Corrs and Bono – When the Stars Go Blue

Good morning everyone. I hope you have a wonderful Sunday…well it’s Sunday here. Now that Star Trek is over I’ll start posting music, book reviews, and other things on the weekends before the music posts…and sometimes two music posts like today.

I heard this song in the early 2000s and liked it the first time I heard it. I had never heard of the Corrs…I recommend checking them out. I also like Ryan Adams’s original version of the song. This one was written by Ryan Adams and released on his album Gold in 2001. The Corrs with Bono released this song in 2002 and it peaked at #18 in the Adult Top 40. The song was off the album VH1 Music First Presents: The Corrs -Live In Dublin released in 2002 and it peaked at #52 in the Billboard 200.

The Corrs grew up in the small town of Dundalk,  County Louth, on the east coast of Ireland, which is 50 miles north of Dublin. Their parents, Jean and Gerry were also musicians who played in cover bands. Jean was the singer and lyrics writer and Gerry was the keyboard player. The house was very musical and all the siblings were taught classical piano at an early age.

The Corrs are an Irish band that contains three sisters and one brother, the Corrs consists of vocalist Andrea, drummer Caroline, violinist Sharon, and guitarist/keyboard player Jim. In late 1995, Anthony Drennan (lead guitar) and Keith Duffy (bass guitar) joined the band and remained a permanent part of the touring and recording line-up.

When Drennan was released in early 1998 to tour with Genesis, his temporary replacement for two legs of the Talk on Corners tour was Irish guitarist Conor Brady. Jason Duffy, younger brother to Keith, joined the line-up as drummer for the Borrowed Heaven tour due to Caroline’s pregnancy. Both Anthony Drennan and Keith Duffy re-joined the band for their 2015 return.

Ryan Adams: I’m always so shocked by what it’s up to, another year will pass and I’ll hear like, ‘Oh, so-and-so is doing ‘When The Stars Go Blue.’ It’s like the song that wouldn’t go away.”

When The Stars Go Blue

Dancing where the stars go blue
Dancing where the evening fell
Dancing in your wooden shoes
In a wedding gown

Dancing out on 7th street
Dancing through the underground
Dancing little marionette
Are you happy now?

Where do you go when you’re lonely?
Where do you go when you’re blue?
Where do you go when you’re lonely ? I’ll follow you…
When the stars go blue (bluuuuue)
When the stars go blue (bluuuuue)
When the stars go blue (bluuuuue)
When the stars go blue

Laughing with your pretty mouth
Laughing with your broken eyes
Laughing with your lover’s tongue
In a lullaby

Where do you go when you’re lonely?
Where do you go when you’re blue?
Where do you go when you’re lonely ? I’ll follow you…
When the stars go blue (bluuuuue)
When the stars go blue (bluuuuue)
When the stars go blue (bluuuuue)
When the stars go blue

When the stars go blue (bluuuuue)
(bluuuuue) when the stars go (bluuuuue)

Where do you go [Bono] when you’re lonely?
Where do you go when you’re blue yeah?
Where do you go when you’re lonely ? I’ll follow you..

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Author: Badfinger (Max)

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27 thoughts on “Corrs and Bono – When the Stars Go Blue”

    2. Interesting Jim… guess I’m still learning about the world, the universe and everything. My old Science Teacher would be amaaazed I’m open to learning anything scientific. Back then physics, nah, chemistry, nah, human biology- NOW I was listening!

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  5. How very odd. This is brand new to me, yet (unlike many readers apparently) I was familiar with the Cores – their song ‘Breathless’ seemed omnipresent a year or two earlier. Given how big U2 were back then in Canada, I might’ve guessed this would have been big, but it wasn’t. Quite good anyway- sounds like a U2 b-side with guests.

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      1. I listen to a lot of Irish tinged music. I was waiting for the gal to jump in on the violin and she did. Just like Berlin on the Burritos. I wonder why Bono didnt bring flowers for the rest of the band. Prick!

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