The street setting in the video has the title "No Name" written on it, which reference U2's 1987 hit single "Where the Streets Have No Name."
The song "Please" was written about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The cover poster for "Please" features four politicians from Northern Ireland (Gerry Adams, David Trimble, Ian Paisley, and John Hume). U2 performed a concert following the formal end of the Troubles in which Trimble & Hume appeared and shook hands.