Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own

Lyrics

Read the lyrics and recording notes for this version at U2Songs.

Song Propaganda

The documented history below belongs to the song's original single or specifically named recording/video—not automatically to this album's mix, live performance or re-recording. Single-era reference: 2005.

Chart positions

• Ireland — Singles peak: 3 Source
• UK — Singles peak: 1 Source
• US — Billboard Hot 100 peak: 97 Source

Certifications

• UK — BPI: Silver Source

Grammys & other honours

• 2006 Grammy — Song of the Year Source
• 2006 Grammy — Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Source

Checked 2026-09-11. A missing entry means not established here, not necessarily that the song never charted or won an award.

Recording context

A guitar-forward album shaped by extensive rewriting and a change of production leadership. Family, mortality and faith sit beside the opening rush of Vertigo.

Exact recording source — U2SongsOfficial release — U2.com