The Hands That Built America
by U2

Album: The Best of 1990-2000 (2002)
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Songfacts®:

  • Featured in the movie Gangs Of New York. It was nominated for Best Original Song at the 2003 Academy Awards, but lost to Eminem's "Lose Yourself" from the film 8 Mile. It did win the Golden Globe for the same category.
  • Bono and The Edge wrote this specifically for Gangs of New York. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Bill - Johnstown, PA, for above 2

Comments: 2

  • Acrobat from Adelaide, AustraliaBono also sings a song in Gaelic that appears during Gangs of New york, it is a very haunting melody and I hit rewind several times to hear it.
  • Angela from Hagerstown, Mdew. Eminem. Horrible loss there.
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