"Are You Going to Wait Forever?" (2000)
Demo Song
Background Information
“Are You Going to Wait Forever?” was a song developed for 2000’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind. “Are You Going to Wait Forever?” was further developed for How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, and ended up released as a B-Side to the first single “Vertigo”.
In 2003, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland Ohio opened a U2 exhibit, with multiple floors focused on U2. As part of that exhibit there was a notebook of song titles that were identified as having belonged to the recording sessions for All That You Can’t Leave Behind. The list for this album was long, containing 53 different titles. A few of these songs were eventually released such as “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” (here it was marked the DooWop Version), “Miracle Drug”, “Grace” (listed here as the TV mix), “A Man and a Woman” (A note says that Bono and Brian call this “Boomerang 3”), “Love and Peace”, “Stuck” (a note says to work on the song with three different vocal approaches), and “Always” (with the “With or Without You” vocal approach). In the notes beside each song are clues to what the song was, or what work was left on the song.
“Are You Going to Wait Forever?” was one of these songs. There were no additional notes beyond the title.