Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out of - wikipedia Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out of `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' Single by U2 from the album All That You Ca n't Leave Behind B - side `` Big Girls are Best '' Released 29 January 2001 Format CD, cassette Recorded 2000 Studio HQ in Dublin, Ireland Genre Rock Length 4 : 32 ( Album version ) 3 : 42 ( Radio edit ) Label Island / Interscope Songwriter ( s ) U2 ( music ), Bono and The Edge ( lyrics ) Producer ( s ) Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno U2 singles chronology `` Beautiful Day '' ( 2000 ) `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( 2001 ) `` Elevation '' ( 2001 ) `` Beautiful Day '' ( 2000 ) `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( 2001 ) `` Elevation '' ( 2001 ) `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' is the second single from U2 's 2000 album, All That You Ca n't Leave Behind. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 2002. Bono has said the song was inspired by a fictional conversation with his friend Michael Hutchence about suicide. Contents 1 Writing and composition 2 Music videos 3 Covers 4 Release 5 Formats and track listings 6 Personnel 7 B - sides 8 Alternative versions 9 Charts 10 See also 11 References Writing and composition `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' emerged while The Edge was working on a gospel - influenced chord progression on the piano. U2 's lead singer Bono wrote the song about the suicide of his close friend Michael Hutchence, lead singer of the band INXS. The song is written in the form of an argument about suicide in which Bono tries to convince Hutchence of the act 's foolishness. Bono characterized the song as a fight between friends, which he felt guilty for never having with Hutchence. As Bono said in 2005, `` It 's a row between mates. You 're kinda trying to wake them up out of an idea. In my case it 's a row I did n't have while he was alive. I feel the biggest respect I could pay to him was not to write some stupid soppy song, so I wrote a really tough, nasty little number, slapping him around the head. And I 'm sorry, but that 's how it came out of me. '' Mick Jagger and his daughter Elizabeth recorded backing vocals for the song, although these did not make the final mix. Music videos Two music videos were filmed for the song : One is directed by Joseph Kahn, features an American football game between the `` Flys '' ( sic ) and the `` Lemons '' filmed at the Houston Astrodome, and contains various inside jokes and references to the band 's past, such as the team names themselves - which were the titles of two U2 singles released in the 1990s. The video features a brief cameo in the beginning from John Madden, whose lines also feature several U2 references. The main part of the video shows a placekicker named Paul Hewson -- Bono 's real name -- forced to re-live a field goal he missed that cost his team the game. The other video, directed by Kevin Godley, shows Bono being thrown out of a van several times, as if `` stuck in a moment ''. At the end of the video, the rest of the band helps him up. Covers Somalian - Canadian rapper K'naan performed the song live in July 2010 for iHeartRadio. Welsh singer - songwriter Martyn Joseph performed the song his 2004 album `` Run for Cover ''. Release `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' was released on 29 January 2001 in the UK, on 12 February 2001 in Australia, on 27 March in France, and on 30 October 2001 in Canada. Formats and track listings All music composed by U2. Version 1 No. Title Lyrics Length 1. `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( Album version ) Bono and The Edge 4 : 33 2. `` Big Girls Are Best '' Bono and The Edge 3 : 37 3. `` Beautiful Day '' ( Quincey and Sonance remix ) Bono 7 : 55 4. `` Beautiful Day '' ( Perfecto mix ) Bono 7 : 48 Total length : 24 : 01 Note Track 4 only available on the Australian limited edition CD. Version 2 No. Title Lyrics Length 1. `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( Album version ) Bono and The Edge 4 : 33 2. `` Beautiful Day '' ( Live on Farmclub.com ) Bono 4 : 48 3. `` New York '' ( Live on Farmclub.com ) Bono 6 : 01 4. `` Beautiful Day '' ( David Holmes remix ) Bono 5 : 34 Total length : 20 : 58 Note Track 4 only available on the Australian limited edition CD. Version 3 No. Title Lyrics Length 1. `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( Album version ) Bono and The Edge 4 : 33 2. `` Big Girls Are Best '' Bono and The Edge 3 : 37 3. `` All I Want Is You '' ( Live at Manray, Paris ) Bono 5 : 26 4. `` Even Better Than the Real Thing '' ( Live at Manray, Paris ) Bono 3 : 55 Total length : 17 : 33 Note Only available in France. Version 4 No. Title Lyrics Length 1. `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( Album Version ) Bono and The Edge 4 : 33 2. `` Beautiful Day '' ( Live on Farmclub.com ) Bono 4 : 48 3. `` New York '' ( Live on Farmclub.com ) Bono 6 : 01 4. `` Big Girls Are Best '' Bono and The Edge 3 : 37 5. `` Beautiful Day '' ( Quincey and Sonance remix ) Bono 7 : 55 Total length : 18 : 19 Note Released only in Japan, featuring most B - sides from both regular CD releases. Version 5 No. Title Lyrics Length 1. `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( Radio edit ) Bono and The Edge 3 : 42 2. `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( Acoustic version ) Bono and The Edge 3 : 42 3. `` Stay ( Faraway, So Close ! ) '' ( Live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada ) Bono 5 : 39 4. `` Elevation '' ( Vandit club remix ) Bono 8 : 54 Total length : 22 : 05 Note A Canada - only release on late October 2001, also available on CD. Personnel Bono -- vocals, synthesisers The Edge -- vocals, guitar Adam Clayton -- bass guitar Larry Mullen, Jr. -- drums Brian Eno -- synthesisers Daniel Lanois -- additional guitar Paul Barrett -- brass B - sides The `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' singles were backed with the following B - sides : `` Big Girls Are Best '' - produced by Flood and Howie B, this song was recorded after the PopMart Tour. Its lyrics include a reference to the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ( `` Avenue Atantico, 1702 '' ), where U2 stayed when they played in Rio in 1998. `` Beautiful Day '' ( Quincey and Sonance Remix ) - this remix was released, in a shorter version, in a promotional CD along with an issue of Q magazine. `` Beautiful Day '' and `` New York '' ( Live from Farmclub.com ) - this was a performance on 27 October 2000 for the American TV show, during U2 's promotional tour of the All That You Ca n't Leave Behind album. `` All I Want Is You '' and `` Even Better Than the Real Thing '' ( Live from Manray ) - the first public listening of All That You Ca n't Leave Behind in the famous Paris nightclub was capped with an impromptu performance by U2, the first since the end of the PopMart Tour. These two songs were lifted from that performance. `` Stay ( Faraway, So Close ! ) '' ( Live from Toronto ) - this performance from the Elevation Tour was transmitted live for the We Know Where You Live, Live ! TV special, which was later released in DVD. `` Elevation '' ( Vandit Club Remix ) this remix was done by Paul Van Dyk. Alternative versions There are three versions of this song : The album version, which appears on All That You Ca n't Leave Behind. This is the original version of the song. The acoustic version, which appears on the single, as well as in the `` Walk On '' single and the 7 EP. The same vocal track is used with a different, stripped - down arrangement. The radio edit, which was used in the promotional radio singles in the US. Part of the first verse and the outro are edited out, leaving the song with about three and a half minutes. Charts Chart ( 2001 ) Peak Position Australia ( ARIA ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 38 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 31 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia ) 33 Brazilian Singles Chart ( ABPD ) 63 Canada ( Nielsen SoundScan ) Denmark ( Tracklisten ) 9 Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) 10 France ( SNEP ) 31 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 40 Ireland ( IRMA ) Italy ( FIMI ) Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 7 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 12 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 17 Norway ( VG - lista ) Spain ( AFYVE ) Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 23 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 38 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 52 US Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) 35 US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) 35 US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) 9 US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) 27 US Top 40 Tracks 27 See also List of covers of U2 songs - Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of References Jump up ^ Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. U2 by U2. HarperCollins. ISBN 978 - 0 - 06 - 077674 - 9. CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ Wenner, Jann S. ( 3 November 2005 ). `` Bono : The Rolling Stone Interview ''. Rolling Stone. No. 986. pp. 48 -- 67, 102 -- 103. Jump up ^ `` INXS Singer Had Discussed Suicide With U2 's Bono ''. Reuters. 27 December 2000. Jump up ^ Gundersen, Edna ( 29 September 2010 ). `` Rock Hall of Fame shows get a three - disc set for the ages ''. USA Today. Jump up ^ `` Two New iheartradio Videos : Robyn Strips Down Alicia Keys, K'naan Goofs Around for U2 - Cover Me ''. 18 August 2010. Jump up ^ Kootnikoff, David ( 2010 ). U2 : A Musical Biography. ABC - CLIO. pp. xxvii. Jump up ^ `` Australian-charts.com -- U2 -- Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of ''. ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- U2 -- Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- U2 -- Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- U2 -- Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( in French ). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Brazil '' ( PDF ). ABPD. October 6, 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2014. Jump up ^ `` U2 : Charts and Awards ''. Allmusic. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` Danishcharts.com -- U2 -- Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of ''. Tracklisten. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` U2 : Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( in Finnish ). Musiikkituottajat -- IFPI Finland. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Lescharts.com -- U2 -- Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( in French ). Les classement single. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- U2 Single - Chartverfolgung '' ( in German ). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Chart Track : Week 5, 2001 ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Italiancharts.com -- U2 -- Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of ''. Top Digital Download. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- U2 search results '' ( in Dutch ) Dutch Top 40. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- U2 -- Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- U2 -- Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of ''. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Norwegiancharts.com -- U2 -- Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of ''. VG - lista. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Hits of the World -- Spain ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 3, 2001. p. 41. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Swedishcharts.com -- U2 -- Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of ''. Singles Top 100. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- U2 -- Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Official Singles Chart Top 100 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` U2 -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for U2. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` U2 -- Chart history '' Billboard Alternative Songs for U2. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` U2 -- Chart history '' Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs for U2. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` U2 -- Chart history '' Billboard Adult Pop Songs for U2. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` U2 -- Chart history '' Billboard Pop Songs for U2. Retrieved 6 June 2014. All That You Ca n't Leave Behind track listing `` Beautiful Day '' `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' `` Elevation '' `` Walk On '' `` Kite '' `` In a Little While '' `` Wild Honey '' `` Peace on Earth '' `` When I Look at the World '' `` New York '' `` Grace '' `` The Ground Beneath Her Feet '' Pop How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb U2 singles discography 1980s 1980 `` Another Day '' `` 11 O'Clock Tick Tock '' `` A Day Without Me '' `` I Will Follow '' 1981 `` Fire '' `` Gloria '' 1982 `` A Celebration '' `` I Will Follow '' ( live recorded by Veronica 's Countdown ) `` New Year 's Day '' `` Two Hearts Beat as One '' `` Sunday Bloody Sunday '' 1984 `` I Will Follow '' ( live, from Under a Blood Red Sky ) `` Pride ( In the Name of Love ) '' 1985 `` The Unforgettable Fire '' `` With or Without You '' `` I Still Have n't Found What I 'm Looking For '' `` Where the Streets Have No Name '' `` In God 's Country '' `` One Tree Hill '' `` Desire '' `` Angel of Harlem '' `` When Love Comes to Town '' ( feat. B.B. King ) `` All I Want Is You '' 1990s 1991 `` The Fly '' `` Mysterious Ways '' `` One '' `` Even Better Than the Real Thing '' `` Who 's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses '' `` Numb '' `` Lemon '' `` Stay ( Faraway, So Close ! ) '' 1995 `` Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me '' `` Miss Sarajevo '' ( as Passengers ) `` Discothèque '' `` Staring at the Sun '' `` Last Night on Earth '' `` Please '' `` If God Will Send His Angels '' `` Mofo '' 1998 `` Sweetest Thing '' 2000s 2000 `` Beautiful Day '' `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of '' `` Elevation '' `` Walk On '' 2002 `` Electrical Storm '' `` Vertigo '' 2005 `` All Because of You '' `` Sometimes You Ca n't Make It on Your Own '' `` City of Blinding Lights '' `` Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band '' ( live, with Paul McCartney ) 2006 `` One '' ( with Mary J. Blige ) `` The Saints Are Coming '' ( feat. Green Day ) 2007 `` Window in the Skies '' 2008 `` The Ballad of Ronnie Drew '' ( with The Dubliners, Kíla, and A Band of Bowsies ) 2009 `` Get On Your Boots '' `` Magnificent '' `` I 'll Go Crazy If I Do n't Go Crazy Tonight '' 2010s 2011 `` I Will Follow '' ( live from Glastonbury ) 2013 `` Ordinary Love '' 2014 `` Invisible '' `` The Miracle ( Of Joey Ramone ) '' `` Every Breaking Wave '' 2015 `` Song for Someone '' 2017 `` You 're the Best Thing About Me '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stuck_in_a_Moment_You_Can%27t_Get_Out_Of&oldid=796736820 '' Categories : 2000 songs 2001 singles Canadian Singles Chart number - one singles Interscope Records singles Irish Singles Chart number - one singles Island Records singles Music videos directed by Joseph Kahn Number - one singles in Italy Rock ballads Songs about suicide Songs in memory of deceased persons Song recordings produced by Brian Eno Song recordings produced by Daniel Lanois Songs written by Bono Songs written by the Edge Songs written by Adam Clayton Songs written by Larry Mullen Jr. U2 songs Songs inspired by deaths Michael Hutchence Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list Use dmy dates from August 2011 Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August 2013 Track listings with deprecated parameters Singlechart usages for Australia Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart usages for Wallonia Singlechart usages for Denmark Singlechart usages for Finland Singlechart usages for France Singlechart usages for Germany Singlechart usages for Ireland Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Italy Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Norway Singlechart usages for Sweden Singlechart usages for Swiss Singlechart usages for UK Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardalternativesongs Singlechart usages for Billboardmainstreamrock Singlechart usages for Billboardadultpopsongs Singlechart usages for Billboardpopsongs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Italiano ქართული Nederlands Polski Português Русский Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 22 August 2017, at 19 : 21. 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Question: who was stuck in the moment written for
Answer: Michael Hutchence