Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (track)
by U2
Year: 2004
From the album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (track #3)
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Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own appears on the following album(s) by U2:
- How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (track #3) (this album) (2004)
- U218 Singles (track #16) (compilation) (2006)
- Songs Of Surrender (track #16) (2023)
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| ! | 12/11/2025 07:41 | zsolti | 6,740 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2025 00:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 60,448 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/08/2025 11:55 | Siromynian | 15,458 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2025 17:03 |  Tamthebam | 44,481 | 79/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2025 12:18 |  VictorVale | 43,029 | 88/100 |
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It's good, don't get me wrong, but I feel like they wanted this to be a big rock ballad, and I do like the chorus and lyrics, but it just doesn't resonate with me that much as a song.
A good big U2 song
Perfect song, perfect lyrics. LOVE IT
GandalfORiley345 06/20/2014 01:35 | #114827
What about a balada like joshua Tree´s ones, well, close, but not the same, but, U2 is, U2
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