Halo

"Halo" is a song from the 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode.
== Notes ==
Martin Gore says in the 1990-02-17 issue of NME:
"I suppose my songs do seem to advocate immorality but if you listen there's always a sense of guilt. On 'Halo' from the new album, you're right that I'm saying 'Let's give in to this' but there’s also a real feeling of wrongfulness."
Alan Wilder told Electricity Club in 2011:
Q: If there’s a favourite all time Depeche Mode track here at The Electricity Club, it’s 'Halo'. Could you tell us how you and co-producer Flood put together the palette of sounds that comprised the final arrangement?
A: "From memory, the drums were sampled from Led Zeppelin's 'When the Levee Breaks' (but secondhand from a rap record). It is one of the most commonly used drum samples – for obvious reasons as it has that very special Bonham sound. The same snare drum sound appears on DM’s 'Get Right With Me'. I've also heard that snare on a Massive Attack record and many others. [...] Other sounds on 'Halo', I'm more vague about, but we certainly would have used Flood's ARP 2600 in conjunction with other modular synths to create the bass parts and other sequencer parts. For the end choruses, there are some string samples which I think were derived from Elgar. One of my techniques is to find sections of classical strings and transpose / stretch these, then add my own samples, in order to formulate new and unusual arrangements. This was a case in point. The DM track 'Clean' utilised classical strings in a similar way."
Q&A on Alan Wilder's Shunt:
Kev & Schtace: Specifically, what are the elements of the song 'Halo' that you like. This is one of my favourite DM songs. The mood/atmosphere is powerful with an excellent build-up - it reminds me of the feeling I get when I listen to the LP version of 'In Your Room'.
A: "I like the string arrangement and the fact that we used drum loops on it - something we had hardly done before that time. It's not a bad song either."
Alan Wilder in his editorial on Violator:
"As for singles, 'Halo' was on a short-list but was never really a major contender. We ended up using it in a roundabout way by making a video (as well as one for 'Clean') to fill out the 'Strange Too' compilation."
== Composition ==
=== Sample sources ===
== Music video ==
== Live performances ==
== Live versions == 
This section provides an example of a live version of Halo from each tour that it was played.
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1990-08-04.sbd.violatorlive.0.flac1644/03.m4a</sm2> 1990 World Violation Tour: 1990-08-04 Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1993-07-31.FM.BBC2-gadget242-Stealth71.0.flac1648/04.m4a</sm2> 1993 Devotional Tour: 1993-07-31 Crystal Palace Sports Ground, London, England, UK
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-05-14.sbd.ER.0.flac1648/02.m4a</sm2> 1994 Exotic Tour: 1994-05-14 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, San Francisco, CA, USA
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2001-10-11.sbd.mute.0.flac1644/05.m4a</sm2> 2001 Exciter Tour: 2001-10-11 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/DeMaLive/24.m4a</sm2> 2013-2014 Delta Machine Tour: 2013-07-11 BBK Festival, Bilbao, Spain
== Trivia ==
*'Halo' has been sampled in the following songs and remixes:
**'Prawdziwy Rapper Klamca (Propaganda Wersja)' - Peja and Slums Attack (2005)
**'Precious (DJ Dan 4 A.M. Mix)' - Depeche Mode (2005)
*'Halo' has been covered by Józsa Alex and Quick (2003), Dimitris Korgialas (2005), and Weak13 (2017).
== Notes ==
== References ==
Category:Song
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Violator songs
Category:Songs in E♭ Minor
Category:Songs between 110-114 BPM
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
Category:Songs with official music videos
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