Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own

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"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" is a song by rock band U2 and the third track from their 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. The song was released as the album's second single in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2005 and it debuted at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1] Originally titled "Tough," the song is about lead singer Bono's relationship with his dying father. The song won awards for "Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" and "Song of the Year" at the 2006 Grammy Awards.

Background and writing

The lyrics were written by lead singer Bono as a tribute to his father, Bob Hewson, who died of cancer in 2001; Bono sang the song at his funeral. The video to the song begins with a note from Bono about his father, saying "I wish I'd known him better."

Release

"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" was released worldwide on 7 February 2005. The song was added to BBC Radio 1's C-list playlist on 29 December 2004. It moved to the B-list a week later and to the A-list a week after that. The song was also playlisted by XFM.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number one in the UK, marking the first time that a U2 album has produced two UK number 1 hits (following "Vertigo" in November 2004).^[1]

The single was also the third release in the United States. It reached number 15 on the Adult Top 40 chart, and number 29 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in April 2005. It also reached number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listings

CD (2 track)^[2]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (Radio edit 96 BPM)	Bono	U2	4:51
2.	"Fast Cars" (Jacknife Lee mix)	Bono, the Edge	U2	3:28

CD (maxi)^[3]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (Radio edit 96 BPM)	Bono	U2	4:51
2.	"Ave Maria" (Jacknife Lee mix)	Bono (English lyrics)	Franz Schubert	3:28
3.	"Vertigo" (Redanka Power mix)	Bono, the Edge	U2	7:34

CD (Japan release)^[4]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (Radio edit 96 BPM)	Bono	U2	4:51
2.	"Fast Cars" (Jacknife Lee mix)	Bono, the Edge	U2	3:28
3.	"Vertigo" (Trent Reznor remix)	Bono, the Edge	U2	3:38
4.	"Vertigo" (Redanka Power mix)	Bono, the Edge	U2	7:34
5.	"Ave Maria" (Jacknife Lee mix)	Bono (English lyrics)	Franz Schubert	3:35

DVD single^[5]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (Video – Live from HQ video, 16 November 2004)	5:15
2.	"Vertigo" (Video)	3:11
3.	"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (Album version)	5:05
4.	"Vertigo" (Trent Reznor remix)	3:38

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[6]	19
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[7]	25
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[8]	31
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[9]	32
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)^[10]	1
Denmark (Tracklisten)^[11]	2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[12]	11
France (SNEP)^[13]	60
Germany (Official German Charts)^[14]	23
Ireland (IRMA)^[15]	3
Italy (FIMI)^[16]	2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[17]	4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[18]	5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[19]	12
Norway (VG-lista)^[20]	6
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[21]	1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[22]	24
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[23]	39
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[24]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[25]	97
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)^[26]	15
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[27]	29
US Pop 100 (Billboard)^[10]	87

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)	Position
Spanish Singles Chart^[28]	10

References

1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 708. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ (CD single). U2. United Kingdom: Island Records. 2005. CID886/987011-4. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ (CD single). U2. United Kingdom: Island Records. 2005. CIDX886/9870115-7. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ (CD single). U2. Japan: Island Records. 2005. UICI-5019. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ (DVD single). U2. United Kingdom: Island Records. 2005. CIDV886/987011-6. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Australian-charts.com – U2 – Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – U2 – Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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↑ "Ultratop.be – U2 – Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
1 2 "U2: Charts and Awards". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
↑ "Danishcharts.com – U2 – Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own". Tracklisten. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "U2: Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Lescharts.com – U2 – Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Musicline.de – U2 Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Chart Track: Week 6, 2005". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Italiancharts.com – U2 – Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – U2 search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – U2 – Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – U2 – Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – U2 – Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own". VG-lista. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Spanishcharts.com – U2 – Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – U2 – Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – U2 – Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Archive Chart: 2005-02-19" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "U2 – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for U2. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "U2 – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for U2. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
↑ "U2 – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for U2. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
↑ "TOP 10 SINGLES 2005" (PDF). promusicae.org.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Top40-Charts.com – "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" Single Charts Page – last accessed on 26 October 2005
All Music – U2 Charts and Awards – last accessed on 26 October 2005

Preceded by "Like Toy Soldiers" by Eminem	UK number one single 19 February 2005 – 25 February 2005	Succeeded by "Get Right" by Jennifer Lopez

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb track listing

"Vertigo" "Miracle Drug" "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" "Love and Peace or Else" "City of Blinding Lights" "All Because of You" "A Man and a Woman" "Crumbs from Your Table" "One Step Closer" "Original of the Species" "Yahweh" "Fast Cars"

All That You Can't Leave Behind No Line on the Horizon

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) 1983 "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" 1987 "With or Without You" "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" "Where the Streets Have No Name" "In God's Country" 1988 "One Tree Hill" "Desire" "Angel of Harlem" 1989 "When Love Comes to Town" (feat. B.B. King) "All I Want Is You"

1990s	1991 "The Fly" "Mysterious Ways" 1992 "One" "Even Better Than the Real Thing" "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" 1993 "Numb" "Lemon" "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" 1995 "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" "Miss Sarajevo" (as Passengers) 1997 "Discothèque" "Staring at the Sun" "Last Night on Earth" "Please" "If God Will Send His Angels" "Mofo" 1998 "Sweetest Thing"

2000s	2000 "Beautiful Day" 2001 "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" "Elevation" "Walk On" 2002 "Electrical Storm" 2004 "Vertigo" 2005 "All Because of You" "Sometimes You Can'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 Don'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"

Grammy Award for Song of the Year (2000s)

2000 Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas - "Smooth" 2001 Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson - "Beautiful Day" 2002 Alicia Keys - "Fallin'" 2003 Jesse Harris - "Don't Know Why" 2004 Richard Marx & Luther Vandross - "Dance with My Father" 2005 John Mayer - "Daughters" 2006 Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson - "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" 2007 Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson - "Not Ready to Make Nice" 2008 Amy Winehouse - "Rehab" 2009 Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin - "Viva la Vida"

Complete list (1960s) (1970s) (1980s) (1990s) (2000s) (2010s)

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