Stripped

is a song from the 1986 album Black Celebration by Depeche Mode. It was released as a lead single on 10 February 1986.
== Notes ==
Depeche Mode said in the 1986-02-22 issue of No.1 magazine:
Andy: "The idea of 'Stripped' is to get away from technology and civilisation for a day and get back to basics in the country. It's about two people stripping down to their bare emotions. In the video we're seen demolishing a car and taking a TV apart... it's a bit, er, symbolic."
Dave: "It's not about sex. It's to do with having nothing except yourself. The people in the song could strip off if they wanted to though. The song is also a bit chancy. It doesn't capture you immediately. Some people hear it and say "Is that it?" Others go "Brilliant!"."
Dave also told Gear Magazine in 1998:
"This came from a period when Martin was really looking into himself; it's about stripping layers back and seeing what's left. Sampling was very, very, new. We used to run all over town looking for interesting sounding things to turn into a rhythmical element of the song. That's my Porsche 911 starting at the beginning. They've long since gone."
Martin Gore in Bong issue no. 37, 1998: 
"I think that since the 'Black Celebration' album we’ve started getting things right and 'Stripped' is one of the best atmospheres we've ever captured."
Quotes from the documentary on the DVD of the Black Celebration remaster from 2006:
Alan Wilder: "One of the first tracks we recorded, I think, was Stripped. And that just flowed, probably the only track on the album that did, and it was easy.In the same documentary, Martin contradicts him, saying: "Stripped took 9 days mixing and God knows how long recording." And I think I have to give credit to Martin's demo, because recorded the demo using the opening sound to that, which is an Emulator sample of a motorbike, ideally. And we said, "Well, let's just replicate that in the studio", and everything else just followed. We recorded Dave's Porsche, if you're trying to be [specific], a Porsche, and we recorded its ignition, which starts the track."
Gareth Jones: "Fireworks on Stripped, as well, is another famous piece. Obviously, on November the 5th, it was."
Daniel Miller: "It was rockets that we were doing, so we thought, if we angled them at a fairly low angle, we could set up a series of microphones and we would still be able to pick up the sound as it travelled along. If we straight up, we would have got just one sound, it would just have sort of disappeared, so we did that. We set up a sort of bottle at a very narrow angle and had, like, 5 microphones maybe, at, I don't know, 15 feet apart, something like that."
Martin Gore told Electronics and Music Magazine in 1986:
"[...] the rhythm of 'Stripped' was made up of the sound of an idling motorbike played half-an-octave down from its original pitch."
When Depeche Mode was interviewed about the songs on the '101' CD for the April 1989 issue of French magazine 'Best', Martin Gore said (translated from French):
"It's one of our best songs. It emerges out of the evolution of our music. After 'Some Great Reward', which was a pretty harsh album, we went in a more melodic direction with 'Black Celebration', and 'Stripped' illustrates this change well. It's a song that releases good vibrations, perfect for on stage. We all agree on that one."
== Music video ==
== Live performances ==
== Live versions ==
This section provides an example of a live version of Stripped from each tour that it was played. 
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1986-04-10.FM.rework-RevB.flac1648/09.m4a</sm2> 1986 Black Celebration Tour: 1986-04-10 N.E.C., Birmingham, England, UK
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1988-01-11.aud.Gary.0.flac1644/CD1/07.m4a</sm2> 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour: 1988-01-11 Wembley Arena, London, England, UK
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1990-07-21.sbd.unknown.unknown.flac1644/12.m4a</sm2> 1990 World Violation Tour: 1990-07-21 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, San Francisco, CA, USA
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1993-07-31.FM.BBC2-gadget242-Stealth71.0.flac1648/05.m4a</sm2> 1993 Devotional Tour: 1993-07-31 Crystal Palace Sports Ground, London, England, UK
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-03-26.sbd.Jon.1.flac1648/05.m4a</sm2> 1994 Exotic Tour: 1994-03-26 Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, HI, USA
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1998-12-19.ald.unknown.unknown.flac1644/CD2/04.m4a</sm2> 1998 The Singles Tour: 1998-12-19 Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2006-06-04.sbd.unknown.unknown.mp2256/06.m4a</sm2> 2005-2006 Touring The Angel: 2006-06-04 Rock Am Ring, Nurburgring, Germany
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2009-05-06.SP-CMC-8.motr1912.0.flac1644/18.m4a</sm2> 2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe: 2009-05-06 Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2018-06-26.sbd.VoltFestival.0.m4a128/11.m4a</sm2> 2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour: 2018-06-26 Volt Festival, Sopron, Hungary
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2023-03-30.matrix.ryanj-anonymous.0.flac1644/18.m4a</sm2> 2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour: 2023-03-30 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA
== References ==
Category:Singles
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Depeche Mode singles
Category:Black Celebration songs
Category:Black Celebration singles
Category:Songs in G Major
Category:Songs between 90-94 BPM
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
Category:Songs with official music videos
Category:Depeche Mode lead singles
Category:Lead singles
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