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Zooropa · Track 10 · 1993

The Wanderer

Studio Version with Alarm

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Recording context

Made around the Zoo TV tour, Zooropa extends U2's experiments with electronic textures, advertising language and fractured identities. Its hurried creation is part of its character.

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