Lyrics
It's cold outside It gets so hot in here The boys and girls collide To the music in my ear.
I hear the children crying And I know it's time to go I hear the children crying Take me home.
A painted face And I know we haven't long We thought that we had the answers It was the questions we had wrong.
I hear the children crying And I know it's time to go I hear the children crying Take me home.
Say so, say so Say so, say so.
Wording may vary between live performances and re-recordings.
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: 1980.
Chart positions
- Ireland — Singles peak: 69 Source
Certifications
No song-specific certification has been verified for this entry. The album's certification does not certify each track.
Grammys & other honours
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Checked 2026-09-11. A missing entry means not established here, not necessarily that the song never charted or won an award.
Recording context
An eight-track live mini-album drawn from the War tour. Its concise running order helped introduce the energy of U2's concerts to a much larger audience.
Album credits, production history and Did you know?