Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own

"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
Single by U2
from the album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
B-side	"Ave Maria"
Released	7 February 2005 (2005-02-07)
Studio	Hanover Quay (Dublin, Ireland) South of France
Genre	Rock
Length	5:06 (album version) 4:51 (edited version) 5:30 (alternate version)
Label	Island Interscope
Composer(s)	U2
Lyricist(s)	Bono
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas Steve Lillywhite Nellee Hooper
U2 singles chronology
"Vertigo" (2004) "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" (2005) "All Because of You" (2005)
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"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the third track on their eleventh studio album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004), and was released as the album's second single worldwide except in North America on 7 February 2005. Originally titled "Tough", the song is lyrically about the relationship between the band's lead vocalist Bono and his father Bob Hewson, who died of cancer in 2001.

It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart becoming the band's sixth number-one single in the United Kingdom.^[1] It also topped the charts in Canada, Scotland and Spain, and reached the top 10 in Denmark, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Norway. The song won two Grammy Awards at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in 2006: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal^[2] and Song of the Year.^[3]