Sunny Sundays!

In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun!

This week’s entry:  U2 sings their version of Cole Porter’s “Night and Day.”


 


Night and day
You are the one,
Only you
Beneath the moon
And under the sun.
Whether near to me or far,
It’s no matter,
Darling, where you are
I think of you
Night and day.

This U2 version of the Cole Porter song was part of a larger album of Cole Porter songs recorded by pop stars in 1990 to raise money for, and awareness of, AIDS.  It was a great album, and here’s the entire list of contributions:

  1. “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” performed byNeneh Cherry
  2. “In the Still of the Night” performed byThe Neville Brothers
  3. “You Do Something to Me” performed bySinéad O’Connor
  4. “Begin the Beguine” performed bySalif Keita
  5. “Love for Sale” performed byFine Young Cannibals
  6. “Well, Did You Evah!” performed byDeborah Harry + Iggy Pop
  7. “Miss Otis Regrets/ Just One of Those Things” performed by The Pogues + Kirsty MacColl
  8. “Don’t Fence Me In” performed byDavid Byrne
  9. “It’s All Right with Me” performed byTom Waits
  10. “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye” performed byAnnie Lennox
  11. “Night and Day” performed byU2
  12. “I Love Paris” performed byLes Negresses Vertes
  13. “So in Love” performed byd. lang
  14. “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” performed byThompson Twins
  15. “Too Darn Hot” performed byErasure
  16. “I Get a Kick” performed byThe Jungle Brothers
  17. “Down in the Depths” performed byLisa Stansfield
  18. “From This Moment On” performed byJimmy Somerville
  19. “After You, Who?” performed byJody Watley
  20. “Do I Love You?” performed byAztec Camera

Meanwhile, click here for previous Sunny Sundays vids.

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