Silver and Gold

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"Silver and Gold" is a blues-rock song by U2, originally written in support of the anti-apartheid movement and later featured on their album and film project *Rattle and Hum*.

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Silver & Gold 1
Silver and Gold canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
associatedAct U2
associatedWith Rattle and Hum tour period
linked to: Rattle and Hum

Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid
chronologicallyRelatedTo The Joshua Tree era
composer Bono
countryOfOrigin Ireland
featuresInstrument bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
featuresVocalStyle Bono lead vocals
genre blues rock
rock
hasCulturalContext global anti-apartheid movement
hasEra 1980s rock
hasKey blues-based rock key (live variations)
hasLivePerformanceLocation Denver
linked to: Denver, Colorado

United States
hasLiveSpokenIntro Bono commentary on apartheid
hasMusicalStyle guitar-driven blues rock
hasNotableLyric “In the shit house a shotgun”
“Silver and gold”
“This desperation, dislocation, separation, condemnation”
hasPoliticalTheme yes
hasSubject economic exploitation
injustice
resistance
hasVersion Rattle and Hum live version
Sun City album version
includedIn U2 live setlists in late 1980s
language English
lyricist Bono
mainTheme South African apartheid
anti-apartheid movement
mediaType audio recording
concert film performance
partOf Rattle and Hum (album)
linked to: Rattle and Hum

Rattle and Hum (film)
linked to: Rattle and Hum
performer U2
recordedAs live version
studio version
recordedBy U2
recordLabel Island Records
supportingCause anti-apartheid activism
opposition to apartheid in South Africa
writer Bono

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Rattle and Hum hasPart Silver and Gold
Sufjan Stevens album Silver & Gold
linked to: Silver and Gold