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Depeche Mode – Policy of Truth
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“Policy of Truth” is the third single off Depeche Mode’s 1990 album Violator. It had significant success, reaching the top 20 in nine countries.
Rolling Stone described the track
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Depeche Mode – Where's the Revolution
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“Where’s the Revolution” is the lead single from Depeche Mode’s album Spirit.
The song is produced by Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford but it maintains Depeche Mode’s signature
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Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
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“Personal Jesus” is the first single and third track on Depeche Mode’s seventh and most successful album Violator. It peaked at #28 in the US in March 1990. It also reached the top
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Depeche Mode – Stripped
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In the midst of future-facing synth-pop, Depeche Mode’s constant bleak pessimism looks back to romantic-era poets on “Stripped”, a song lamenting that modern society has taken us
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Depeche Mode – I Am You
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[Verse 1] / You have bound my heart with subtle chains / So much pleasure that it feels like pain / So entwined now that we can't shake free / I am you and you are me / No escaping
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Depeche Mode – Scum
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[Verse 1] / Hey scum, hey scum / What have you ever done for anyone / Hey scum, hey scum / What are you going to do when karma comes / [Verse 2] / A' calling / And you're falling
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Depeche Mode – Blasphemous Rumours
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“Blasphemous Rumours” (along with “Somebody” as part of a double A-side) was the third single from Some Great Reward.
Long-rumored among fans to be written as a response to Martin
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Depeche Mode – Dirt
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“Dirt” is a song recorded by Depeche Mode during the production of their tenth studio album Exciter (2001). It’s a cover of The Stooges' song of the same name.
The song didn’t
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Depeche Mode – Strangelove
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[Verse 1] / There'll be times when my crimes / Will seem almost unforgivable / I give in to sin / Because you have to make this life livable / But when you think I've had enough
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Depeche Mode – People Are People
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“People Are People” is Depeche Mode’s ninth single and one of their most successful songs.
It is tied with 2 other singles in the UK as their highest charting single, peaking at #
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Depeche Mode – Shine
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[Verse 1] / Put on your blindfold and a dress that's tight / And come with me on a mystery night / Open your eyes / Follow our stars under a painted sky / We'll leave the world
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Depeche Mode – Just Can't Get Enough
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“Just Can’t Get Enough” is the 3rd single of 1980s electro-pop group Depeche Mode and the 11th track from the album “Speak & Spell”.
The single peaked at #8 in the UK, making it
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Depeche Mode – Halo
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Though not commercially released as a single, “Halo” was pushed to radio stations in 1990 and peaked at #28 on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart that summer.
Songwriter Martin
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Depeche Mode – Surrender
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[Verse 1: Dave Gahan] / Laying on your holy bed by the hallowed door / Feeling like an infidel not worthy of your floor / Tempted by your innocence, beckoned to my fate / I will
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Depeche Mode – It's No Good
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The meaning of “It’s No Good” is a bit vain. It’s about someone lusting over their crush, denying that the feeling isn’t mutual. It can be assumed that he was rejected, and he’s
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Depeche Mode – Precious
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The first single released from Playing the Angel, and the band’s 41st single.
Martin Gore has said that the song was inspired in part by his divorce with his then-wife Suzanne
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Depeche Mode – Speak to Me
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[Verse 1] / Speak to me, and I will follow / I heard you call my name / Lying, on the bathroom floor / No one here to blame / There's a message I know can be found / I'm listening
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Depeche Mode – Waiting for the Night
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“Waiting For The Night” is the fifth track of Depeche Mode’s Violator. The original title was “Waiting for the Night To Fall” but due to a printing error, the last two words were
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Depeche Mode – Always You
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[Verse 1] / My love, the world's upside down / My love, no solid ground / My love, there are no more facts / My love, reality's cracked / [Chorus] / And then there's you / There's
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Depeche Mode – Somebody
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When “Blasphemous Rumours” was almost banned by the BBC, the band agreed to the compromise of releasing the much less controversial “Somebody” as another ‘A-side’ on the same
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Depeche Mode – Sweetest Perfection
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“Sweetest Perfection” is the second track on Depeche Mode’s seventh and most successful album Violator.
On the 25th anniversary of the album’s release, Billboard pondered, “
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Depeche Mode – Before We Drown
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[Verse 1] / I've been thinking I can come back home / So how would that be, you and I alone? / All alone? / I have a feeling, you're not on my side / There's a distance, between
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Depeche Mode – Fools
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[Verse 1] / Don't know the reason why I / Think I've been here before / This place seems so familiar / But then I can't be sure / Here comes that time again when / You'll walk
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Depeche Mode – I Feel You
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“I Feel You” demonstrates a more rock-oriented sound, using more non-electronic instruments than ever before. For example, Alan Wilder plays drums, and Martin Gore plays the guitar
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Depeche Mode – Dangerous
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“Dangerous” first appeared as the B-side for the “Personal Jesus” single. It was released on August 28, 1989, prior to the album’s release on March of the next year.
It was
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Depeche Mode – Fail
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The grand finale of Spirit. In this song, Martin L. Gore shares his unfiltered emotions about the world’s current issues and how we as people have lost our “spirit.”
Spirit is the
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Depeche Mode – In Your Room
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“In Your Room” is a song by English electronic band Depeche Mode from their eighth studio album Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993). It was released as the album’s fourth and final
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Depeche Mode – Big Muff
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[Instrumental]
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Depeche Mode – Little 15
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[Verse 1] / Little 15 / You help her forget / The world outside / You're not part of it yet / And if you could drive / You could drive her away / To a happier place / To a happier
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Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease
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“Shake The Disease” is Depeche Mode’s thirteenth single. It reached the top 30 in seven European countries, including their homeland of the UK.
It is the first single where the
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