"End of Violence, The" - Various
Soundtrack Album
U2 Related Content:
- "I'm Not Your Baby" (Soundtrack Version) - U2 and Sinéad O' Conner (05:50)
Full Track Listing:
- Define Violence – Ry Cooder (3:20)
- Shouldn’t You Know – Dialogue (0:32)
- Every Time I Try – Spain (5:15)
- Untitled Heavy Beat Part I and II – DJ Shadow (3:02)
- I’m Not Your Baby – U2 and Sinead O’Connor (5:49)
- Strange World – Dialogue (0:36)
- Little Drop of Poison – Tom Waits (4:03)
- Disrobe – Medeski Martin and Wood (4:38)
- Injured Bird – Michael Stipe and Vic Chesnutt (3:48)
- Bailare (El Merecumbe) – Raul Malo (4:11)
- Me Estas Matando – Los Lobos (3:47)
- Mr. Wobble – Latin Playboys (4:04)
- Theme for a Trucker – Whiskeytown (4:29)
- Unintentional Prayers – Dialogue (0:21)
- You May Feel Me Crying – Roy Orbison (4:17)
- Bad News – Eels (2:55)
- Don’t Even Know She Got One – Howie B (4:33)
- In a Heartbeat – Dialogue (0:08)
Background Information
The 1997 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 heard over the final credits is “I’m Not Your Baby” performed by U2 with Sinéad O’Connor. The film was released on September 12, 1997, and the soundtrack was in stores ahead of the film debut, being released September 8, 1997.
The soundtrack recording of “I’m Not Your Baby” is 05:49 in length. The version used in the film, over the end credits, is an edit of what is found on the soundtrack. The film version is 04:40 in length and cuts out the end of the song, fading out early.
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 U2 and Sinead O’Connor. Produced by Howie B. and Flood. Engineered by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent. Assisted by Rob Kirwan. Mixed by Howie B. Assisted by Paul Falcone at the Hit Factory, NY. Vocal Production by Steve Osborne.