U2 - A Day Without Me

Tracklist

A	A Day Without Me	3:12
B	Things To Make And Do	2:14

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Windmill Lane Studios

Credits

• Design – Rapid Exteriors
• Engineer – Paul Thomas
• Photography By – Susan Byrne
• Producer – Steve Lillywhite
• Written-By – U2

Notes

Original First Pressing; CBS yellow/orange sunburst labels with UKTM number. Picture Sleeve has CBS Logo, with 8905 printed underneath, on the upper right corner of the Back of the PS.

Band name written as U-2 on the labels.

Recorded: Windmill Lane Studio, Dublin

MCPS
(P) 1980
CBS Records are the exclusive licensees for Eire.
Record mfd. In Ireland.

"A Day Without Me" is the lead single from U2's debut album, Boy and was released in August 1980. Its lyrics are a clear contemplation of suicide and relate to the lead singer of Joy Division, and one of Bono's inspirations, Ian Curtis, who killed himself in May 1980. The B-side was an instrumental song called "Things to Make and Do."

It was the second single the band recorded after signing the contract with Island Records.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Matrix A Side (hand-punched)): WIP 6630-A2 JONZ
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix B Side (hand-punched)): WIP 6630-B SOUND CLINIC
• Rights Society: MCPS/BIEM

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
S CBS 8905, CBS 8905X	U2	A Day Without Me ‎(7", Single, Tra)	CBS, CBS	S CBS 8905, CBS 8905X	Ireland	1980
WIP 6630	U-2*	A Day Without Me ‎(7", Single, RE, Sil)	Island Records	WIP 6630	UK	Unknown
6837672	U-2*	A Day Without Me ‎(7", Promo)	Island Records	6837672	France	1980
S CBS 8905, CBS 8905X	U2	A Day Without Me ‎(7", Single, RP, Tra)	CBS, CBS	S CBS 8905, CBS 8905X	Ireland	1985
WIP 6630	U-2*	A Day Without Me ‎(7", Single, Sil)	Island Records	WIP 6630	UK	Unknown

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