What Is Never Let Me Down Again About

1987 single by Depeche Mode

"Never Let Me Down Again"
Unmarried past Depeche Mode
from the anthology Music for the Masses
B-side	"Pleasance, Little Treasure" "To Have and to Hold (Spanish Taster)" Remixes
Released	24 August 1987
Recorded	February – July 1987
Studio	Guillaume Tell, Paris[ane] Konk, London Puk, Denmark
Genre	Synth-pop[2] EBM[2]
Length	four:47 (album version) 4:20 (radio edit)
Characterization	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Martin Gore
Producer(due south)	David Bascombe Depeche Mode Daniel Miller
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Strangelove" (1987) "Never Let Me Down Again" (1987) "Behind the Bike" (1987)

"Never Let Me Downwards Once again" is a vocal by English language electronic music ring Depeche Way. It was released as the second single from their sixth studio album, Music for the Masses (1987), on 24 August 1987. It reached No. 22 in the U.k., No. two in West Germany, and the summit-10 in several other European countries such as Sweden and Switzerland. The cover fine art features fragments of a Soviet map of Russia and Europe, with dissimilar fragments used for the different editions of the single.

Limerick [edit]

Sometime fellow member Alan Wilder and the other members of the ring considered the track an "obvious single" with much potential. They developed it throughout so that dramatic-type elements such as the Led Zeppelin-influenced drum patterns and Martin Gore's distinctive guitar riffs sound in the forefront.^[3] The lyrics of the song, starting with the strident vocals of "I'grand taking a ride with my best friend", are generally regarded as reflecting drug use,^{[4] [iii]} with the track being labelled by NME music journalist Jane Solanas every bit a "masterpiece" that well conveys the feeling of "drug euphoria".^[3]

The coda of "Never Allow Me Down Again" references Soft Cell's song "Torch".^[iv] The main remix version of the track, known as the "Divide Mix", came almost with direct involvement from the band. The 12" maxi release stretched to exactly nine and a half minutes long. Oddly enough, despite the pleasing results from the point of view of the band, that proved to be the last time in decades that a remix came out with their direct involvement.^[3]

Live performances [edit]

The song became a favourite among fans, specially live. Shows during Depeche Mode's 1988 tour were often concluded with this song. Notable in the 101 video is when Dave Gahan waves his artillery in the air toward the end of the vocal, and the sold-out oversupply of 60,000 mimics Gahan'due south movements. Information technology is at present customary at Depeche Mode shows for fans to moving ridge their arms in the air during the coda section of "Never Permit Me Down Once more", which the German magazine Music Express has termed a "wind in a cornfield" simulation.^[5]

During the 1990 World Violation Bout, the ring played a different version of the vocal, known as the "Split Mix", including their massive live performances at the Giants and Dodger Stadiums, which were beingness broadcast alive on MTV.

On 8 November 2001, before long after their final Exciter Tour concert in Mannheim, Germany, the band played "Never Let Me Down Once again" during the MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt, which aired in the US on MTV2.

Remixes [edit]

The main 12" remix of "Never Let Me Downward Once more" is known as the "Separate Mix", as stated to a higher place, and the nine-and-a-half-infinitesimal rails featured direct interest from the band during its creation.^[three] In detail, the remix features the regular vocal, an added intro piece, and a techno-like musical arrangement appended at the end. The organisation was expanded to the "Aggro Mix" on the 12" B-side, a slice additionally bachelor as a bonus track on the CD and cassette tape versions of Music for the Masses.

The "Split Mix" appears on the album collection Remixes 81–04, a release that came out in October 2004.^[3] Some other remix of the rails, done by the German group Digitalism, came out in 2006 equally one of the 'Digital Deluxe Bonus Tracks' constitute in The Best of Depeche Fashion Volume 1 (too being released as a limited double vinyl 12" slice). That remix appears on the band'south remix compilation Remixes 2: 81–eleven as well. Eric Prydz also remixed the song for this album.

Music videos [edit]

In that location are two music videos for "Never Let Me Down Again", directed past Anton Corbijn. The long version is featured on the Strange video, and uses the "Split Mix" (minus the intro and outro) and during the later EBM portion of the vocal, Gahan's shoes are shown walking without anyone wearing them, before someone puts them on and wears them to dance. At that place is also a short video with just the single version of the vocal, which ends before the animated shoes. The short version appears on The Videos 86>98, the DVD of The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 and on Video Singles Collection.

B-sides [edit]

In that location are 2 B-sides. "Pleasure, Trivial Treasure" is a short dance rails. An extended version called the "Glitter Mix" ends with fragments of vocal recordings that have been reversed and treated with delay effects. Notably, some of these sounds can be heard in the track "Mothers Talk" from the 1985 Tears for Fears album Songs from the Big Chair, which was engineered by Dave Bascombe. The "Glitter Mix" showed upwards as a bonus rails on the CD/Cassette versions of Music for the Masses and in remastered form on the 2006 CD/DVD release.

The rarer B-side is "To Accept and To Concord (Castilian Taster)". Martin Gore's original plan for the song sounded a lot like upbeat electropop, but Alan Wilder turned it into the dark wave track it somewhen became. While Alan's version was always ready to be the terminal version, Martin wanted his version to be recorded as well. Withal, not all of the lyrics are sung in the song. It shows up as ane of the bonus tracks on the CD/Cassette version of Music for the Masses and is on the CD versions of "Never Let Me Down Once more". The regular version of "To Have and To Agree" is one of the main tracks on the Music for the Masses LP.

Track listings [edit]

All songs written by Martin Gore.

vii": Mute / Bong14 (UK)

1. "Never Allow Me Down Once more" – 4:20
2. "Pleasance, Piddling Treasure" – 2:52

12": Mute / 12Bong14 (United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland)

1. "Never Allow Me Downwardly Once more (Split Mix)" – nine:34
2. "Pleasure, Fiddling Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
3. "Never Allow Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

12": Mute / L12Bong14 (United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland)

1. "Never Let Me Down Once again (Tsangarides Mix)" – 4:22 (Remixed by Chris Tsangarides)
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53 (Remixed past John Fryer & Paul Kendall)
3. "To Have and to Concord (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33

Cassette: Mute / CBong14 (UK)

1. "Never Permit Me Downwards Again (Split Mix)" – ix:34
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
3. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – four:53

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Downwardly Once more (Split Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasance, Trivial Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
3. "To Have and to Hold (Castilian Taster)" – 2:33
4. "Never Let Me Downward Again (Aggro Mix)" – four:53

• Originally released in Cardsleeve [1987]
• Rereleased every bit 4track CD unmarried in Slim Gem Instance in 1991.

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (Uk)

1. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:20
2. "Pleasure, Lilliputian Treasure" – 2:52
3. "Never Let Me Downward Over again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
4. "Pleasure, Picayune Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
5. "Never Permit Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53
6. "Never Permit Me Downward Again (Tsangarides Mix)" – 4:22
7. "Pleasure, Piddling Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
8. "To Have and To Concur (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33

• The second CD is the 1992 re-release.

Charts [edit]

Notable cover versions [edit]

The Smashing Pumpkins recorded a cover of the vocal and released information technology as a B-side on their 1994 CD single "Rocket" equally well as on the Depeche Mode tribute album For the Masses. Discussing the cover, Martin Gore said he had "e'er liked" the Pumpkins cover, while Dave Gahan said he "peculiarly liked information technology", and even thought it was "a lot better" than the Depeche Way original.^{[26] [27]}

Encounter also [edit]

• 1987 in music
• Depeche Mode discography
• Songs about recreational drug use

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External links [edit]

• Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site

baileyhicess1990.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Let_Me_Down_Again

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