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{{short description|2009 single by U2}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Get On Your Boots
| cover = GoYBiTunes.jpg
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = [[U2]]
| album = [[No Line on the Horizon]]
| B-side = [[No Line on the Horizon (song)|No Line on the Horizon 2]]
| released = 19 January 2009<ref>{{cite web|first1= Aaron |last1= Sams |first2= Harry |last2= Kantas |title= U2 – "Get On Your Boots" Single |website= U2songs.com |access-date= 25 January 2019 |url= https://www.u2songs.com/discography/u2_get_on_your_boots_single}}</ref>
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| length = 3:24
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
* [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
}}
| composer = [[U2]]
| lyricist = [[Bono]]
| producer = {{flatlist|
* [[Brian Eno]]
* [[Daniel Lanois]]
* Declan Gaffney
}}
| prev_title = [[The Ballad of Ronnie Drew]]
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = [[Magnificent (U2 song)|Magnificent]]
| next_year = 2009
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|gNmYcz-ULF0|"Get On Your Boots"}}}} {{Audio sample
| type = single
| file = u2getonyourboots.ogg
| description = "Get On Your Boots"
}}
}}

"'''Get On Your Boots'''" is a song by Irish [[Rock music|rock]] band [[U2]] and the sixth track on their 2009 album ''[[No Line on the Horizon]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7824241.stm |title=U2 to perform new single at Brits |work=[[BBC Online]] |date=12 January 2009 |access-date=12 January 2009}}</ref> The song was released as the album's [[lead single]] on 19 January 2009, with a physical release on 14 February.<ref name="Sams">{{cite web|first1= Aaron |last1= Sams |first2= Harry |last2= Kantas |title= U2 – "Get On Your Boots" Single |publisher= U2songs.com |access-date= 25 January 2019 |url= https://www.u2songs.com/discography/u2_get_on_your_boots_single}}</ref> The lyrical delivery of the song's verses has been said to resemble [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Subterranean Homesick Blues]],"<ref>[http://music.unrealitytv.co.uk/u2-get-on-your-boots-single-review/ U2 – Get On Your Boots – Single Review @ Unreality Music] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302072855/http://music.unrealitytv.co.uk/u2-get-on-your-boots-single-review/ |date=2 March 2009}}</ref><ref>[http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/01/new-u2-single-i.html U2's new single: Is 'Get on Your Boots' any good? | PopWatch Blog | EW.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309101125/http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/01/new-u2-single-i.html |date=9 March 2009}}</ref> while the song has also been compared to "[[Pump It Up (Elvis Costello song)|Pump It Up]]" by [[Elvis Costello]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/01/snap-judgment-u.html | work=The Los Angeles Times | title=Pop & Hiss | date=19 January 2009}}</ref>

"Get On Your Boots" received mixed reviews, dividing critics. It peaked at number 12 in the UK charts in its first week of release. The song reached higher in the charts in Ireland, Scotland and Canada. Filmmaker [[Alex Courtes]] directed the song's music video, which featured footage of the band performing in front of a montage of political feminist imagery. It premiered on the ''[[Irish Independent]]'' website on 6 February 2009. U2 performed the song live to open the [[51st Annual Grammy Awards]] and the [[2009 Brit Awards]].

==Composition and recording==
Originally known as "Four Letter Word" and later as "Sexy Boots," "Get On Your Boots" originated as a demo that guitarist [[the Edge]] recorded at his home with the software [[GarageBand]].<ref name="rsbiz">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/taking-care-of-business--the-u2-interview-1698937.html |title=Taking care of business |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |first=Brian |last=Hiatt |date=5 April 2009|access-date=7 April 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714050953/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/taking-care-of-business--the-u2-interview-1698937.html |archive-date=14 July 2009}}</ref><ref name="NP Interview">{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/futuristic-spirituals-daniel-lanois-talks-about-recording-the-new-u2-album/wcm/ab8c217e-cb3c-4435-a48c-71b21cb12d38|title=U2's No Line On The Horizon: A track-by-track exclusive with producer/co-writer Daniel Lanois |work=[[National Post]] |first=Brad |last=Frenette |date=10 March 2009 |access-date=19 September 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091020204444/http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2009/03/10/behind-the-scenes-on-u2-s-no-line-on-the-horizon-a-track-by-track-exclusive-with-producer-co-writer-daniel-lanois.aspx |url-status=live|archive-date=20 October 2009}}</ref> The song went through many iterations, and at one point the main guitar riff was dropped, leading producer [[Steve Lillywhite]] to describe it as "a [[Beck]] B side" that could have been cut from the album.<ref name="rsbiz" /> Throughout the [[documentary]] ''[[It Might Get Loud]]'', the Edge is shown working on the song's guitar riffs, while experimenting with their sounds and effects.

"Get On Your Boots" was one of several songs recorded by a fan outside of Bono's house during the ''No Line on the Horizon'' sessions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atu2.com/news/u2-unconcerned-about-youtube-furor.html |title=U2 unconcerned about YouTube furor |work=Hot Press |date=19 August 2008|access-date=21 October 2009}}</ref> The clip was subsequently uploaded to [[YouTube]], but removed at the request of Universal Music.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article4597956.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091023013007/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article4597956.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2009 |first=John |last=Burns |date=24 August 2008|access-date=21 October 2009 |title=Eavesdropping fan posts new U2 songs on web |work=The Sunday Times | location=London}}</ref>

Thematically, the song is about Bono taking his family on vacation to France and witnessing warplanes flying overhead at the start of the [[Iraq War]]; some of the lyrics are from the perspective of a man writing a letter to his first love as he relates witnessing the same event.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/arts/music/01Pare.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2 |title=U2, the biggest of veterans, wants to be the next new thing |work=[[New York Times]] |first=Jon |last=Pareles |date=2 March 2009|access-date=2 March 2009}}</ref><ref name="NLOTH magazine">{{Cite news |last=Owens |first=Catherine |author-link=Catherine Owens |title=No Line on the Horizon |newspaper=No Line on the Horizon magazine (included with some versions of the album) |pages=23 |date=27 February 2009}}</ref> The "let me in the sound" chant was developed comparatively late in the recording sessions. It was also used in the opening section of "[[Fez – Being Born]]."<ref name="NP Interview" /> "Get On Your Boots" was one of three songs that the band were considering to open the album with, along with "Fez – Being Born" and "No Line on the Horizon."<ref name="Horan">{{cite web |url=http://www.atu2.com/news/is-bono-nervous-about-the-new-u2-album-you-bet.html |title=Is Bono nervous about the new U2 album? You bet |work=Irish Independent |format=reprint |first=Niamh |last=Horan |date=28 December 2009|access-date=20 October 2009}}</ref> "No Line on the Horizon" was eventually chosen.

At a speed of 150 [[beats per minute]], "Get On Your Boots" is one of the fastest songs the band have ever recorded.<ref name="No Line U2">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/25585554/inside_u2s_bold_new_horizon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215060043/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/25585554/inside_u2s_bold_new_horizon |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 15, 2009 |title=Inside U2's Bold New Horizon |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |first=Brian |last=Hiatt |date=22 January 2009|access-date=27 September 2009}}</ref> It was described by [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] as "demented electro grunge employs a proto-rock n'roll riff, but propelled into the future, before taking a sudden hip-hop twist midway through." ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine has called it a "blazing, fuzzed-out rocker that picks up where 'Vertigo' left off."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/25328725/u2_break_down_no_line_on_the_horizon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113204606/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/25328725/u2_break_down_no_line_on_the_horizon |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 13, 2009 |title=U2 Break Down "No Line on the Horizon" |author=Hiatt, Brian |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=7 January 2009|access-date=6 January 2009}}</ref> ''[[Hot Press]]'' described the song as "[...] a thoroughly contemporary, intense electro grunge exercise, with [[Adam Clayton]]'s powerful bass to the fore, which mixes hip hop influences with shades of the [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], Bob Dylan and [[the Beatles]]."<ref name="hot_press">{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/01194-u2-no-line-on-the-horizon-track-by-track-album-review |title=Ireland leads the way with new U2 album |date=26 January 2009 |work=[[Hot Press]] |access-date=29 January 2009}}</ref>

The song was remixed by the French duo [[Justice (French band)|Justice]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://stereogum.com/archives/justice-u2-remix-mp3_062471.html |title=New U2 - "Get On Your Boots (Justice Remix)" (Stereogum Premiere) - Stereogum |access-date=2009-04-04 |archive-date=2009-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209213711/http://stereogum.com/archives/justice-u2-remix-mp3_062471.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Italian duo [[Crookers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stoneyroads.com/crookers-and-u2-unkle-and-fake-blood/2009/02/25/ |title=Crookers and U2 + Unkle and Fake Blood | |access-date=29 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321074353/http://www.stoneyroads.com/crookers-and-u2-unkle-and-fake-blood/2009/02/25/ |archive-date=21 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/articles/2009/2/19/freeload-u2-get-on-your-boots-crookers-remix|title = Freeload: U2, "Get on Your Boots (Crookers Remix)"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://prettymuchamazing.com/mp3/u2-get-on-your-boots-crookers-remix-via-bbc-radio-1|title=U2 – Get on Your Boots (Crookers Remix) via BBC Radio 1 | Pretty Much Amazing|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2012-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216090608/http://prettymuchamazing.com/mp3/u2-get-on-your-boots-crookers-remix-via-bbc-radio-1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Release==
A bootlegged, early version of the song was partly released to [[YouTube]] during the band's recording sessions at the French resort of [[Èze]]. The poor quality version was subsequently removed from the site at the behest of the band's record label, [[Universal Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/08/17/u2-does-little-to-downplay-new-albums-title-sound-or-release-date/ |first=Alex |last=Young |date=17 August 2008|access-date=17 January 2009|title=U2 does little to downplay new album's title, sound, or release date |work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129142956/http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/08/17/u2-does-little-to-downplay-new-albums-title-sound-or-release-date/ |archive-date=29 January 2009}}</ref> Media reports in August 2008 originally referred to the song by the title "Sexy Boots," and later as "Get Your Boots On." It was later revised to "Get on Your Boots."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/music/blood-on-the-dance-floor-1451807.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630021005/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/music/blood-on-the-dance-floor-1451807.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2012|title=Blood on the Dance Floor |last=Carr |first=Eamon |author-link=Eamon Carr |work=Evening Herald |date=11 August 2008 |access-date=2 January 2009}}</ref>

"Get On Your Boots" was scheduled to receive its world radio premiere on ''[[The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show]]'' on the [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] radio station [[RTÉ 2fm]] at 8:10 on 19 January 2009 by the band's long-time friend and favoured disc-jockey [[Dave Fanning]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0116/u2.html |title=World premiere for new U2 on RTÉ 2fm|date=16 January 2009|access-date=16 January 2009|work=[[RTÉ]]}}</ref> However, after a nearly 30 second sample of the song was leaked onto the Internet, the song was made available in the [[iTunes Store]] for purchase an hour before its first play by Fanning, and the band decided to begin [[Streaming media|streaming]] the song on U2.com later that day.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/20/u2s-new-single-get-on-your-boots-hits-itunes-early/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123064638/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/20/u2s-new-single-get-on-your-boots-hits-itunes-early/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2009 |title=U2's New Single "Get On Your Boots" Hits iTunes Early |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |first=Daniel |last=Kreps |date=20 January 2009 |access-date=20 January 2009}}</ref> The single received a physical release on 14 February<ref name="Sams"/> The [[A-side and B-side|B-side]], "No Line on the Horizon 2," is an altered version of the album's title track.

==Music video==
[[Image:GoybscreenU2.png|thumb|right|A scene from the "Get on Your Boots" music video.]]
The music video was directed by [[Alex Courtes]],<ref name="hot_press" /> who previously co-directed the music videos for "[[Vertigo (U2 song)|Vertigo]]" and "[[City of Blinding Lights]]." The video features footage of the band performing the song in front of a background consisting of collages of military, astronomy, and female imagery. The video footage of the band was shot in London. The Edge stated that the video is about letting women take over because "men have fucked things up so badly, politically, economically, and socially."<ref name="hot_press" />

The video was scheduled to premiere on the [[Irish Independent]] website on 30 January 2009, but this was later delayed. Universal Music issued a statement saying that the video had not been completed in time for its scheduled airing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/get-on-your-boots-u2-video-exclusive-on-independentie-1616182.html?1256|work=Independent.ie |title=Get On Your Boots: U2 video exclusive on Independent.ie - Music - Independent.ie |access-date=27 January 2009}}</ref> Images from a leaked version of the video had [[Getty Images]] watermarks on them, indicating unresolved copyright issues.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/02/02/early-version-of-u2s-get-on-your-boots-video-snatched-from-web/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203181709/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/02/02/early-version-of-u2s-get-on-your-boots-video-snatched-from-web/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2009 |title=Early Version of U2's "Get on Your Boots" Video Snatched From Web |first=Daniel |last=Kreps |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=9 February 2009|access-date=12 February 2009}}</ref> The finished version of the video premiered at 17:00 UTC on Friday, 6 February on the newspaper's website.<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/get-on-your-boots-u2-video-exclusive-on-independentie-1616182.html?123 ''Get On Your Boots: U2 video exclusive on Independent.ie'']</ref>
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==Live performances==
[[Image:GetOnYourBoots23Sep2009.jpg|thumb|right|The lighting design and performance style of "Get On Your Boots" during the [[U2 360° Tour]].]]
U2 played "Get On Your Boots" to open the 2009 [[Grammy Awards]] and the [[2009 BRIT Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.u2gigs.com/show1542.html |title=2009-02-08: Staples Center - Los Angeles, California, USA |work=U2gigs.com |date=8 February 2009 |access-date=9 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.u2gigs.com/show1538.html |title=2009-02-18: Earl's Court Arena - London, England |work=U2gigs.com |date=18 February 2009 |access-date=9 June 2009}}</ref> It was performed at every show of the [[U2 360° Tour]], with the song usually being placed near the start of the show.

On the TV show ''[[Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...]]'', Bono, the Edge and Costello performed a medley of "Pump It Up" and "Get on Your Boots," alternating between the two songs.

==Reception==
"Get On Your Boots" received a mixed response from critics. It was favourably received by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', which stated that "the song is upbeat and energetic, and its instantaneous chart success (the first No. 1 Triple A debut in Nielsen BDS history and a top 10 debut at Modern Rock) shows that U2's popularity hasn't waned one iota."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews-singles/get-on-your-boots-1003936406.story |title=Get on Your Boots |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |first=Bram |last=Teitelman |date=7 February 2009 |access-date=12 February 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311000348/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews-singles/get-on-your-boots-1003936406.story |archive-date=11 March 2009 }}</ref> ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' said "'Get On Your Boots' is a manic low-end rocker a la 'Vertigo,' with phased ’70s-style synths, buzzing guitar and a breathless vocal from Bono that brings back fond memories of the days when the Edge tried to rap."<ref>[http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=5462 No Line on the Horizon – Blender] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107184143/http://www.blender.com/guide/new/77038/no-line-on-horizon.html |date=7 January 2010}}</ref> ''[[Allmusic]]'' wasn't happy with the song, saying "Contrary to the suggestion of the clanking, sputtering first single 'Get On Your Boots' – its riffs and 'Pump It Up' chant sounding like a cheap mashup stitched together in GarageBand – [''No Line on the Horizon''] isn't a garish, gaudy electro-dalliance in the vein of ''Pop''."<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1473366|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( No Line on the Horizon > Overview )))]</ref> Brian Hiatt of ''Rolling Stone'' would call the song "energetic, but cluttered".<ref name="U2 Tryin" />

In an interview with ''Rolling Stone'', Adam Clayton stated his thoughts as to why "Get On Your Boots" had such a mixed response: "Interestingly, it's going off live. I think probably what happened was it's a common U2 problem. I think we probably worked on it and worked on it and worked on it, and instead of executing one idea well, I think we had probably five ideas in the song, and it just confused people. They weren't sure what they were hearing."<ref name="The List">{{cite news|title=U2 overworked 'Get on Your Boots'|url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/33817-u2-overworked-get-on-your-boots/|access-date=24 April 2011|newspaper=The List|date=12 April 2011}}</ref> Drummer [[Larry Mullen Jr.]] disliked releasing "Get On Your Boots" as the album's lead single, saying that it was a "catastrophic choice" and that it was "the beginning of the end. We never recovered from it," referring to the commercial disappointment of ''No Line on the Horizon'' and the band eventually playing fewer songs from the album.<ref name="U2 Tryin">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/u2-trying-to-throw-their-arms-around-the-world-20150515 |title=U2: Trying to Throw Their Arms Around the World |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=15 May 2015 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=[[Wenner Media]] |access-date=25 February 2018}}</ref> Clayton would later attribute the song's lukewarm response to both the album's reception and the band playing fewer songs from the album as the 360º Tour went on, saying, "the single didn't work, and when the single doesn't work people don't have a way into the record."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-the-edge-and-adam-clayton-talk-u2s-future-20110610 |title=Exclusive: The Edge and Adam Clayton Reveal U2's Future Plans |date=10 June 2011 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=[[Wenner Media]] |access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref>

The song entered the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] Top 40 in its debut week, becoming their final top-40 single there, fell to number 96 the following week, then off the chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-02-14/hot-100 |title=Billboard Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |date=23 February 2009|access-date=23 February 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504103819/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-02-14/hot-100 |archive-date=4 May 2014 }}</ref> However, it did become their 16th top-five [[Modern Rock Tracks]] hit, debuting in the Top 10, and peaking at number five. It also became their first Top 10 single on this chart since "[[All Because of You (U2 song)|All Because of You]]" in 2005. In the UK, "Get On Your Boots" reached number 12, marking the band's 40th UK Top 40 single and their 39th single to enter the UK Top 20. However, its underperformance broke a string of 14 consecutive UK Top 5 singles for U2. On its second week, the single dropped to number 20 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], then to number 30 before leaving the chart; it remained in the UK Top 100 only for five weeks. In Scotland, the song performed better, peaking atop the [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|Scottish Singles Chart]] on 22 February 2009, becoming U2's seventh chart-topper in that country. "Get On Your Boots" made a "''Hot Shot Debut''" at number three on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] for the week of 7 February based on the large number of downloads, making it the band's 12th top five hit in the country.<ref name="Canada">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-02-07/canadian-hot-100 |title=Canadian Hot 100 - Get on Your Boots |magazine=Billboard|access-date=1 March 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

==Formats and track listings==
{{tracklist
| headline = 7" single (#1798673)<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Get on Your Boots|others=[[U2]]|date=2009|type=[[Gramophone record|7" single]]|publisher=[[Universal Music Group]]|id= 1798673}}</ref> CD single (#1798676)<ref>{{cite AV media notes|others=[[U2]]|date=2009|title=Get on Your Boots|type=[[CD single]]|publisher=[[Universal Music Group]]|id= 1798676}}</ref>
| title1 = Get On Your Boots
| length1 = 3:24
| title2 = [[No Line on the Horizon (song)|No Line on the Horizon 2]]
| length2 = 4:05
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = CD single with video link (#1798675)<ref>{{cite AV media notes|others=[[U2]]|date=2009|title=Get on Your Boots|type=[[CD single]]|publisher=[[Universal Music Group]]|id= 1798675}}</ref>
| title1 = Get On Your Boots
| length1 = 3:24
| title2 = No Line on the Horizon 2
| length2 = 4:08
| title3 = Get On Your Boots
| note3 = Video
| length3 = 3:31
}}

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
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!scope="col"|Chart (2009)
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{{single chart|Australia|26|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Austria|11|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Flanders|14|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Wallonia|13|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Billboardcanadianhot100|3|artist=U2|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|1|artist=U2|rowheader=true|access-date=9 December 2018}}
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!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/european-hot-100?chartDate=2009-03-14 |title=European Hot 100 |publisher=Billboard |access-date=8 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406234325/http://www.billboard.com/ |archive-date=6 April 2010 }}</ref>
|6
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{{single chart|France|6|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Germany|19|songid=549814|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Hungary|31|year=2009|week=10|rowheader=true|access-date=10 January 2022}}
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{{single chart|Hungarysingle|2|year=2009|week=10|rowheader=true|access-date=10 January 2022}}
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{{single chart|Ireland2|1|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=18 January 2020}}
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{{single chart|Italy|4|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Billboardjapanhot100|2|artist=U2|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Dutch40|16|year=2009|week=7|rowheader=true|access-date=17 April 2020}}
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{{single chart|Dutch100|5|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|New Zealand|20|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Norway|5|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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! scope="row"|Portugal Digital Songs (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Portugal Digital Songs: Feb. 14, 2009 - Billboard Chart Archive|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2009-02-14/portugal|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
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{{single chart|Scotland|1|date=20090228|rowheader=true|access-date=27 June 2018}}
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{{single chart|Spain|20|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Sweden|8|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Switzerland|65|artist=U2|song=Get On Your Boots|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|UK|12|artist=U2|date=20090228|rowheader=true|access-date=7 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|37|artist=U2|rowheader=true|access-date=6 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|1|artist=U2|rowheader=true|access-date=6 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|5|artist=U2|rowheader=true|access-date=6 June 2014}}
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{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|26|artist=U2|rowheader=true|access-date=6 June 2014}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Pop 100]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=u2|chart=Pop 100}} |title=Pop 100 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=28 February 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709102827/http://www.billboard.com/artist/277577/u2/chart?f=396 |archive-date=9 July 2015 }}</ref>
|40
|-
!scope="row"|Venezuela Pop Rock ([[Record Report]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordreport.com.ve/publico/?i=poprock |title=Pop Rock|language=es|publisher=Record Report|date=21 February 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119141139/http://www.recordreport.com.ve/publico/?i=poprock|archive-date=19 January 2009}}</ref>
|3
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (2009)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2009|title=Rapports Annuels 2009|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=23 January 2022}}</ref>
|96
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (European Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2009/european-hot-100-singles|title=Year End Charts: European Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004235659/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2009/european-hot-100-singles|archive-date=4 October 2012|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
|99
|-
!scope="row"|France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?categorie=Top%20Single%20de%20l%E2%80%99ann%C3%A9e&annee=2009|title=Top de l'année Top Singles 2009|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>
|86
|-
!scope="row"|Hungary (Mahasz)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2009|title=Rádiós Top 100 – hallgatottsági adatok alapján – 2009|publisher=[[Mahasz]]|language=hu|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>
|143
|-
!scope="row"|Italy (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/dett_ddmercato.php?id=47 |title=FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Ricerche e dati di mercato |publisher=Fimi.it |date=19 January 2010 |access-date=18 December 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123194509/http://www.fimi.it/dett_ddmercato.php?id=47 |archive-date=23 January 2010}}</ref>
|100
|-
!scope="row"|Japan (Japan Hot 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100_year&year=2009|title=Japan Hot 100 – Year-End 2009|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Japan]]|language=ja|access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
|32
|}
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==See also==
*[[List of covers of U2 songs#Get on Your Boots|List of covers of U2 songs - Get on Your Boots]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://u2.com/discography/lyrics/lyric/song/185/ Lyrics at U2.com]

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