 Genius Meanings
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Depeche Mode – The Love Thieves
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“The Love Thieves” makes countless references to the Bible, a common theme in Depeche Mode songs. The song is about what the meaning of love is, and how one should accept its many
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Depeche Mode – Useless
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“Useless” describes the guilt of someone who realized that they are a burden to the people around them-until the second half. Then the narrator switches the spotlight on the one
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Pop Cleanup – Depeche Mode
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Introductory Post
Anyone can participate!
How can you, you may ask?
Well, first, you can clean up the songs. Below is a list of every single Depeche Mode album song. After these
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Depeche Mode – The Bottom Line
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“The Bottom Line” follows the common theme of being too hopeful on people and substances. Basically, it’s about someone who chooses to go after a person they like, only to find
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Depeche Mode – Sister of Night
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“Sister of Night” is a lustful song where the narrator coaxes in this woman for sex, by saying he relates to her, that he lusts as she does.
Also, the song could be about drugs
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Depeche Mode – Insight
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Once again following a theme of hope, “Insight” touches on the manner of one who just hasn’t gotten over someone, confessing to them that it just doesn’t seem to be over.
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Depeche Mode – Freestate
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“Freestate” is the ninth track of the Ultra album. The song incites the audience to forget the conditioning of the mind and mental habits, in order to look things the way they are
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Depeche Mode – Home
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Released by Mute Records on June 16th, 1997 and featuring “baroque strings and skittling beat” according to Billboard, Martin Gore wrote this confessional track about his
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Nothing But Thieves – Foreign Language
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[Verse 1] / Sometimes, I don't understand you / Same road, just different direction / Same note, but different vibration / I've gotta admit, you're not all it seems / You've got
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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 – Only When I Lose Myself
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“Only When I Lose Myself” is a song recorded by Depeche Mode during the production of their ninth studio album “Ultra” (1997). Although it didn’t make the cut for the track list of
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Depeche Mode – Useless (Live) [London 10/04/97]
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[Verse 1] / Well it's about time / It's beginning to hurt / Time you made up your mind / Just what is it all worth? / [Chorus] / All my useless advice / All my hanging around / All
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Corey Hart – Sunglasses at Night
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One of the best-known hits from Canadian singer Corey Hart, “Sunglasses at Night” describes a man being cheated on who wears his “sunglasses” as to stay willfully ignorant of his
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Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
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Eurythmics’ bold musical experimentation culminated in “Sweet Dreams”—the fourth single from duo’s second album, and their biggest hit.
When they wrote “Sweet Dreams,” Annie
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New Order – True Faith
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“True Faith” was a single released by iconic 80’s band New Order as the only new song on their compilation Substance. The song peaked at #4 in the UK and #32 in the US.
Songwriter
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Dehd – Bad Love
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[Intro: Emily] / I was a bad love / Now I can get some / I got a heart full of, I got a heart full of / R-r-r-redemption / [Verse 1: Emily] / I was a bad love / Now I can get some
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Immortal Technique – Dance with the Devil
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On “Dance with the Devil,” Immortal Technique spits a fiendish, yet remarkable, story that is allegedly based on a true life story. It tells the tale of a teenager who had large
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Neil Young – A Man Needs a Maid
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The third track on Neil Young’s 1972 album Harvest. “A Man Needs A Maid” reflects on Neil’s own insecurities regarding relationships, specifically his struggle between his desire
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Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe
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A defiant song about young love that was a No. 1 hit in the U.S.A., Canada and the U.K. in 1965 for Sonny and Cher.
Despite their pledges of love in this song, within 10 years
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New Order – Ceremony
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After the death of Ian Curtis it would have been understandable for the remaining members of Joy Division to give up, or try to carry on without their singer.
They locked
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Alphaville – Forever Young
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“Forever Young” is an archetype of the 1980’s synth-forward “new wave” or synth-pop music. The lyrics are an embodiment of the fear of nuclear war and were influenced heavily by
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The Smiths – What Difference Does It Make?
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“What Difference Does It Make?” is the Smiths' third single in the UK, released on the 16th of January, 1984. The song peaked at #12 on the UK Singles Chart, being relevant in the
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New Order – 1963
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Sung in the perspective of a murdered victim, “1963” chronicles a man murdering his spouse to be with another woman, only to be wracked with guilt over his crime.
In the book New
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DJ Earworm – Decade Of Pop - The 1990s (100 Song Mashup)
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[Intro] / Alright, stop / Collaborate and listen / Pump up the jam, pump it up / Can I kick it? / That was just a dream, just a dream / You know it's true / Take me to the place I
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Genius – March 2023 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' MARCH 2023 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For March 2023 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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The Cure – Lovesong
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Frontman Robert Smith wrote “Lovesong” as a wedding present for his bride-to-be Mary Poole in 1988.
“Lovesong” was the second UK and third US single from Disintegration, The
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Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World
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Written by Eric Goulden (Wreckless Eric) in 1974, and recorded and released in 1977.
The lyrics detail a man’s quest to find the love of his life, and him pondering on where she
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Insane Clown Posse – Pug Ugly
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[Intro] / Ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly / [Verse 1: Violent J] / This world is ugly, pug ugly, streets covered in blood / Dead bodies rotten, forgotten, stomped into the mud / So much
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The Clash – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
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[Intro] / 1,2, a'1, 2,3,4 / [Verse 1] / Ooh / Midnight to six, man / For the first time from Jamaica / Dillinger and a'Leroy Smart / Delroy Wilson, your cool operator / [Verse 2
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Bootblacks – Captives
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[Verse 1] / Out there in the wilderness, where did you go? / In the arms of thieves, playing make believe / In the hills and trees in which you sleep / Beneath a hungry moon, you
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The Clash – White Riot
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On 31 August 1976 band members Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon, then living in squats nearby, joined the rioting in Notting Hill, West London, when hundreds of black youths fought
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Beastie Boys – Fight for Your Right
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This is the fourth single — and Track 7 — from Beastie Boys' debut full-length album, Licensed To Ill. The record was released on 6.6.1986 by Def Jam Recordings, a division of CBS
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Ultravox – Passing Strangers
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[Verse 1] / We were so young, we were too vain / Dance in the dark, sing in the rain / Time on our hands, hope in our hearts / [Chorus] / We were talking, passing strangers
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New Order – Shellshock
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That's the way / Shellshock / Shellshock / Shellshock / Shellshock / Shellshock / Shellshock / Shellshock / [Chorus] / Hold on! It's never enough / It's never enough until your
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Nothing But Thieves - Welcome to the DCC (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Nothing But Thieves - Welcome to the DCC (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro] / Bienvenido a la CCD / Ciudad del Club de los Difuntos / Despierta en la CCD / Ciudad del
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