U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing | The Achtung Baby 30 Cover Project | 02 | February 2021

"Well, my heart is where it's always been
My head is somewhere in between
Give me one more chance
Let me be your lover tonight"

Let's celebrate the 30th Anniversary of U2's 7th epos called Achtung Baby.
We created this project to play the whole album through 2021. There are 12 songs on the album and there are 12 months in the year. What else could we say? Stay tuned and search for the other songs here on YouTube.

U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing | The Achtung Baby 30 Cover Project | 02 | February 2021

"Even Better Than the Real Thing" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and is the second track on their 1991 album Achtung Baby. It was released as the album's fourth single on 8 June 1992, and it reached number three in Ireland and Canada while becoming a top-ten hit in Austria, New Zealand, and Sweden. A remixed version of the song released the same year peaked at number eight in the United Kingdom and number 10 in Ireland. In 1997, readers of Mojo named the song the 71st-best track of the 1990s.

"Even Better Than the Real Thing" originated from a chorus guitar riff that the Edge composed in Los Angeles during the Rattle and Hum sessions. A demo of the song, called "The Real Thing," was recorded at STS Studios during the same session in which "Desire" was recorded. The band remarked that the song's guitar riff reminded them of the Rolling Stones, but that it sounded "deeply traditional." Consequently, it was shelved until the Achtung Baby recording sessions, when the band took the multitrack recording of the demo to Hansa Studios in Berlin in late 1990. The band made little progress on the demo there, as the Berlin sessions were fraught with conflict and difficulty in completing songs.

The song was performed at every date of the band's Zoo TV and PopMart Tours, and was played sporadically on the Elevation Tour. The "Fish Out of Water" remix, later released in the 20th anniversary edition of Achtung Baby, was played as the opening song during the 2011 legs of the U2 360° Tour. This remix would return for performances during the Innocence + Experience Tour in 2015 and Experience + Innocence Tour in 2018.

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U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing (e+i Tour 2018 version) | Cover by The Achtung Baby 30 Cover Project

Original song is written by U2 from the album "Achtung Baby" (Islands Records, 1991)

The Achtung Baby 30 Cover Project are:

Bono | Ireland - Lead Vocals
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Andrea | Italy - Guitars, Effects and Backing Vocals
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Zoltan | Hungary - Bass Guitar and Bass Synthesizer
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Laurent | France - Drums, Percussion and Synthesizer
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The Achtung Baby 30 Cover Project 2021