U2 Releases New Track ‘Your Song Saved My Life’

U2 returns with a first new track in three years, ‘Your Song Saved My Life.’ The piano ballad will appear on the soundtrack to the upcoming animated sequel Sing 2, which will hit theatres on Christmas Day.

Front man Bono will make his animated screen debut in the film as a rock-star lion, Clay Calloway. He’s the protagonist in the story, in which koala Buster Moon and his all-star cast of animal performers gear up to launch a dazzling stage extravaganza in the entertainment capital of the world. He has to find and persuade the world’s most reclusive rock star to join them.

The movie’s director, Garth Jennings, recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the track, saying, “It’s just full of so much emotion and heart…. It just says, ‘Okay, here’s how we want your audience to feel as they leave the cinema.”

The Sing 2 soundtrack also features covers of three U2 songs: “Where the Streets Have No Name” (performed by actors Tori Kelly, Taron Egerton, Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon and Nick Kroll), “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” (Johansson) and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (Johansson and Bono.)

U2 previewed the song last week on Instagram and TikTok, marking their debut on the latter platform. This month, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the band’s 1991 album ‘Achtung Baby’, U2 will be posting archival footage from performances and tours over their career to TikTok.

You can hear the track below.

—Silviya Y