Stories for Boys

~ Recording by U2

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Stories for Boys2:39U2ThreeU2EP
  • IE1979-09-26
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)7951
1.2Stories for Boys2:39U2ThreeU2EP
  • IE1979-09-26
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)12‒7951
1.2Stories for Boys2:39U2Out of ControlU2EP
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)40-7951
2.9Stories for Boys (single version)2:42U2Boy (remastered deluxe edition)U2Album
  • XE2008-07-18
  • GB2008-07-21
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)1761670
2.9Stories for Boys (single version)2:42U2Boy (deluxe edition) (remastered)U2Album
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)
2.9Stories for Boys (single version)2:42U2Boy (remastered deluxe edition)U2Album
  • US2008-07-22
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)B0010946-02
2.9Stories for Boys (single version – remastered)2:42U2Boy (deluxe version)U2Album
  • CA2008-07-22
  • MX2008-07-22
  • US2008-07-22
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)
2.9Stories for Boys (single version)2:42U21977–1984: Collector’s Box SetU2Album + Compilation
  • US2008-07-29
Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)B0011714-02
1.2Stories for Boys2:39U2ThreeU2EP
  • GB2019-11-29
UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023), Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)00602508030802, 0803080

Relationships

producer:U2 (Irish rock band)
Chas de Whalley
drums (drum set):Larry Mullen, Jr. (from 1979-08-04 until 1979-08-05)
electric bass guitar:Adam Clayton (from 1979-08-04 until 1979-08-05)
electric guitar:The Edge (U2 guitarist David Evans) (from 1979-08-04 until 1979-08-05)
lead vocals:Bono (singer of U2) (from 1979-08-04 until 1979-08-05)
remixer:Robbie McGrath
recorded at:Windmill Lane Studios (original location, until 1990) in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland (from 1979-08-04 until 1979-08-05)
recording of:Stories for Boys (from 1979-08-04 until 1979-08-05)

Stories for Boys

writer:Bono (singer of U2)
Adam Clayton
The Edge (U2 guitarist David Evans)
Larry Mullen, Jr.
publisher:Chappell Music (UK)
Gallo Music
Island Music (Island Music Ltd.)
Island Music, Inc. (work publisher – NOT related to the Island imprint now owned by UMG)
Polygram Music
Blue Mountain Music Ltd. (in 1980)