Bono was in South Africa this week to join those paying tribute to Nelson Mandela at Tuesday's memorial service.

'In Ireland,' he says, 'A wake is never without humour but it's fair to say we lean heavily on the melancholy… one thing I love about Africa is they accompany the departed with dancing, lots of it, and music full of joy.'

On Thursday, 'Ordinary Love', the song the band wrote for 'Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom', was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and today the band wanted to share Paul Epworth's new version.

'We think Paul Epworth's mix is a very soulful, uplifting one and we hope our audience will agree,' says Bono. 'Nelson Mandela's life and times meant more to me than I can ever tell you, I would need a hundred songs to do that… but this complicated little love song to Winnie and South Africa is the one that landed on our lap.

'I want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press for believing in us and the film. This is truly a great honour.'

Ordinary Love (Paul Epworth Version)

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i wish i had some ornate or choice words to express how sad i am at the moment but i don’t, so i figured the best way for me to remember david bowie was to cover the first song of his that i ever heard. 

at the risk of being trite, “heroes" changed my life. the melody accompanying “i, i will be king/and you/you will be queen” is to me, not only the finest melody the thin white duke ever wrote but among the finest ever written period.

and if you listen to the synth line in the end chorus of our track “radioface” very, very closely you can hear a small nod to “heroes”.

thank you to another david, david andrew for helping me with this.

all hail the goblin king 

Thank you - Alanis Morissette

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