U2 drops previously unreleased ‘Happiness’

The track appears on the upcoming reissue of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

U2 has shared a new track titled “Happiness” from How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb, the forthcoming collection of ten songs taken from the original recording sessions for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, the band’s critically acclaimed, eight-time Grammy-winning album – which includes new, previously unreleased songs recently rediscovered in the band’s archive and available for the first time as a standalone shadow album on November 29th.

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Re-Assemble Edition) – featuring both How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb and How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb – will be available as a dual digital release on November 22nd to mark the 20th anniversary of this seminal album.

“Happiness” follows the first two songs available from How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb — lead single “Country Mile” and “Picture Of You (X + W).”

“Happiness” will be featured on Apple Music’s New Music Daily, which will include an exclusive Zane Lowe interview with The Edge and Adam Clayton.

The remastered How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (20th Anniversary Edition) will be released as an 8 LP vinyl Limited Edition Super Deluxe Collector’s Edition, 2 LP vinyl; Exclusive D2C Limited Edition 2 LP Black & Red Ink Spot Vinyl, Limited Edition 5 CD Super Deluxe Collectors box; CD; and Exclusive Limited Edition Red & Black Cassette. The digital releases include HTDAAB remastered (12 tracks); and HTDAAB & HTRAAB featuring 22 tracks.

How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb will be exclusively available in physical format for Record Store Day as a Limited Edition Black & Red Marble single LP and as a standalone ten-track digital release, available on November 29th.

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn