Elevation

"It is fun and frolics but the goal is soul," Bono says of the song in U2 by U2. "It is about sexuality and transcendence, a playful piece about wanting to get off, or, in this case, to literally get off the ground. I can't actually remember writing it. It was all over in minutes, which is probably not the greatest admission to make in a song about sex."

"Elevation" was one of the first major-label releases made available for preview on the web before the song was released. If you had a good internet connection, you could give it a listen on U2.com, although it might take a few minutes to buffer.

U2's 2001 tour was "The Elevation Tour," and this was the first song in the set. U2 messed with convention by starting the show with the house lights still on. As the recorded intro music to the song played, the band would take the stage and start the show under the house lights. Somewhere in the middle of the song, the house lights would cut and the stage lights would come on. U2 tried this on the first show of the tour, and the response was so strong that they did it for the remainder.