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On November 7, 2006 the Los Angeles based radio station KROQ debuted the song on US radio. KROQ-FM is a commercial Radio station located in Los Angeles California, broadcasting on 106 This song was circulated in poor audio quality months before its release, along with four other songs (dubbed "The Beach Clips"), which were recordings by U2 fans from studio rehearsals at their house on Èze Beach, France. Èze ("Eza" in Italian is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France, not far from the town of Nice This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The words "Window in the Skies" occur only towards the end of the song. ^[1]

The song reached number one on the Canadian Singles Chart and Dutch Top 40, replacing U2's previous single "The Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day) at the top in both charts. The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the US-based music sales tracking company Nielsen SoundScan. " The Saints Are Coming " was the third single by the Scottish Punk rock band The Skids, featured on their 1978 debut album Green Day is an American rock trio

1 Track listings
2 Videos
3 Live
4 Chart Performance
5 References

Track listings

"Window in the Skies" (Single Version) – 4:00
"Tower of Song" (from Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man) – 5:43

Maxi-CD

"Window in the Skies" (Single Version) – 4:00
"Zoo Station" (Live from River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires) – 4:33
"Kite" (Live from Telstra Stadium, Sydney) – 8:05

"Window in the Skies" (Single Version) – 4:00
"The Saints are Coming" (Video — Directed by Chris Milk) – 3:21
"Tower of Song" (Video clip from Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man) – 6:01

Videos

U2 released the first music video for "Window in the Skies" on 20 November 2006, after the completion of their Australian leg of the Vertigo tour. Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man is a 2005 movie by Lian Lunson about the life and career of Leonard Cohen. " Zoo Station " is the Opening track from the 1991 U2 album Achtung Baby. The Estadio Monumental Antonio V Liberti, better known as El Monumental de Nuñez or River Plate Stadium, is a Stadium in the Nuñez district Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern " Kite " is the fifth track from U2 's 2000 album All That You Can't Leave Behind. Stadium Australia, presently known as ANZ Stadium, is a multi-purpose Stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park precinct of Homebush, Sydney Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 " The Saints Are Coming " was the third single by the Scottish Punk rock band The Skids, featured on their 1978 debut album Chris Milk is an American Music video director. He has directed videos for Kanye West, U2, Green Day, Courtney Love Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A second version of the video was released a few weeks later.

The first video, directed by Gary Koepke, is a montage that includes nearly 100 clips taken from footage from the previous 50 years of other famous musicians performing in concert. ^[2] The clips were selected and edited together so that either the lip movements or the finger movements of the musicians, who actually were performing other songs, match up with either the lyrics or the music of the U2 song.

The only confirmed location of the video is the Corner Hotel in Richmond in Melbourne, Australia. The Corner Hotel in Richmond, Victoria is one of Melbourne 's most popular and respected medium-sized rock venues Richmond is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The band is featured only very briefly in the crowds as fans ^[3].

The second video, directed by Jonas Odell, is another montage. Jonas Odell is a Swedish Music video and Film director and founder of FilmTecknarna who was born in Stockholm in 1962 The camera flies through a surreal landscape with floating buildings and still images, mostly of the band from their U2 By U2 autobiography, morphing into each other.

Live

The song has only been performed on the fifth leg of U2's Vertigo Tour. The Vertigo Tour was a Concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, which took place in 2005 and 2006 in support of the group's 2004 album ^[4] The Edge played the song on a Rickenbacker 330-12. For the American WWI fighter pilot see Eddie Rickenbacker. For the airport see Rickenbacker International Airport.

Chart Performance

The song became another hit single for the group, notably in Canada, where it made it to the top of the charts, knocking their previous hit "The Saints Are Coming" (which featured punk stars Green Day) from the top. " The Saints Are Coming " was the third single by the Scottish Punk rock band The Skids, featured on their 1978 debut album Green Day is an American rock trio The song also hit #4 on the UK singles charts and made the top spot in Italy and the Netherlands. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry

References

^ U2. com, Lyrics to "Window In The Skies"
^ BBC Radio 1 Chart Blog, U2 - "Window in the Skies
^ U2. com, A Window on Rock'n'Roll
^ U2-Vertigo-Tour. com, All times "Window in the Skies" played live by U2

Preceded by "The Saints are Coming" by U2 and Green Day	Canadian number-one single January 25, 2007 (10 non-consecutive weeks)	Succeeded by "Don't Matter" by Akon

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Track listings

Videos

Live

Chart Performance

References