MLK (song) song "Mad World" instead. In the novel "The Perks of Being a Wallflower", "MLK" is mentioned as one of Charlie's favorite songs, along with "Blackbird". MLK (song) "MLK" is the tenth and final song from U2's 1984 album, "The Unforgettable Fire". A lullaby to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., it is a short, pensive piece with simple lyrics. It was because of this song, along with "Pride (In the Name of Love)", another tribute to King, that earned Bono the highest honor of the King Center, an organization founded by Coretta Scott King. Its live debut was on 18 October
Martin Luther King Jr. authorship issues two speeches. As early as 1956, King had given addresses elaborating on the lines from the song, and according to Clayborne Carson, by 1957 this theme had become part of King's oratorical repertoire. Keith Miller, in "Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Martin Luther King Jr. and Its Sources" and elsewhere, argues that "voice merging", using the words of scripture, sacred text, and prior preachers follows in a long tradition of preaching, particularly in the African-American church, and should not be termed plagiarism. On the contrary, he views King's skillful combination of language from different sources as a major oratorical