“With or Without You” was released as the lead single from the album “The Joshua Tree”. It was the band’s most successful single at the time.

It features sustained guitar parts played by guitarist the Edge, along with vocals by lead singer Bono and a bassline by bassist Adam Clayton. The song originated from a demo recorded in late 1985.

Ostensibly a troubled love song, the track’s lyrics were inspired by Bono’s conflicting feelings about the lives he led as a musician and domestic man.