The third single from How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, 'Sometimes...' - originally called 'Tough' - went straight to
No. 1 in the UK chart in February 2005. Written by Bono about his father Bob, in the last months of his life, the track went on to
win both 'Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group and Song Of The Year at the 2006 Grammy Awards.
During a two day video shoot in Dublin, directed by Phil Joanou, Bono told U2.com about how the song came from his dad: 'It's a portrait of him. He was a great singer, a tenor, a working class Dublin guy who listened to the opera and conducted the stereo with my mother's knitting needles. He just loved opera, so in the song, I hit one of those big tenor notes that he would have loved so much. I think he would have loved it, I hope so.'
Read about the video shoot
here and
here.