The Fly

Name: The Fly
Duration: 4 min 29 s

~ Recording by U2

Annotation

GBUM71106459: 2011 remaster
GBUM71801538: 2018 remaster

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.1	The Fly	4:30	U2	The Fly	1991-10-21 GB
1.1	The Fly	4:30	U2	The Fly	1991-10-21 XE
1.1	The Fly	4:30	U2	The Fly	1991-10 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (no CDDA logo on disc)	1991-11-18 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	1991-11-18 XE
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	1991-11-18 JP
1.3	The Fly	4:29	U2	Now That’s What I Call Music! 20	1991-11-18 GB
1.3	The Fly	4:29	U2	Now That’s What I Call Music! 20	1991-11-18 GB
1.3	The Fly	4:29	U2	Now That’s What I Call Music! 20	1991-11-18 GB
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	1991-11-19 AU
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	1991-11-19 DE 1991 NL
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (BMG club release)	1991-11-19 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (CDDA logo on disc)	1991-11-19 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	1991-11-19 GB
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	1991-11-19 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	1991-11-19 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	1991-11 GB
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	1991 XE 1991 GB
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (Columbia House music club release)	1991 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	1991 ZA
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (club edition)	1991 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	1991 CA
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	1991 GB
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (Columbia House)	1991 CA
1.1	The Fly	4:29	U2	The Fly	1991 AU
1.1	The Fly	4:29	U2	The Fly	1991 DE
1.19	The Fly	4:29	U2	Tubes 10	1992 FR
1.1	The Fly	4:31	U2	Pop Giganten: Hits der 90er, Vol. 1 (1990–1995)	1995 DE
1.1	The Fly	4:30	U2	The Fly	1997 US
2.1	The Fly	4:30	U2	Now That’s What I Call Music! 1991: The Millennium Series	1999-06-21 GB
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby / Zooropa	1999-11-19 XE
1.7	The Fly	4:32	U2	Previous Day	2000-09 TW
1.17	The Fly	4:28	U2	The Best of 1990–2000 & B‐Sides	2002-10-30 JP
1.17	The Fly	4:36	U2	The Best of 1990–2000	2002-10-31 FR 2002-10-31 IE 2002-10-31 JP 2002-10-31 GB
1.17	The Fly	4:28	U2	The Best of 1990–2000 & B‐Sides	2002-11-04 GB
1.17	The Fly	4:28	U2	The Best of 1990–2000 & B‐Sides	2002-11-04 GB
1.17	The Fly	4:28	U2	The Best of 1990–2000	2002-11-11 GB
1.17	The Fly	4:28	U2	The Best of 1990–2000 & B‐Sides	2003-11-21 JP
1.13	The Fly	4:32	U2	The No.1 DJ Collection: 90's, Volume 2	2006 GB
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	2007-11-26 NL
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (über deluxe edition digital download)	2011-10-28 XW
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (20th anniversary super deluxe edition)	2011-10-28 US
2.1	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	2011-10-28 XE
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	2011-10-31 GB
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (deluxe edition)	2011-11-01 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	2011-11-18 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	2011 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (Mastered for iTunes)	2011 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	2011 AU
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (20th anniversary edition)	2011 AU
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (deluxe edition) (hi-res audio)	2011 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (deluxe edition) (Mastered for iTunes)	2011 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (2015 Kiosk Collection)	2015-10-11 ES
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	2017-09-20 JP
1.17	The Fly	4:30	U2	The Best of 1990–2000 & B‐Sides	2017 XW
2.1	The Fly	?:??	U2	Achtung Baby	2018-07-27 XE
1.17	The Fly	4:30	U2	The Best of 1990–2000 & B‐Sides	2019-02-06 XW
5.2	The Fly	4:29	U2	NOW 100 Hits: 90s No.1s	2020-11-13 GB
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (30th anniversary edition)	2021-11-19 US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (30th anniversary edition)	2021-11-19 AF 2021-11-19 AL (show 202 more) 2021-11-19 ZW
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (BMG club edition, Disctronics pressing)	- US
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (PMDC France, STEMRA)	- XE
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby	- AR
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby (PMDC France)	- XE
2.13	The Fly	4:29	U2	The No.1 DJ Collection: 90s (Digital Collection)	- GB
Promotion
1.3	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby 20th Anniversary Edition Sampler	2011-10 US
Bootleg
1.7	The Fly	4:29	U2	Achtung Baby: Collection	1991 US
1.12	The Fly	4:30	U2	Greatest Hits	1997 XE
1.10	The Fly	4:31	U2	All the Best
1.12	The Fly	4:30	U2	Greatest Hits
1.10	The Fly	4:32	U2	U2 Greatest Hits 2001
(unknown)
2.1	The Fly	4:30	U2	Bono Talks in Philadelphia / The Fly	1991 XE

Relationships

additional engineer and assistant mixer:	Robbie Adams
assistant engineer:	Shannon Strong
engineer:	Flood
producer:	Daniel Lanois
mixer:	Flood Daniel Lanois Steve Lillywhite

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Island Records Ltd. (in 1991)

music videos:	The Fly The Fly (performance only) The Fly (text only)

recording of:	The Fly

The Fly

lyricist:	Bono
composer:	Bono Adam Clayton The Edge Larry Mullen, Jr.

The Fly

Genres: rock, alternative rock, pop rock, dance-rock, electronic

Other tags: album rock, alternative pop/rock, alternative/indie rock, college rock, contemporary pop/rock

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The Fly

The Fly

Genres: rock, alternative rock, pop rock, dance-rock, electronic

Other tags: album rock, alternative pop/rock, alternative/indie rock, college rock, contemporary pop/rock

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