U2 Songs About Real People

Match the U2 song title with the person it was written about or for.
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Pride (In the Name of Love)
_____ _______ and America
Ordinary Love
The Miracle (of ____ ______)
Miss Sarajevo
Inela won the 1993 Miss Besieged Sarajevo contest
The Sweetest Thing
Ali is Bono's wife
Angel of Harlem
One Tree Hill
Carroll was a friend of Bono and roadie for U2 who was killed in a motorbike accident in 1986. The song references Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill in Carroll's hometown of Auckland, New Zealand.
____ (Hold Me Close)
Iris was Bono's mother; she died of an aneurysm when he was 14
New Year's Day
The song is about the Polish Solidarity movement, led by Lech Wałęsa
Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
The Ballad of ______ ____
Walk On
Ali Hewson
Aung San Suu Kyi
Billie Holiday
Elvis Presley
Greg Carroll
Inela Nogić
Iris Hewson
Joey Ramone
Lech Wałęsa
Martin Luther King Jr.
Michael Hutchence
Nelson Mandela
Ronnie Drew
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