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| album = ''[[The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!]]''
| length = 4:04
| versions = Sunday Bloody Sunday<br>Sunday Bloody Sunday (Instrumental)
| live = N/A
}}'''"Sunday Bloody Sunday"''' is a [[Cover Songs|cover]] of a song by U2, and was produced and newly arranged by [[Trent Reznor]] for [[Saul Williams]]' third studio album, ''[[The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!]].'' ==Saul Williams on "Sunday Bloody Sunday"==''"I was an exchange student to Brazil when I was 16. Up until that point in my life the ONLY music I listened The track seems to was Hip Hop. That year away was pivotal, not only because I was at the heights of puberty in Brazil....but also because it exposed me to more music than I ever cared to listen to: along with all the Brazillian music which I still treasure: Sinead O'Conner. Morrisey. New Order. Depeche Mode. And definitely U2. The first time I heard Sunday Bloody Sunday, I was in a club in Manaus which is a city in the middle of sample the Amazon. When I heard those drums come through the speakers I was hooked. I think they had played Blue Monday right before it. The kids were going wild. I remember watching this dude dance, wishing I was as cool as him. That song stuck with me. I suggested it to Trent as a possible cover thinking he would hate it as an obvious choice. He loved the idea and started working on the music immediately. The only music I added to his composition ( aside from my O O O O Ode to Beyonce.....just kidding) was the 808s. What's the use of a hip hop head covering a famous rock song without using 808s?"'' ==Trent Reznor on "Sunday Bloody Sunday"==''"We were halfway through the mix when I realized I was caught up with my duties in the second room. We discussed playing around with some covers and threw some ideas around. We did two - you've heard one. Saul suggested SBS and I spent about a week wrestling around with the right way to pull it off. It probably sounds more like a NIN arrangement than I would allow NIN to sound these days, but in this context I felt it was the right thing to do.''<br>''A record as sonically and lyrically complex and challenging as this one needs moments of accessibility to anchor things together and I think this performs that function welloriginal U2 version."''
==Song Credits==
===Sunday Bloody Sunday===
This version is heard on ''The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!.''
===Sunday Bloody Sunday (Instrumental)===
This version was leaked on a internal industry promo CD.
==Saul Williams on "Sunday Bloody Sunday"==
<blockquote>I was an exchange student to Brazil when I was 16. Up until that point in my life the ONLY music I listened to was Hip Hop. That year away was pivotal, not only because I was at the heights of puberty in Brazil....but also because it exposed me to more music than I ever cared to listen to: along with all the Brazillian music which I still treasure: Sinead O'Conner [sic]. Morrisey [sic]. New Order. Depeche Mode. And definitely U2. The first time I heard Sunday Bloody Sunday, I was in a club in Manaus which is a city in the middle of the Amazon. When I heard those drums come through the speakers I was hooked. I think they had played Blue Monday right before it. The kids were going wild. I remember watching this dude dance, wishing I was as cool as him. That song stuck with me. I suggested it to Trent as a possible cover thinking he would hate it as an obvious choice. He loved the idea and started working on the music immediately. The only music I added to his composition ( aside from my O O O O Ode to Beyonce.....just kidding) was the 808s. What's the use of a hip hop head covering a famous rock song without using 808s?</blockquote>
==Trent Reznor on "Sunday Bloody Sunday"==
<blockquote>We were halfway through the mix when I realized I was caught up with my duties in the second room. We discussed playing around with some covers and threw some ideas around. We did two - you've heard one. Saul suggested SBS and I spent about a week wrestling around with the right way to pull it off. It probably sounds more like a NIN arrangement than I would allow NIN to sound these days, but in this context I felt it was the right thing to do.<br>
A record as sonically and lyrically complex and challenging as this one needs moments of accessibility to anchor things together and I think this performs that function well.</blockquote>
==Music Video==
On 01/January 15/08 , 2008, the song's music video was added to the NiggyTardust player and Yahoo! music. The video opens with the credits: "Karmageddon and the Tar Spangled Banner present Saul Williams in Sunday Bloody Sunday". The video shows Saul Williams both as a homeless man and as NiggyTardust. The video was directed by Jordan M. Albert and James Mathers. At the end of the video the web address [http://www.karmageddonmovie.com KarmageddonMovie.com] appears.
==Lyrics==