"A Celebration" was released on 22 March 1982 as a non-album single. The song "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl" was featured on the B-side of the single, except in Japan, where the song "
Fire" was included on the B-side instead. "A Celebration" was absent from any of the group's compilations until the digital box set
The Complete U2 in 2004. The song was also included on the remastered release of
October in 2008. "A Celebration" was reissued on
Record Store Day on 22 April 2022 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of its original release. It was pressed on 12-inch, 180-gram vinyl and contained four tracks: two versions of "A Celebration" on the A-side (the original version and a studio outtake), and two versions of "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl" on the B-side (the studio version and a live performance from 2015).
"Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl" "
Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl", commonly known as "
Party Girl", was the B-side to "A Celebration". The song runs for 2:32 (2 minutes, 32 seconds). According to Universal Music Publishing Group's sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, it is played in common time at a tempo of 152 beats per minute in the key of D major. The vocals extend from a low note of A4 to a high of E6. In contrast to the A-side, after its live debut on February 26, 1983 at the first War Tour concert, "Party Girl" became a regular during the encores. This happened despite the fact that after the initial performance,
Bono stated "that is the first and probably last time we play that song." It continued to be a regular for the next couple of tours (earning an inclusion on the live album
Under a Blood Red Sky and the concert film
U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky) and has appeared sporadically at U2 concerts since then, usually for special occasions such as the birthday of a band member. The only tours on which it was never played were the
PopMart Tour in 1997–1998,
The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 and 2019, and the
Experience + Innocence Tour in 2018 and it is the most frequently performed b-side in U2's live history, and the only b-side to be played more than a hundred times. Only one non-album song has been played more times, the 1980 single "
11 O'Clock Tick Tock". On numerous occasions in the band's live history, U2 have invited fans on-stage to perform the song by playing the acoustic guitar part. "Party Girl" can also be found on the 2008 deluxe edition bonus CD of
October, the live albums
Live from the Point Depot and
Live from Paris and the compilation albums
The Best of 1980–1990 and
Medium, Rare & Remastered. ==Music video==