Sister Of Night

is a song from the 1997 album Ultra by Depeche Mode.
==Notes==
When Depeche Mode started recording an album in November 1995, "Sister Of Night" was one of the three songs that had ready as a demo.
Dave Gahan said in the March 1997 issue of Q magazine:
The only vocal on [Ultra] that I recorded at Electric Lady Studios – the only vocal I performed high – was "Sister Of Night". I can hear how scared I was. I'm glad it's there to remind me. I could see the pain I was causing everybody.
Gahan told MSN Music Central:
"Sisters Of Night" [sic] is actually my favorite on the album, in terms of the vocal on there. It kind of glides along. I sometimes find it really hard to listen to myself, but on that particular song, I would say that's really kind of "me", if that makes any sense. It's a really honest vocal. I particularly got into the song quite a bit.
Gore told POP magazine Sweden in February 1997:
"Sister Of Night" was the only vocal track Dave managed to complete during several weeks in New York last spring. He came to the studio every morning but sounded horrible. I asked if he was alright and he said that everything was OK. He continued to lie like that, day after day.
Andrew Fletcher told the 28 April 1997 issue of of Hits magazine:
The closest it came to coming apart was after the New York recording session, where we got one vocal out of Dave in six weeks. He was in a typical state where he was incapable of singing. He went out to Los Angeles to try to sort himself out. We heard two weeks later on the radio that he'd OD'd. We felt that at this point we were hitting our heads against the wall and getting absolutely nowhere. I did a lot of searching to decide what to do with the band because at one point I thought it was better for David if the band didn't exist anymore because it wasn't doing him any good.
Programmer Kerry Hopwood describes the process of recording and comping Dave Gahan's lead vocal in the 2007 Ultra Collector's Edition documentary Depeche Mode 95–98 (Oh Well, That's the End of the Band...):
"[Sister Of Night]", for example, [that took almost a week to do the vocal] purely because Dave was not well, and it was hard to get a consistent performance. When it came to comping vocals, we were having almost to do [it] syllable by syllable at times. But, in retrospect, I think you've got one of - almost one of the most beautiful vocals.
Usually, it was Martin Gore who performed this song in an acoustic format. Starting with the 2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour, Dave Gahan started singing "Sister Of Night" as the main vocalist.
== Live performances ==
== Live versions == 
This section provides an example of a live version of Sister Of Night from each tour that it was played. 
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1998-12-12.sbd.LiveInLosAngeles.0.flac1644/06.m4a</sm2> 1998 The Singles Tour: 1998-12-12 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2001-07-21.MBHOka200n.BillTatina.0.flac1644/09.m4a</sm2> 2001 Exciter Tour: 2001-07-21 Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre, Denver, CO, USA
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2009-11-21.CSB.fer101.0.flac1644/09.m4a</sm2> 2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe: 2009-11-21 Palau St Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2023-04-14.matrix.ryanj-anonymous.0.flac1644/06.m4a</sm2> 2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour: 2023-04-14 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Ultra songs
Category:Songs in E Minor
Category:Songs between 90-94 BPM
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
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