 " Mothers of the Disappeared " was created and mixed at guitarist the Edge 's newly @-@ bought home , Melbeach , which U2 used as a recording studio . Bono wrote the song on his mother @-@ in @-@ law 's Spanish guitar , and drummer Larry Mullen , Jr. created a drum loop that was sampled by producer Brian Eno . The melody came from a song that Bono wrote in Ethiopia in 1985 to teach children about basic methods of hygiene . Producer Daniel Lanois was the principal mixer of the song . Bono , likening the studio itself to an instrument , described Lanois 's mix as a " performance " . 
 " Mothers of the Disappeared " was created and mixed at guitarist the Edge <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>newly @-@ bought home , Melbeach , which U2 used as a recording studio . Bono wrote the song on his mother @-@ in @-@ law <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>Spanish guitar , and drummer Larry Mullen , Jr. created a drum loop <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a>was sampled by producer Brian Eno . The melody came from a song <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>Bono wrote in Ethiopia in 1985 to teach children about basic methods of hygiene . Producer Daniel Lanois was the principal mixer of the song . Bono , likening the studio itself to an instrument , described Lanois <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>mix as a " performance " . 
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