“American David” is a poem that Bono originally wrote to preface a book which accompanied the exhibit “Elvis + Marilyn: 2 X Immortal”, celebrating artwork of Elvis and Marilyn, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. The exhibit opened in 1994, and then toured the country for a number of years. The poem itself was the source of lyrics for Passengers’ “Elvis Ate America”, although that song does cut a large portion of the song out. The poem was also included in the Spring 1995 issue of the band’s Propaganda magazine (issue 22) as a fold out colour poster. It was also produced as a black and white poster by White Fields Press that year and appeared in Q Magazine‘s June 1995 issue (issue 105) as part of a “The Record that Changed My Life” piece contributed by Bono.

The Bono read poem, is read over the final credits of the film over an instrumental track composed by Elliott Wheeler. [u2songs.com]