I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2) - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)

What this video is

Released as the second single from The Joshua Tree in May 1987, this video documents U2 at the precise inflection point of their transformation from beloved cult act to global phenomenon. The Joshua Tree had already topped charts in over 20 countries. By placing the band — unannounced, unstaged — on Fremont Street among gamblers, casino workers, and late-night pedestrians, Devlin created a document of accidental…

Why it matters

A foundational artifact of late-1980s arena rock's humanist turn, this video eschewed the era's dominant MTV aesthetic of elaborate sets, choreography, and high production gloss in favor of raw street-level verité. Its gospel-inflected spiritual yearning, rendered in neon-soaked documentary…

The director

Barry Devlin is an Irish director, writer, and musician who served as bassist for Horslips before transitioning to film and television. He directed several landmark U2 music videos in the 1980s, including 'Pride (In the Name of Love),' and went on to a…