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===Other projects=== Clayton has worked on several side projects throughout his career. He played (along with the other members of U2) on [[Robbie Robertson]]'s [[Robbie Robertson (album)|self-titled album]] from 1987, and has also performed with [[Maria McKee]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theband.hiof.no/albums/robbie_robertson.html |author=theband.hiof.no|publisher=theband.hiof.no|title=Robbie Robertson:Robbie Robertson |access-date=8 September 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070905135457/http://theband.hiof.no/albums/robbie_robertson.html| archive-date= 5 September 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.u2boy.nl/u2/u2_biography.php?id=u2_adam_clayton_bio|author=u2boy.n|publisher=u2boy.n|title=U2 Biography: Adam Clayton|access-date=8 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210172325/http://www.u2boy.nl/u2/u2_biography.php?id=u2_adam_clayton_bio|archive-date=10 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Clayton joined U2 producer [[Daniel Lanois]] and bandmate [[Larry Mullen Jr.]] on Lanois's 1989 album ''[[Acadie (album)|Acadie]]'', playing the bass on the songs "Still Water" and "Jolie Louise".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/coll25a.html |publisher=U2wanderer.com|author=U2wanderer.com|title=Acadie Album (Daniel Lanois) |access-date=8 September 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070804163505/http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/coll25a.html| archive-date= 4 August 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> Clayton played on [[Sharon Shannon]]'s song "The Marguerita Suite" from her self-titled debut album, which was released in October 1991.<ref>McGee (2008), p. 138</ref> In 1994, Clayton played bass alongside Mullen on [[Nanci Griffith]]'s album ''[[Flyer (album)|Flyer]]'', appearing on the songs "These Days in an Open Book", "Don't Forget About Me", "On Grafton Street" and "This Heart".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nancigriffith/albums/album/186920/review/5943520/flyer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017000337/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nancigriffith/albums/album/186920/review/5943520/flyer |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 October 2007 |title=Flyer review from Rolling Stone |access-date=8 September 2007 |last=Galvin |first=Peter |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] }}</ref> Clayton and Mullen contributed to [[Mission: Impossible (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]] of the 1996 film ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'', which included reworking the "[[Theme from Mission: Impossible|Theme from ''Mission: Impossible'']]", whose time signature was changed from the original {{music|time|5|4}} time signature to an easier and more danceable [[Time signature#Compound time signatures|{{music|time|4|4}} time signature]]. The song reached number 8 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA25|magazine=Billboard|author=Flick, Larry|title=Mission: Impossible Theme Mixes Suspense, Funk|date=27 April 1996|volume=108|issue=17|page=25|access-date=8 September 2007}}</ref> and was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pumpkins a smash with 7 Grammy nominations|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|first=Greg|last=Kot|author-link=Greg Kot|date=8 January 1997|at=sec. 1, p. 4}}</ref> Clayton was also featured on [[Steven Van Zandt]]'s 1999 album ''[[Born Again Savage]]''.
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