 Boogaloo " also appeared on his 2007 compilation Photograph : The Very Best of Ringo Starr , the collector 's edition of which included his 1972 video for the song .   = = Stop and Smell the Roses version = =   Starr recorded a new version of " Back Off Boogaloo " for his 1981 album on Boardwalk Records , Stop and Smell the Roses . The song was produced by Starr 's friend , singer Harry Nilsson , and features a musical arrangement by Van Dyke Parks . Similar to Nilsson 's 1968 cover of the Beatles ' " You Can 't Do That " , the remake incorporates lyrics from a number of the band 's songs – in this case , " With a Little Help from My Friends " , " Help ! " , " Lady Madonna " , " Good Day Sunshine " and " Baby , You 're a Rich Man " , as well as Starr 's " It Don 't Come Easy " . In a further reference to his past , the 1981 version of " Back Off Boogaloo " opens with the same guitar riff that Harrison had played on " It Don 't Come Easy " ten years before .   Starr taped the basic track at Evergreen Recording Studios in Los Angeles on 4 November 1980 , with additional recording taking place on 1 – 5 December at Nassau 's Compass Point Studios . Among the large cast of musicians supporting Starr were Nilsson ( vocals ) , Jim Keltner ( drums ) , Jane Getz ( piano ) , Dennis Budimir and Richie Zito ( guitars ) , and a four @-@ piece horn section led by saxophonist Jerry Jumonville .   Starr overdubbed his vocals on 4 December , four days before the murder of John Lennon , who had been due to record his contributions to Stop and Smell the Roses in January 1981 . Contrasting with his success as a solo artist in 1971 – 73 , the album continued Starr 's run of commercial and critical failures since 1976 ; Rodriguez writes that " [ m ] ost people either love or hate the revamping " of " Back Off Boogaloo " .   = = Live performance = =   Starr has performed " Back Off Boogaloo " in concert with his All @-@ Starr Band , beginning with the band 's debut tour of North America in July – September 1989 . The song was dropped from the concert setlist early in that tour , however , in favour of the 1963 Lennon – McCartney composition " I Wanna Be Your Man " . Live versions of " Back Off Boogaloo " have appeared on the multi @-@ disc compilation The Anthology ... So Far ( 2001 ) and King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All @-@ Starr Band ( 2002 ) . The latter version was recorded during a US tour in August 2001 , at which point the All @-@ Starr line @-@ up was Starr ( vocals ) , Mark Rivera ( saxophone ) , Ian Hunter ( guitar ) , Roger Hodgson and Howard Jones ( keyboards ) , Greg Lake ( bass ) and Sheila E. ( drums ) .   Starr also played the song live with Ringo and the Roundheads , a band he formed to promote his 1998 studio album Vertical Man . A version recorded on 13 May that year at Sony Music Studios , New York , appeared on Starr 's VH1 Storytellers live album and video , released in October 1998 . The personnel on this performance included Starr ( vocals ) , Joe Walsh and Mark Hudson ( guitars ) , Jack Blades ( bass ) and Simon Kirke ( drums ) . Another live version with the Roundheads , recorded for PBS Television 's Soundstage in August 2005 , was issued on Ringo Starr : Live at Soundstage ( 2007 ) .   = = Personnel = =   The following musicians played on the original version of " Back Off Boogaloo " :   Ringo Starr – vocals , drums , percussion , backing vocals   George Harrison – slide guitars , acoustic guitar   Gary Wright – piano   Klaus Voormann – bass , saxophone   Madeline Bell , Lesley Duncan , Jean Gilbert – backing vocals   = = Chart performance = =   = Where the Streets Have No Name =   " Where the Streets Have No Name " is a song by Irish rock band U2 . It is the opening track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree and was released as the album 's third single in August 1987 . The song 's hook is a repeating guitar arpeggio using a delay effect , played during the song 's introduction and again at the end . Lead vocalist Bono wrote the lyrics in response to the notion that it is possible to identify a person 's religion and income based on the street on which they lived , particularly in Belfast . During the band 's difficulties recording the song , producer Brian Eno considered erasing the song 's tapes to have them start from scratch .  
ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġalso Ġappeared Ġon Ġhis Ġ2007 Ġcompilation ĠPhotograph Ġ: ĠThe ĠVery ĠBest Ġof ĠRing o ĠStarr Ġ, Ġthe Ġcollector Ġ' s Ġedition Ġof Ġwhich Ġincluded Ġhis Ġ1972 Ġvideo Ġfor Ġthe Ġsong Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠStop Ġand ĠSm ell Ġthe ĠRoses Ġversion Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠStarr Ġrecorded Ġa Ġnew Ġversion Ġof Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġfor Ġhis Ġ1981 Ġalbum Ġon ĠBoard walk ĠRecords Ġ, ĠStop Ġand ĠSm ell Ġthe ĠRoses Ġ. ĠThe Ġsong Ġwas Ġproduced Ġby ĠStarr Ġ' s Ġfriend Ġ, Ġsinger ĠHarry ĠNil sson Ġ, Ġand Ġfeatures Ġa Ġmusical Ġarrangement Ġby ĠVan ĠDy ke ĠParks Ġ. ĠSimilar Ġto ĠNil sson Ġ' s Ġ1968 Ġcover Ġof Ġthe ĠBeatles Ġ' Ġ" ĠYou ĠCan Ġ' t ĠDo ĠThat Ġ" Ġ, Ġthe Ġremake Ġincorporates Ġlyrics Ġfrom Ġa Ġnumber Ġof Ġthe Ġband Ġ' s Ġsongs ĠâĢĵ Ġin Ġthis Ġcase Ġ, Ġ" ĠWith Ġa ĠLittle ĠHelp Ġfrom ĠMy ĠFriends Ġ" Ġ, Ġ" ĠHelp Ġ! Ġ" Ġ, Ġ" ĠLady ĠMadonna Ġ" Ġ, Ġ" ĠGood ĠDay ĠSunshine Ġ" Ġand Ġ" ĠBaby Ġ, ĠYou Ġ' re Ġa ĠRich ĠMan Ġ" Ġ, Ġas Ġwell Ġas ĠStarr Ġ' s Ġ" ĠIt ĠDon Ġ' t ĠCome ĠEasy Ġ" Ġ. ĠIn Ġa Ġfurther Ġreference Ġto Ġhis Ġpast Ġ, Ġthe Ġ1981 Ġversion Ġof Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġopens Ġwith Ġthe Ġsame Ġguitar Ġriff Ġthat ĠHarrison Ġhad Ġplayed Ġon Ġ" ĠIt ĠDon Ġ' t ĠCome ĠEasy Ġ" Ġten Ġyears Ġbefore Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠStarr Ġtaped Ġthe Ġbasic Ġtrack Ġat ĠEver green ĠRecording ĠStudios Ġin ĠLos ĠAngeles Ġon Ġ4 ĠNovember Ġ1980 Ġ, Ġwith Ġadditional Ġrecording Ġtaking Ġplace Ġon Ġ1 ĠâĢĵ Ġ5 ĠDecember Ġat ĠNass au Ġ' s ĠCompass ĠPoint ĠStudios Ġ. ĠAmong Ġthe Ġlarge Ġcast Ġof Ġmusicians Ġsupporting ĠStarr Ġwere ĠNil sson Ġ( Ġvocals Ġ) Ġ, ĠJim ĠK elt ner Ġ( Ġdrums Ġ) Ġ, ĠJane ĠGet z Ġ( Ġpiano Ġ) Ġ, ĠDennis ĠBud imir Ġand ĠRichie ĠZ ito Ġ( Ġguitars Ġ) Ġ, Ġand Ġa Ġfour Ġ@ - @ Ġpiece Ġhorn Ġsection Ġled Ġby Ġsax ophon ist ĠJerry ĠJ um on ville Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠStarr Ġoverd ub bed Ġhis Ġvocals Ġon Ġ4 ĠDecember Ġ, Ġfour Ġdays Ġbefore Ġthe Ġmurder Ġof ĠJohn ĠLennon Ġ, Ġwho Ġhad Ġbeen Ġdue Ġto Ġrecord Ġhis Ġcontributions Ġto ĠStop Ġand ĠSm ell Ġthe ĠRoses Ġin ĠJanuary Ġ1981 Ġ. ĠContrast ing Ġwith Ġhis Ġsuccess Ġas Ġa Ġsolo Ġartist Ġin Ġ1971 ĠâĢĵ Ġ73 Ġ, Ġthe Ġalbum Ġcontinued ĠStarr Ġ' s Ġrun Ġof Ġcommercial Ġand Ġcritical Ġfailures Ġsince Ġ1976 Ġ; ĠRodriguez Ġwrites Ġthat Ġ" Ġ[ Ġm Ġ] Ġost Ġpeople Ġeither Ġlove Ġor Ġhate Ġthe Ġrev amping Ġ" Ġof Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠLive Ġperformance Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠStarr Ġhas Ġperformed Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġin Ġconcert Ġwith Ġhis ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠStarr ĠBand Ġ, Ġbeginning Ġwith Ġthe Ġband Ġ' s Ġdebut Ġtour Ġof ĠNorth ĠAmerica Ġin ĠJuly ĠâĢĵ ĠSeptember Ġ1989 Ġ. ĠThe Ġsong Ġwas Ġdropped Ġfrom Ġthe Ġconcert Ġset list Ġearly Ġin Ġthat Ġtour Ġ, Ġhowever Ġ, Ġin Ġfavour Ġof Ġthe Ġ1963 ĠLennon ĠâĢĵ ĠMcCartney Ġcomposition Ġ" ĠI ĠW anna ĠBe ĠYour ĠMan Ġ" Ġ. ĠLive Ġversions Ġof Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġhave Ġappeared Ġon Ġthe Ġmulti Ġ@ - @ Ġdisc Ġcompilation ĠThe ĠAnth ology Ġ... ĠSo ĠFar Ġ( Ġ2001 Ġ) Ġand ĠKing ĠB isc uit ĠFlower ĠHour ĠPresents ĠRing o Ġ& ĠHis ĠNew ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠStarr ĠBand Ġ( Ġ2002 Ġ) Ġ. ĠThe Ġlatter Ġversion Ġwas Ġrecorded Ġduring Ġa ĠUS Ġtour Ġin ĠAugust Ġ2001 Ġ, Ġat Ġwhich Ġpoint Ġthe ĠAll Ġ@ - @ ĠStarr Ġline Ġ@ - @ Ġup Ġwas ĠStarr Ġ( Ġvocals Ġ) Ġ, ĠMark ĠRivera Ġ( Ġsax ophone Ġ) Ġ, ĠIan ĠHunter Ġ( Ġguitar Ġ) Ġ, ĠRoger ĠHodg son Ġand ĠHoward ĠJones Ġ( Ġkeyboards Ġ) Ġ, ĠGreg ĠLake Ġ( Ġbass Ġ) Ġand ĠSheila ĠE . Ġ( Ġdrums Ġ) Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠStarr Ġalso Ġplayed Ġthe Ġsong Ġlive Ġwith ĠRing o Ġand Ġthe ĠRound heads Ġ, Ġa Ġband Ġhe Ġformed Ġto Ġpromote Ġhis Ġ1998 Ġstudio Ġalbum ĠVertical ĠMan Ġ. ĠA Ġversion Ġrecorded Ġon Ġ13 ĠMay Ġthat Ġyear Ġat ĠSony ĠMusic ĠStudios Ġ, ĠNew ĠYork Ġ, Ġappeared Ġon ĠStarr Ġ' s ĠV H 1 ĠStory te llers Ġlive Ġalbum Ġand Ġvideo Ġ, Ġreleased Ġin ĠOctober Ġ1998 Ġ. ĠThe Ġpersonnel Ġon Ġthis Ġperformance Ġincluded ĠStarr Ġ( Ġvocals Ġ) Ġ, ĠJoe ĠWalsh Ġand ĠMark ĠHudson Ġ( Ġguitars Ġ) Ġ, ĠJack ĠBlades Ġ( Ġbass Ġ) Ġand ĠSimon ĠKir ke Ġ( Ġdrums Ġ) Ġ. ĠAnother Ġlive Ġversion Ġwith Ġthe ĠRound heads Ġ, Ġrecorded Ġfor ĠPBS ĠTelevision Ġ' s ĠSound stage Ġin ĠAugust Ġ2005 Ġ, Ġwas Ġissued Ġon ĠRing o ĠStarr Ġ: ĠLive Ġat ĠSound stage Ġ( Ġ2007 Ġ) Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠPersonnel Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġfollowing Ġmusicians Ġplayed Ġon Ġthe Ġoriginal Ġversion Ġof Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġ: Ġ Ġ ĠRing o ĠStarr ĠâĢĵ Ġvocals Ġ, Ġdrums Ġ, Ġpercussion Ġ, Ġbacking Ġvocals Ġ Ġ ĠGeorge ĠHarrison ĠâĢĵ Ġslide Ġguitars Ġ, Ġacoustic Ġguitar Ġ Ġ ĠGary ĠWright ĠâĢĵ Ġpiano Ġ Ġ ĠKlaus ĠVo orm ann ĠâĢĵ Ġbass Ġ, Ġsax ophone Ġ Ġ ĠMad eline ĠBell Ġ, ĠLes ley ĠDuncan Ġ, ĠJean ĠGilbert ĠâĢĵ Ġbacking Ġvocals Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠChart Ġperformance Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠWhere Ġthe ĠStreets ĠHave ĠNo ĠName Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠWhere Ġthe ĠStreets ĠHave ĠNo ĠName Ġ" Ġis Ġa Ġsong Ġby ĠIrish Ġrock Ġband ĠU 2 Ġ. ĠIt Ġis Ġthe Ġopening Ġtrack Ġfrom Ġtheir Ġ1987 Ġalbum ĠThe ĠJoshua ĠTree Ġand Ġwas Ġreleased Ġas Ġthe Ġalbum Ġ' s Ġthird Ġsingle Ġin ĠAugust Ġ1987 Ġ. ĠThe Ġsong Ġ' s Ġhook Ġis Ġa Ġrepeating Ġguitar Ġar pe gg io Ġusing Ġa Ġdelay Ġeffect Ġ, Ġplayed Ġduring Ġthe Ġsong Ġ' s Ġintroduction Ġand Ġagain Ġat Ġthe Ġend Ġ. ĠLead Ġvocal ist ĠBon o Ġwrote Ġthe Ġlyrics Ġin Ġresponse Ġto Ġthe Ġnotion Ġthat Ġit Ġis Ġpossible Ġto Ġidentify Ġa Ġperson Ġ' s Ġreligion Ġand Ġincome Ġbased Ġon Ġthe Ġstreet Ġon Ġwhich Ġthey Ġlived Ġ, Ġparticularly Ġin ĠBelfast Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthe Ġband Ġ' s Ġdifficulties Ġrecording Ġthe Ġsong Ġ, Ġproducer ĠBrian ĠEn o Ġconsidered Ġer asing Ġthe Ġsong Ġ' s Ġtapes Ġto Ġhave Ġthem Ġstart Ġfrom Ġscratch Ġ. Ġ Ġ