Mothers Of The Disappeared - Remastered 2007

As he explains when introducing this song in concert, Bono wrote this when he made a trip to El Salvador in the middle of the civil war in the '80s. In San Salvador, he met with the Comadres, who were a group of women also known as the "mothers of the disappeared." These women had lost their children, who were taken in the night by death squads, leaving the mothers unsure if their children were alive or dead. He then stayed with a group of guerillas in the middle of the mountains in the north of the country, where he was inspired to write "Bullet The Blue Sky," another single from The Joshua Tree album.

This song ties in with U2's work with Amnesty International. In 1986, they participated in six concerts as part of the Amnesty International Conspiracy Of Hope tour. Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Brian Adams, and Sting were also on the tour with U2.

On February 5, 1998, U2 played in Buenos Aires with The Mothers of the Disappeared onstage with pictures of their missing children. After performing the song, the women draped scarves around Bono's neck and the crowd sang the Argentine National Anthem. This was the first time the band played the song in concert since 1987.