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}} "Mysterious Ways" is a song by the rock band U2. It is the eighth track from their 1991 album ''Achtung Baby'' and was released as the album's second single on 25 November 1991. The song reached the top ten of the singles charts in several countries, including the band's native Ireland, where it went to number one. In the United States, the song topped the Modern Rock Tracks and Album Rock Tracks charts and peaked at number nine on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song began as an improvisation called "Sick Puppy," with the band only liking the bass part that bassist Adam Clayton composed. The band struggled to build a song from it, with vocalist Bono and producer Daniel Lanois arguing intensely during one songwriting session. The song's breakthrough came after guitarist the Edge began experimenting with the Korg A3 effects unit. "Mysterious Ways" features a danceable beat, funky guitar hook, and conga-laden percussion, as well as mystical lyrics by Bono about romance and women. The song received praise from critics after the release of ''Achtung Baby'', many of whom called it one of the album's standout tracks and one that best illustrated the band's musical evolution on the album. A music video for the song was filmed in Morocco and incorporated distorted images of Bono and a belly dancer. "Mysterious Ways" made its live debut on the Zoo TV Tour in 1992, when performances were accompanied by an on-stage belly dancer. The group has continued to perform the song on subsequent tours. ==Writing and recording== "Mysterious Ways" began as an improvised demo called "Sick Puppy" that the group recorded at STS Studios in Dublin,〔McCormick (2006), p. 216〕 as vocalist Bono, guitarist the Edge, and bassist Adam Clayton jammed over a drum machine.〔McCormick (2006), p. 227〕 The band liked Clayton's bassline, which originated during their recording of a cover version of "Night and Day" and for a while, consisted of little more than a "one-note groove."〔 However, the band had difficulties completing the remainder of the song melodically. Bono said that it was "a bass line in search of a song," while the Edge stated that "the key to the song was finding ways to mess around with chords on top without having to change the bass."〔 As U2 continued to struggle with the song, the tense atmosphere of the recording sessions at Hansa Studios in Berlin took its toll. Producer Daniel Lanois arrived at the studios early one morning before the band to work on ideas he had for the song. When Bono arrived, he began singing and contributing vocal ideas, but this conflicted with what Lanois had in mind for the track. Bono and a frustrated Lanois proceeded to argue intensely for over two hours, worrying sound engineer Joe O'Herlihy that a physical altercation would ensue. Bono looks back on the episode with a sense of humour: "That's why I love Danny so much. He cares about the record he's making as much and more than any band or artist he's working with."〔Stokes (1996), p. 104〕 The song "One," which proved to be breakthrough in the difficult recording sessions for ''Achtung Baby'',〔McCormick (2006), pp. 221–224〕 began after a moment of inspiration as the band worked on "Mysterious Ways." The Edge caught Lanois' attention while toying around with various chord progressions for the bridge of "Mysterious Ways."〔 Encouraged by Lanois, the Edge combined two of the chord progressions, inspiring the rest of the group to join him and improvise the new song "One."〔 The band made progress on "Mysterious Ways" after the Edge began experimenting with the "Funk Wah" setting on a Korg A3 guitar effects unit and Bono told him to use it for the song.〔 Bono said it made an "envelope of sound which would turn a guitar chord into the funkiest of jackhammers".〔 Drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. recorded a drum track near the end of the sessions, introducing a "much groovier beat" that "demonstrated the difference between a drum machine and a real drummer."〔 Bono calls the song "U2 at our funkiest... Sly and the Family Stone meets Madchester baggy."〔 Lanois provided additional percussion by playing the congas. "Mysterious Ways" and the track it inspired, "One," were the only two songs that were primarily completed at Hansa Studios before the album sessions moved to Dublin in 1991.〔 Much like they did for other songs from ''Achtung Baby'', U2 continued to work on "Mysterious Ways" up to the recording deadline, adding a guitar overdub after the mix was already finished. Several different verses were written, but the Edge advocated those with a "nursery rhyme feel", such as "''Johnny, take a walk with your sister in the moon / Let her pale light in to fill up the room''."〔 He also composed the chorus' reassuring line, "''It's all right / It's all right / It's all right''," wanting to prove a point since no prior U2 song contained the line.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mysterious Ways (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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