Directed by Jonas Åkerlund and filmed in August 2000 at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, this was the first video from 'All That You Can’t Leave Behind’, released 20 years ago this month.
What a beautiful and uplifting song this is, great to see the video now in HD.
musicabona
18 October, 2020
Great art right in front of us
This video reflects the joyful energy of "Beautiful Day" with an amazing mixture of a U2 performance and symbols that are omnipresent on "All That You Can´t Leave Behind". Images of Charles de Gaulle airport and the band with luggage give us a sense of the journey of life we all go through. The plane flying directly over the band looks breathtaking and translates the power of the song into a strong visual effect.
omnivox
17 October, 2020
This video!
Literally changed my life when it came out. It is so very special to my.
darrensmith8
17 October, 2020
Thank you, ""U-2"",
This is a wonderful , magnificent , song , that lifts me up out of the dark , moldy, gloom. In which the music brings a positive energy inside. Truly a great!!!!!!
esPlayerG
13 October, 2020
U2 BEAUTIFUL DAY
The heart is a bloom
Shoots up through the stony ground
There's no room
No space to rent in this town
You're out of luck
And the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck
And you're not moving anywhere
You thought you'd found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand
In return for grace
It's a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
You're on the road
But you've got no destination
You're in the mud
In the maze of her imagination
You're lovin' this town
Even if that doesn't ring true
You've been all over
And it's been all over you
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day
Touch me
Take me to that other place
Teach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case
See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light and
See the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out
It was a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Beautiful day
Touch me
Take me to that other place
Reach me
I know I'm not a hopeless case
What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
Don't need it now
It was a beautiful day
brentmasters
09 October, 2020
Loud
The roar of airplanes and U2 !!!
LOVE IT.
charov
09 October, 2020
This song means a lot to me.
I first heard this song at work on the radio. I was going thru a divorce. The joy I head in this song sounded so far from what I was currently feeling. I remember thinking, "wow, maybe I could feel that joy someday.
angelofharlem4u2
09 October, 2020
Beautiful Day
I love the video and the song. Elevation is my favorite U2 tour. Thank you for the music, U2. Now that we are in lock down, I am even more grateful for the concert memories.
U2, come play a small, live set in a COVID-19 free fan's home :). It would be wonderful to reverse roles, whereas many fans (including myself) have traveled to see you, come see your fans in 2021 :).
clarky46
08 October, 2020
Airship
I remember this well I won a competition on radio Clyde to go to Manchester to see u2 airship and receive a copy of the album but the day before I got a phone call telling me the expected weather on the Saturday was to be really bad so the airship would not be going up.
So instead I got U2’s back catalogue which I had so I got 2 train tickets from Glasgow to Manchester to see the gig and a night in the hotel the crew were staying in.