to an end. The version here in the film is 04:40 in length. The full song, available on the soundtrack, is 05:49 in length.
The film The End of Violence was directed by Wim Wenders and written by Nicholas Klein, and was produced while another movie they worked on together The Million Dollar Hotel was on hiatus.
The song, a duet between Bono and Sinéad O’Connor, was recorded in April 1997. The final editing and mixing of the song was undertaken at San Diego’s Signature Sound Studio on April 28, 1997, both before and after the PopMart concert held at Jack Murphy Stadium. The band also re-recorded and remixed “Last Night on Earth” during the same recording session. When asked about his favourite songs that the band has worked on over the years, Larry Mullen has singled out “I’m Not Your Baby” as one of his favourites.
The soundtrack version is also featured on Sinéad O’Connor’s Collaborations album, and the U2 fan club release, Duals. An instrumental version of the song, titled the “Skysplitter Dub” was released on U2’s single “Please“ in September 1997. An alternate version of the song, featuring vocals by both Sinéad and Bono, was released on the Universal Music promotional collection, Vorverkaufs, also in September 1997.
U2 have a long history of working with Wim Wenders on projects. They first met with him to film a video for “Night and Day” in 1990. U2 has contributed music to his films Until the End of the World (1991), Faraway So Close (1993), Beyond the Clouds (1995) and Bono contributed a song to Don’t Come Knocking in 2005. It was Wenders that directed a film based on a screenplay by Bono and Nicholas Klein, Million Dollar Hotel, which also featured U2 and members of U2 solo on the soundtrack. Wenders was also responsible for U2’s video for “Stay (Faraway, So Close!)”.
Liner Notes
I’m Not Your Baby:
Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Performed by Bono and Sinead O’Connor. Produced by Flood and Howie B. Engineered by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent. Assisted by Rob Kirwan. Mixed by Rob Kirwan, Howie B and Flood. Vocal production by Steve Osborne.