"It's a song about a man living on little or no romance," Bono says. "It's a song about women - or a woman - but it's addressed to him." Bono talks a bit about theology and about El Shadi - the third and least used name for God in the Bible, which translates as "the breasted one." "I've always believed that the spirit is a feminine thing," he says. "Mysterious Ways" is not about a particular woman. It is about women in general, and the way they entrance, and often dominate men. Says Bono, "At times I do tend to idealize women. It's easy to fall into the trap of separating them into angels and devils for the sake of the drama. But there's no way that there's ever anything anti-women involved. Our songs are not politically correct. They are written from a man's point of view. He's wrestling with different things, there's a flash of anger and hurt here and there. But I don't think women come out badly."(From Into The Heart by Niall Stokes)
Definitely one song I personally favour : the bass line and the powerful performance from Larry Mullen drums, the very strong guitar work, and Bono at the height of his lyrical powers. One of U2's most well known songs, and still receives a lot of airplay over ten years after its initial release.
There are several club ,disco remixes: Solar Plexus Extended Club Mix,Apollo 440 Magic Hour Remix,Tabla Motown Remix and Paul Oakenfold Remix.I prefer the standard version straigth and powerful.A great version live!!! (watch the 2005 Chicago version!!!)
While recording this in Berlin, U2 came up ith the basis for their song "One." In a rush of creativity, they put together "One" and finished this later. This was very refreshing for the band - they were having a hard time coming up with anything and even considered breaking up.
U2 performed this on the Zoo TV tour with a bellydancer on stage for visual aids(later the belly dancer became Mrs Edge)
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