“The Fly” is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the seventh track from their 1991 album, Achtung Baby, and it was released as the album's first single on 21 October 1991. “The Fly” introduced a more abrasive-sounding U2, as the song featured danceable hip-hop beats, industrial textures, distorted vocals, and an elaborate guitar solo. Lead vocalist Bono described the song as, "the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree," due to its departure from the traditional sound that had characterised the band in the 1980s.

The lyrics are written as a series of aphorisms that Bono collected during the album's recording. The song and its video were also a showcase for “The Fly”, a persona that Bono adopted for the Zoo TV Tour, in which he played the part of a stereotypical leather-clad rock star known for wearing large wrap-around sunglasses and strutting around the stage. The song became the band's second number-one single in the UK.

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