Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again

1987 single by Depeche Mode

"Never Let Me Down Once more"
Single past Depeche Fashion
from the anthology Music for the Masses
B-side	"Pleasance, Petty Treasure" "To Have and to Hold (Castilian Taster)" Remixes
Released	24 August 1987
Recorded	February – July 1987
Studio	Guillaume Tell, Paris[i] Konk, London Puk, Kingdom of denmark
Genre	Synth-pop[two] EBM[2]
Length	4:47 (album version) 4:xx (radio edit)
Characterization	Mute
Songwriter(southward)	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 Wheel" (1987)

"Never Let Me Downwards Again" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Way. It was released equally 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 top-x in several other European countries such as Sweden and Switzerland. The comprehend fine art features fragments of a Soviet map of Russia and Europe, with different fragments used for the different editions of the single.

Composition [edit]

Quondam member Alan Wilder and the other members of the band considered the rails an "obvious single" with much potential. They adult it throughout so that dramatic-blazon 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'm taking a ride with my best friend", are generally regarded as reflecting drug apply,^{[4] [3]} with the track beingness labelled by NME music announcer Jane Solanas as a "masterpiece" that well conveys the feeling of "drug euphoria".^[3]

The coda of "Never Let Me Downwardly Once again" references Soft Cell'southward song "Torch".^[4] The main remix version of the track, known every bit the "Split Mix", came about with direct involvement from the band. The 12" maxi release stretched to exactly nine and a half minutes long. Oddly plenty, despite the pleasing results from the point of view of the band, that proved to be the last fourth dimension 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 Manner's 1988 tour were often concluded with this song. Notable in the 101 video is when Dave Gahan waves his arms in the air toward the cease of the vocal, and the sold-out crowd of 60,000 mimics Gahan's movements. Information technology is now customary at Depeche Mode shows for fans to wave their arms in the air during the coda section of "Never Let Me Downward Again", which the German mag Music Express has termed a "current of air in a cornfield" simulation.^[5]

During the 1990 World Violation Tour, the band played a different version of the song, known as the "Divide Mix", including their massive live performances at the Giants and Dodger Stadiums, which were being broadcast live on MTV.

On viii November 2001, shortly subsequently their final Exciter Tour concert in Mannheim, Germany, the band played "Never Let Me Downwardly 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 Again" is known as the "Divide Mix", as stated above, and the nine-and-a-half-minute track featured direct involvement from the ring during its creation.^[3] In item, the remix features the regular vocal, an added intro slice, and a techno-like musical system appended at the finish. 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 "Carve up Mix" appears on the anthology collection Remixes 81–04, a release that came out in October 2004.^[3] Another remix of the track, done by the High german grouping Digitalism, came out in 2006 as i of the 'Digital Deluxe Bonus Tracks' constitute in The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 (as well being released every bit a limited double vinyl 12" piece). That remix appears on the band's remix compilation Remixes 2: 81–eleven as well. Eric Prydz as well remixed the vocal for this album.

Music videos [edit]

There are 2 music videos for "Never Let Me Downward Again", directed by Anton Corbijn. The long version is featured on the Foreign video, and uses the "Split Mix" (minus the intro and outro) and during the later EBM portion of the song, Gahan'south shoes are shown walking without anyone wearing them, before someone puts them on and wears them to dance. There is likewise a brusk video with just the single version of the song, which ends earlier the blithe 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]

There are two B-sides. "Pleasure, Petty Treasure" is a brusk dance rails. An extended version called the "Glitter Mix" ends with fragments of vocal recordings that have been reversed and treated with filibuster effects. Notably, some of these sounds can be heard in the rail "Mothers Talk" from the 1985 Tears for Fears album Songs from the Large Chair, which was engineered by Dave Bascombe. The "Glitter Mix" showed upwardly every bit a bonus rail 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 Agree (Spanish Taster)". Martin Gore's original plan for the vocal sounded a lot like upbeat electropop, only Alan Wilder turned it into the dark moving ridge track it somewhen became. While Alan'south version was e'er set to exist the last version, Martin wanted his version to be recorded every bit well. Notwithstanding, not all of the lyrics are sung in the song. Information technology shows upwardly as one of the bonus tracks on the CD/Cassette version of Music for the Masses and is on the CD versions of "Never Let Me Downwards Over again". The regular version of "To Have and To Hold" is i of the main tracks on the Music for the Masses LP.

Rail listings [edit]

All songs written by Martin Gore.

7": Mute / Bong14 (United kingdom)

1. "Never Let Me Down Again" – iv:xx
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure" – 2:52

12": Mute / 12Bong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasure, Piffling Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
3. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

12": Mute / L12Bong14 (UK)

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

Cassette: Mute / CBong14 (U.k.)

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

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Down Once again (Separate Mix)" – ix:34
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
3. "To Have and to Agree (Castilian Taster)" – 2:33
4. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

• Originally released in Cardsleeve [1987]
• Rereleased as 4track CD single in Slim Jewel Case in 1991.

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (U.k.)

1. "Never Let Me Downwards Again" – 4:20
2. "Pleasance, Piffling Treasure" – 2:52
3. "Never Let Me Down Again (Carve up Mix)" – 9:34
4. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
5. "Never Allow Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – iv:53
6. "Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix)" – 4:22
7. "Pleasure, Fiddling Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
8. "To Have and To Hold (Castilian Taster)" – 2:33

• The 2nd CD is the 1992 re-release.

Charts [edit]

Notable cover versions [edit]

The Neat Pumpkins recorded a comprehend of the song and released it 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 "always liked" the Pumpkins comprehend, while Dave Gahan said he "specially liked it", and even thought it was "a lot better" than the Depeche Mode original.^{[26] [27]}

See besides [edit]

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

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External links [edit]

• Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site

westknetch.blogspot.com

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

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