Tryin ' to Throw Your Arms Around the World - Wikipedia Tryin ' to Throw Your Arms Around the World `` Tryin ' to Throw Your Arms Around the World '' Song by U2 from the album Achtung Baby Released 19 November 1991 Genre Rock Length 3 : 53 Label Island Songwriter ( s ) U2 ( music ), Bono ( lyrics ) Producer ( s ) Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno Achtung Baby track listing `` Mysterious Ways '' ( 8 ) `` Tryin ' to Throw Your Arms Around the World '' ( 9 ) `` Ultraviolet ( Light My Way ) '' ( 10 ) `` Tryin ' to Throw Your Arms Around the World '' is the ninth track from U2 's 1991 album, Achtung Baby. It is a tongue in cheek song about stumbling home drunk from a night out on the town. It is dedicated to the Flaming Colossus nightclub in Los Angeles. The album version includes keyboard playing by producer Brian Eno. During live performances on 1992 - 93 's Zoo TV Tour, lead singer Bono would spray a bottle of champagne towards the audience. It was played 136 times out of the 159 times on the tour, but has not been performed since then. However, it was snippeted at three concerts during the final leg of the U2 360 Tour in July 2011. The song was edited out of the live video release Zoo TV : Live from Sydney ; it was later revealed that the concert ran long and the song needed to be edited in order to fit the concert into a two - hour timeslot. The line `` a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle '' is a quotation from Irina Dunn. Contents 1 Covers 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Covers The song was reworked for the 2011 tribute album AHK - toong BAY - bi Covered by The Fray. The Denver quartet had supported U2 on the seventh leg of the 360 ° Tour, during which The Fray 's Isaac Slade celebrated his 30th birthday. `` They gave me a ping - pong table, '' he recalled, `` and a ping - pong paddle with sunglasses drawn on it. '' See also List of covers of U2 songs - Tryin ' to Throw Your Arms Around the World References Jump up ^ Graham, Bill ; van Oosten de Boer ( 2004 ). U2 : The Complete Guide to their Music. London : Omnibus Press. p. 50. ISBN 0 - 7119 - 9886 - 8. Jump up ^ `` U2 Tryin ' To Throw Your Arms Around The World - U2 on tour ''. U2gigs.com. Jump up ^ McGee, Matt : U2FAQS.com Videography FAQ, Question # 8 ( Accessed May 3, 2007 ) U2 : U@faqs - Videography Jump up ^ The Phrase finder UK Jump up ^ `` What 's On Your Free CD ? ''. Q : 6 -- 7. December 2011. External links Lyrics and list of performances at U2.com Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Achtung Baby Tracks `` Zoo Station '' `` Even Better Than the Real Thing '' `` One '' `` Until the End of the World '' `` Who 's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses '' `` So Cruel '' `` The Fly '' `` Mysterious Ways '' `` Tryin ' to Throw Your Arms Around the World '' `` Ultraviolet ( Light My Way ) '' `` Acrobat '' `` Love Is Blindness '' Related articles Brian Eno Daniel Lanois Flood Zoo TV Tour Live from Sydney Zoo TV Live From the Sky Down AHK - toong BAY - bi Covered Rattle and Hum Zooropa U2 Bono The Edge Adam Clayton Larry Mullen Jr. Studio albums Boy October War The Unforgettable Fire The Joshua Tree Rattle and Hum Achtung Baby Zooropa Pop All That You Ca n't Leave Behind How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb No Line on the Horizon Songs of Innocence Songs of Experience Compilations and EPs Three Wide Awake in America Please : PopHeart Live EP The Best of 1980 -- 1990 7 The Best of 1990 -- 2000 Exclusive The Complete U2 Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge U218 Singles Wide Awake in Europe Other albums Under a Blood Red Sky Melon : Remixes for Propaganda Original Soundtracks 1 Hasta la Vista Baby ! U2 Live from Mexico City Live from the Point Depot U2. Communication Zoo TV Live U2 Go Home : Live from Slane Castle, Ireland Live from Paris Medium, Rare & Remastered Artificial Horizon Duals U22 From the Ground Up : Edge 's Picks from U2360 ° Videos and films U2 Live at Red Rocks : Under a Blood Red Sky The Unforgettable Fire Collection Rattle and Hum Achtung Baby : The Videos, the Cameos, and a Whole Lot of Interference from Zoo TV Zoo TV : Live from Sydney PopMart : Live from Mexico City Elevation 2001 : Live from Boston U2 Go Home : Live from Slane Castle, Ireland Vertigo 2005 : Live from Chicago Vertigo 05 : Live from Milan U218 Videos Live from Paris U2 3D Linear U2360 ° at the Rose Bowl From the Sky Down Innocence + Experience : Live in Paris Tours and concerts U2 - 3 Tour Boy Tour October Tour War Tour The Unforgettable Fire Tour Live Aid A Conspiracy of Hope The Joshua Tree Tour Vaillancourt Fountain concert Lovetown Tour Zoo TV Tour PopMart Tour concert in Sarajevo Elevation Tour Super Bowl XXXVI halftime show Vertigo Tour U2 360 ° Tour Innocence + Experience Tour The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Additional personnel Steve Averill Anton Corbijn Brian Eno Dik Evans Dave Fanning Flood Gavin Friday Howie B Jimmy Iovine Daniel Lanois Steve Lillywhite Paul McGuinness Morleigh Steinberg Willie Williams Related articles Awards and nominations Discography Songs Covers of U2 songs The Million Dollar Hotel ( soundtrack ) Mother Records AHK - toong BAY - bi Covered `` Trash of the Titans '' U2 by U2 U2 Tower Book Portal WikiProject Timeline Singles This 1990s rock song - related article is a stub. 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Question: trying to throw your arms around the world lyrics meaning
Answer: stumbling home drunk from a night out on the town