Walk On (U2 song)

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"Walk On" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the fourth track on their tenth studio album, All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000). The song was first released in Canada on 20 February 2001, then was given a UK release in November of the same year; it was the album's second single in North America and the fourth internationally. The song was written about Burmese academic Aung San Suu Kyi, who was the chairperson of the National League for Democracy and was placed under house arrest from 1989 until 2010 for her pro-democracy activities, which led to the song being banned in Burma. "Walk On" won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the 2002 ceremony, marking the first time an artist had won the award in consecutive years for songs from the same album (following "Beautiful Day"'s win the previous year). In the United States, the song peaked at number 21 on the Adult Top 40 chart, number 19 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and number 10 on the Alternative Songs chart. It also topped...

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