Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own

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"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
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Single by U2
from the album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
B-side "Ave Maria"
Released7 February 2005 (2005-02-07)
Studio
Genre Rock
Length
  • 5:06 (album version)
  • 4:51 (edited version)
  • 5:30 (alternate version)
Label
Composer(s) U2
Lyricist(s) Bono
Producer(s)
U2 singles chronology
"Vertigo"
(2004)
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
(2005)
"All Because of You"
(2005)
Audio sample
CD (2 track) [12]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (Radio edit 96 BPM)BonoU24:51
2."Fast Cars" (Jacknife Lee mix)Bono, the Edge U23:28
CD (maxi) [13]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (Radio edit 96 BPM)BonoU24:51
2."Ave Maria" (Jacknife Lee mix)Bono (English lyrics) Franz Schubert 3:28
3."Vertigo" (Redanka Power mix)Bono, the EdgeU27:34
CD (Japan release) [14]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (Radio edit 96 BPM)BonoU24:51
2."Fast Cars" (Jacknife Lee mix)Bono, the EdgeU23:28
3."Vertigo" (Trent Reznor remix)Bono, the EdgeU23:38
4."Vertigo" (Redanka Power mix)Bono, the EdgeU27:34
5."Ave Maria" (Jacknife Lee mix)Bono (English lyrics) Franz Schubert 3:35
DVD single [15]
No.TitleLength
1."Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (Video – Live from HQ video, 16 November 2004)5:15
2."Vertigo" (Video)3:11
3."Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (Album version)5:05
4."Vertigo" (Trent Reznor remix)3:38

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom7 February 2005
  • CD
  • DVD
Island [7]
Australia14 February 2005CD [8]
United States Hot adult contemporary radio Interscope [9]
Japan16 February 2005CDIsland [51]
United States22 February 2005 Alternative radio Interscope [52]
7 March 2005 [53]
Canada22 March 2005CDIsland [11]
United States28 March 2005 Contemporary hit radio Interscope [10]
Japan6 April 2005DVDIsland [54]

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