In May 2005, the band performed an acoustic version of the song live in Chicago at the United Center. "Yahweh" was performed live by U2 during the Vertigo Tour. The Tetragrammaton was later replaced by " kyrios" in the Septuagint copies. Some Jews avoid pronouncing the name "Yahweh".Īlthough, it is often believed that the name does not appear in the New Testament, the oldest fragments of the Greek Septuagint do contain the divine name in its Hebrew form. "Jehovah" is the best known English pronunciation of the divine name, although "Yahweh" is favored by most Hebrew scholars. These four letters (written from right to left) are יהוה, transliterated into English as YHWH or JHVH.
Afterwards, the band decided that "it was one of those songs that had to be written". Ultimately however, the original Thomas recording of "Yahweh" was left mostly untouched.ĭuring its first take, Bono came up with the "Yahweh line" almost immediately. Subsequent recording attempts of "Yahweh" were made by two other producers for the album, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite, with Lanois even adding a mandolin in one take of the song. Moreover, most of what was recorded by the band and Chris Thomas during the initial take survived production. The original vocal take by Bono was so inspiring with "soaring and brilliant" melodies that it carried "Yahweh" in a dramatic new direction from what The Edge had previously envisioned.
Lead vocalist Bono later added the vocals spontaneously during the song's first take. Prior to the song's initial recording, the band's lead guitarist The Edge had the ideas for the music already planned.
"Yahweh" was written by U2 and recorded by How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb producer Chris Thomas. "There's the sound, and then trying to figure out what that sound is - and it was this word, 'Yahweh'"
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