As U2 worked on "Walk On" during the recording sessions, they decided to split it into two separate songs: "Walk On" and "Home". The album's producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois advised the group that the mix of "Walk On" "was not one to chase", but Bono insisted they continue working on it. Towards the end of the album's recording sessions, the band's long-time producer Steve Lillywhite was hired to make some final touches to the songs. After he completed "Beautiful Day", the band played him "Walk On" and "Home". Lillywhite told them that "Walk On" had a "fantastic chorus" and "Home" a "great verse"; the band subsequently informed him that they used to be the same song. Ultimately, under Lillywhite's guidance, the separate songs were fused back together. Bassist Adam Clayton concurred with the decision, saying that each had great chord progressions but were not great individual songs. Lanois preferred a different version of the song with a more low-key beginning, saying: "When it gets to that stage of making a record, people are looking for songs that the record company can proudly go to radio with. And the ultimate version comes along with a bang, you know. The Edge sounds amazing and it holds so much promise in its first 30 seconds that it's hard to say no to. But the version that I preferred did not have such a slam-bam beginning. So that one got welded and bolted together."