Este single alcanzó un gran éxito a nivel mundial, y a pesar de que la letra está en inglés, tiene varios guiños hacia el español, como por ejemplo cuando Bono inicia la canción con la frase «Uno, dos, tres, ¡catorce!!, o frases dichas por The Edge como «¡Hola!» y «¿Dónde está?».
La versión inicial de Vertigo se tituló Native Son, y fue incluida en el disco digital Unreleased & Rare del box set The Complete U2.
El videoclip de esta canción fue grabado en España, concretamente en el delta del Ebro.
Lights go down, it’s dark
The jungle is your head
Can’t rule your heart
A feeling is so much stronger than
A thought
Your eyes are wide
And though your soul
It can’t be bought
Your mind can wander
Hello hello
I’m at a place called Vertigo
It’s everything I wish I didn’t know
Except you give me something I can feel, feel
The night is full of holes
As bullets rip the sky
Of ink with gold
They twinkle as the
Boys play rock and roll
They know they can’t dance
At least they know�.
I can’t stand the beats
I’m asking for the cheque
The girl with crimson nails
Has Jesus round her neck
Swinging to the music
Swinging to the music
Oh oh oh oh
Hello hello
I’m at a place called Vertigo
It’s everything I wish I didn’t know
But you give me something I can feel, feel
Check mated
Oh yeah
Hours of fun�
All of this, all of this can be yours
All of this, all of this can be yours
All of this, all of this can be yours
Just give me what I want and no-one gets hurt�.
Hello hello
We’re at a place called Vertigo
Lights go down and all I know
Is that you give me something
I can feel your love teaching me how
Your love is teaching me how, how to kneel�
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
by u2