Mothers of the Disappeared

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"Mothers of the Disappeared" is a somber, politically charged song by U2 that reflects on the suffering of families whose children were abducted by oppressive regimes in Latin America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
addressesCountry Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ
addressesRegion Latin America ⓘ
album The Joshua Tree ⓘ
artist U2 ⓘ
composer Bono ⓘ
The Edge ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
firstPerformed 1986 ⓘ
genre political song ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasMood haunting ⓘ
somber ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext Latin American military dictatorships ⓘ
hasSubject mothers of missing children ⓘ
victims of authoritarian regimes ⓘ
hasTempo slow ⓘ
hasType album track ⓘ
includedIn U2 live setlists ⓘ
inspiredBy Comadres (Committee of Mothers) in El Salvador ⓘ
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo ⓘ
disappearances under military dictatorships in Latin America ⓘ
label Island Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Bono ⓘ
notableLivePerformance U2 Joshua Tree 1987 tour ⓘ
linked to: The Joshua Tree

U2 The Joshua Tree 2017 tour ⓘ
U2 concert in Santiago, Chile, 1998 ⓘ
partOf The Joshua Tree ⓘ
performer U2 ⓘ
positionOnAlbum final track on The Joshua Tree ⓘ
producer Brian Eno ⓘ
Daniel Lanois ⓘ
U2 ⓘ
recordedIn 1986 ⓘ
recordingArtistNationality Irish ⓘ
releaseDate 1987 ⓘ
theme forced disappearances ⓘ
grief of families of the disappeared ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
state violence ⓘ
trackNumber 11 ⓘ
usesInstrument electric guitar ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Joshua Tree → hasPart → Mothers of the Disappeared ⓘ
Exit → followedBy → Mothers of the Disappeared ⓘ
Elevation Tour → featuresSong → Mothers of the Disappeared ⓘ
Rattle and Hum → hasPart → Mothers of the Disappeared (live) ⓘ
subject linked to: U2 live album Rattle and Hum
linked to: Mothers of the Disappeared
U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 → includesSong → Mothers of the Disappeared ⓘ