Irish rock icons U2 have unveiled a new track, ‘Ordinary Love’, their first new song in nearly three years.
The track was written specifically for the upcoming film, ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’, starring ‘Luther’ actor Idris Elba as former political prisoner and South African president Nelson Mandela, and features in the films theatrical trailer.
Bono and his crew released their most recent album, ‘No Line on the Horizon’, in 2009. An upcoming thirteenth studio album is currently in the works, on which ‘Ordinary Love’ will presumably feature. Two non-album singles have been released in the meantime, including ‘I Will Follow’ a track from their headlining set at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival, but there have been no new releases since 2011.
‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’, directed by Justin Chadwick, premiered at the 38th Toronto Film Festival in September, and has been touted as a contender for the upcoming Academy Awards. If successful, ‘Ordinary Love’ could become a contender for the Best Original Song category. U2 have been nominated once before, for their song, ‘The Hands That Built America’, written for the 2002 film ‘Gangs of New York’, but lost to Eminem’s, ‘Lose Yourself’, for his film, ‘8 Mile’. The band have also written for the films, ‘Batman Forever’, ‘In America’ and ‘Brothers’.
‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ will be released in the United Kingdom on the 3rd of January next year.
‘Ordinary Love’ is available through the bands website.
Check out the trailer, featuring the song, below:
