"
Zoo Station" is a song by the
rock band
U2. It is the opening track from their 1991 album
Achtung Baby, a record on which the group reinvented themselves musically by incorporating influences from
alternative rock,
industrial, and
electronic dance music. As the album's opening track, "Zoo Station" introduces the band's new sound, delivering industrial-influenced percussion and several layers of
distorted guitars and vocals. Similarly, the lyrics suggest the group's new intents and anticipations. The introduction, featuring an "explosion" of percussion and a descending
glissando for a guitar
hook, was meant to make the listener think the album was mistakenly not U2's latest record or that their music player was broken.