Although SYCMIOYO has gotten airplay in the U.S. and is even entering some charts, I've been hoping U2 would "officially" release the single in the U.S./N.A. to promote the song and get the video into rotation. I can't find anything on U2.com about the N.A. release of Sometimes, but it does appear now to be official. At MTV2's "All things ROCK" webpage, U2 is the featured artist, and this is front and center on the "Singles" page:
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
(Universal International)
Released 03/01/2005
Disc 1 Audio Video
01. Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own [Radio Edit 96 BPM]
02. Fast Car [Jacknife Lee Mix]
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There is also this "Hit Prediction" in the March 5 edition of Billboard Magazine:
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
U2
Producer(s): Chris Thomas, Steve Lillywhite, Nellee Hooper
Writer(s): U2
Publisher(s): Universal Music Publishing; Blue Mountain Music; Mother Music
Genre: ROCK
Label/Catalog Number: Interscope 11362 (CD promo)
Source: Billboard Magazine
Originally Reviewed: March 05, 2005
Fresh from its Grammy Awards performance of "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (not to mention three wins), U2 releases the tender ballad as the third single from its global smash "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb." The cut is already off to a fast start at adult top 40 and modern AC, and certainly modern rock can't be far behind. The song's chorus, sung in Bono's familiar falsetto, is a knockout: "And it's you when I look in the mirror/And it's you when I don't pick up the phone/Sometimes you can't make it on your own." The singer penned the emotional track for his late father, though the sentiment of the cut should hit home with just about anyone with a heart. While it's a no-brainer that rock stations will play this, we hope mainstream top 40 will also come onboard.—KC
This is a great website if anyone wants to organize a radio campaign for the song. It should be a massive hit, as BB says.
http://www.radioandrecords.com/
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
(Universal International)
Released 03/01/2005
Disc 1 Audio Video
01. Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own [Radio Edit 96 BPM]
02. Fast Car [Jacknife Lee Mix]
******************************************************************************
There is also this "Hit Prediction" in the March 5 edition of Billboard Magazine:
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
U2
Producer(s): Chris Thomas, Steve Lillywhite, Nellee Hooper
Writer(s): U2
Publisher(s): Universal Music Publishing; Blue Mountain Music; Mother Music
Genre: ROCK
Label/Catalog Number: Interscope 11362 (CD promo)
Source: Billboard Magazine
Originally Reviewed: March 05, 2005
Fresh from its Grammy Awards performance of "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (not to mention three wins), U2 releases the tender ballad as the third single from its global smash "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb." The cut is already off to a fast start at adult top 40 and modern AC, and certainly modern rock can't be far behind. The song's chorus, sung in Bono's familiar falsetto, is a knockout: "And it's you when I look in the mirror/And it's you when I don't pick up the phone/Sometimes you can't make it on your own." The singer penned the emotional track for his late father, though the sentiment of the cut should hit home with just about anyone with a heart. While it's a no-brainer that rock stations will play this, we hope mainstream top 40 will also come onboard.—KC
This is a great website if anyone wants to organize a radio campaign for the song. It should be a massive hit, as BB says.
http://www.radioandrecords.com/
