The Ballad of Ronnie Drew
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The Ballad of Ronnie Drew

Single information
NameThe Ballad of Ronnie Drew
ArtistU2, The Dubliners, Kíla, and A Band of Bowsies
B-sideEasy and Slow
Released19 February 2008
FormatCD, download
Recorded2008 in Windmill Lane
GenreIrish folk, rock
Length4:52
LabelUniversal Music
SongwriterRobert Hunter, Bono, The Edge and Simon Carmody
ProducerJohn Reynolds

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"The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" is a single by U2, The Dubliners, Kíla, and "A Band of Bowsies". The single was recorded as a charitable project, with proceeds going to the Irish Cancer Society - owing to Ronnie Drew's condition of cancer. It was recorded at Windmill Lane on 14 and 15 January 2008. "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" is available as a CD in Ireland only.

Glen Hansard's vocals on the record were recorded over the telephone, and not in person, as he was in the United States of America for the 80th Academy Awards.

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Track listing
NoTitleWriterArtist(s)Length
1The Ballad of Ronnie DrewRobert Hunter, Bono, The Edge and Simon CarmodyU2, The Dubliners, Kíla, and A Band of Bowsies4:52
2Easy and SlowTraditionalRonnie Drew3:06

Preceded by
"Mercy" by Duffy
Irish Singles Chart number one single
6 March 2008 - 13 March 2008
Succeeded by
"Mercy" by Duffy

Chart (2008) Peak
Position
Irish Singles Chart 1


U2 singles discography

1980s1980: "Another Day" * "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" * "A Day Without Me" * "I Will Follow" * 1981: "Fire" * "Gloria" * 1982: "A Celebration" * "I Will Follow" (live recorded by Veronica's Countdown) * 1983: "New Year's Day" * "Two Hearts Beat as One" * "Sunday Bloody Sunday" * 1984: "I Will Follow" (live, from Under a Blood Red Sky) * "Pride (In the Name of Love)" * 1985: "The Unforgettable Fire" * 1987: "With or Without You" * "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" * "Where the Streets Have No Name" * "In God's Country" * 1988: "One Tree Hill" * "Desire" * "Angel of Harlem" * 1989: "When Love Comes to Town" (with B.B. King) * "All I Want Is You"
1990s1991: "The Fly" * "Mysterious Ways" * 1992: "One" * "Even Better Than the Real Thing" * "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" * 1993: "Numb" * "Lemon" * "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" * 1995: "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" * "Miss Sarajevo" (as Passengers) * 1997: "Discothèque" * "Staring at the Sun" * "Last Night on Earth" * "Please" * "If God Will Send His Angels" * "Mofo" * 1998: "Sweetest Thing"
2000s2000: "Beautiful Day" * 2001: "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" * "Elevation" * "Walk On" * 2002: "Electrical Storm" * 2004: "Take Me to the Clouds Above" (LMC vs. U2) * "Vertigo" * 2005: "All Because of You" * "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" * "City of Blinding Lights" * "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (live, with Paul McCartney) * 2006: "One" (with Mary J. Blige) * "The Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day) * 2007: "Window in the Skies" * 2008: "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (with The Dubliners, Kíla, and A Band of Bowsies) * 2009: "Get on Your Boots" * "Magnificent" * "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"



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