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With or Without You

1987 single by U2
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Summary

With or Without You is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,260 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: SNEP gold single[3]
  • Composer: Bono[4], Larry Mullen Jr.[5], The Edge[6], Adam Clayton[7]
  • Genre: rock music[8]
  • Followed by: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For[9]
  • Producer: Brian Eno[10]
  • Performer: U2[11]
  • Record label: Island Records[12]
  • Part of: The Joshua Tree[13]
  • Language of work or name: English[14]
  • Publication date: March 21, 1987[15]
  • Lyricist: Bono[16]
  • Tonality: D major[17]
  • Main subject: love[18], dependency[19], emotional conflict[20], spirituality[21]
  • Single taken from the album or EP: The Joshua Tree[22], Please: PopHeart Live EP[23]

Product Details

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  • Release type: Song[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c90fe41d-9409-377b-aa32-3d0730d0e865[25]

Why It Matters

With or Without You has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

FAQs

What awards did With or Without You receive?

Honors received include SNEP gold single[3].

Related Entities

Adam Clayton Bono Brian Eno Island Records Larry Mullen Jr. spirituality The Edge The Joshua Tree U2

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 24
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hr', 'it', 'ja', 'ka', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Number of viewers/listeners: 9,429,967, update youtube video data from api ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/5b29f1adeb07|details]])"
  2. 4w ago · ערן · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → The Joshua Tree
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Part of: The Joshua Tree, ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/1e88d267dd6b|details]])"
  3. 19w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → —
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  4. 23w ago · 2027 vision in my · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Title: With or Without You"
  5. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → U2
    Followed by → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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