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G.O.D.

== Notes ==
Kurt Uenala and Dave Gahan have been working together since 2010, and own a studio, Schtudio Blanco, together since 2012. They have written several unreleased songs together since then. One of those songs was Where I Wait, released 6 years after its creation, on Kurt's name.
In December 2022, they released five spoken-word tracks as an EP. According to the press release:
Kurt Uenala has his fingerprints on more things than you may realize. While his name may be new to you, it’s possible you’ve come across collaborations he’s done under the moniker Null + Void, including Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Moby, John Grant, The Kills, Woodkid and most notably, Dave Gahan and Depeche Mode
Having worked in Gahan’s NYC studio for years, and traveling with Depeche Mode, Uenala became aware of one of Dave’s rituals. Sometimes a notebook and pen would come out. Something would get jotted down. But what? That remained a mystery.
Uenala now calls Iceland home, so he’s no stranger to isolation, but what about city-dweller Gahan? The two kept in close touch during lockdown, sharing thoughts and ideas.
“I always wondered what he was writing in the notebook,” Uenala says, “but I never pried. During one of our check-ins I eventually asked what he was scribbling down when he was off in some corner, or standing on his own, next to a studio window.” Gahan disclosed that they were thoughts, feelings, and observations that would likely never see the light of day.
But then again, why not? Living during a lockdown is unquestionably difficult, but fortune also favors those who are bold in challenging times. Gahan sent Uenala a recording of him reciting something from the journal.
In his studio, a decommissioned hospital situated on an Icelandic Fjörd, Kurt sat in front of a classic Oberheim synth with the recording, reacting to anything from the timbre of Gahan’s voice, to background noise. Inspiration also came from ambience in the black chapel in Uenala’s town, which has often acted as a natural reverb chamber when one was needed. Songs started to take shape, through a modified form of call and response. The confluence of tone, poem, and tone poem.
Both artists were pleased with the results, and agreed that the prose had more of an impact in concert with the music than it did merely existing, on paper, hidden in a notebook. Work continued, and produced a collection of recitations set to soundscapes. “Longing,” “Get Out,” “GOD,” “I Think Not,” and a piece born from the first recording Gahan sent, “Cracks Are Showing,” were completed, then assembled as the Manuscript EP, which will be released on December, 16th.
Dave Gahan: “I’m not sure why, or when, exactly, I wrote these short pieces. I knew they were never to be songs. I do know that they were written when I was alone. Sometimes in a hotel room. Where? I can’t recall. Sometimes standing by the ocean, or walking the beach in winter. Sometimes on the empty streets of New York City, during the lockdown. Always whilst feeling the beauty, power, and loneliness of a world beyond me.” 
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Category:Non-Depeche Mode, non-solo songs sung by Dave Gahan
Category:Never played live
Get Out

== Notes ==
Kurt Uenala and Dave Gahan have been working together since 2010, and own a studio, Schtudio Blanco, together since 2012. They have written several unreleased songs together since then. One of those songs was Where I Wait, released 6 years after its creation, on Kurt's name.
In December 2022, they released five spoken-word tracks as an EP. According to the press release:
Kurt Uenala has his fingerprints on more things than you may realize. While his name may be new to you, it’s possible you’ve come across collaborations he’s done under the moniker Null + Void, including Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Moby, John Grant, The Kills, Woodkid and most notably, Dave Gahan and Depeche Mode
Having worked in Gahan’s NYC studio for years, and traveling with Depeche Mode, Uenala became aware of one of Dave’s rituals. Sometimes a notebook and pen would come out. Something would get jotted down. But what? That remained a mystery.
Uenala now calls Iceland home, so he’s no stranger to isolation, but what about city-dweller Gahan? The two kept in close touch during lockdown, sharing thoughts and ideas.
“I always wondered what he was writing in the notebook,” Uenala says, “but I never pried. During one of our check-ins I eventually asked what he was scribbling down when he was off in some corner, or standing on his own, next to a studio window.” Gahan disclosed that they were thoughts, feelings, and observations that would likely never see the light of day.
But then again, why not? Living during a lockdown is unquestionably difficult, but fortune also favors those who are bold in challenging times. Gahan sent Uenala a recording of him reciting something from the journal.
In his studio, a decommissioned hospital situated on an Icelandic Fjörd, Kurt sat in front of a classic Oberheim synth with the recording, reacting to anything from the timbre of Gahan’s voice, to background noise. Inspiration also came from ambience in the black chapel in Uenala’s town, which has often acted as a natural reverb chamber when one was needed. Songs started to take shape, through a modified form of call and response. The confluence of tone, poem, and tone poem.
Both artists were pleased with the results, and agreed that the prose had more of an impact in concert with the music than it did merely existing, on paper, hidden in a notebook. Work continued, and produced a collection of recitations set to soundscapes. “Longing,” “Get Out,” “GOD,” “I Think Not,” and a piece born from the first recording Gahan sent, “Cracks Are Showing,” were completed, then assembled as the Manuscript EP, which will be released on December, 16th.
Dave Gahan: “I’m not sure why, or when, exactly, I wrote these short pieces. I knew they were never to be songs. I do know that they were written when I was alone. Sometimes in a hotel room. Where? I can’t recall. Sometimes standing by the ocean, or walking the beach in winter. Sometimes on the empty streets of New York City, during the lockdown. Always whilst feeling the beauty, power, and loneliness of a world beyond me.” 
Category:Song
Category:Non-Depeche Mode, non-solo songs sung by Dave Gahan
Category:Never played live
Get Right With Me

is a song from the 1993 album Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode.
== Notes ==
Daryl Bamonte on the recording of "Get Right With Me":
"Hildia Campbell and Samantha Smith were brought in to sing backing vocals on the gospel/hip-hop hybrid 'Get Right With Me’. Never one to resist challenging himself, Dave insisted on singing this track, even though it was penciled in for Martin, and showed another dimension to his voice."Source: The Singles 86>98 Tour book
Martin Gore told Swedish magazine "POP" in 1993 (translated from Swedish):
"We had already done the vocal tracks on all the songs, but Flood had this idea about a gospel choir. I was very suspicious, I thought we would lose what we’d already achieved. Which was actually quite good! It sounded a bit like Beatles circa 66-67. And I like The Beatles. But as soon as they came into the studio and started singing, the song was given a whole new dimension." 
== Live performances ==
== References ==
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Songs of Faith and Devotion songs
Category:Songs in A Major
Category:Songs between 125-129 BPM
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
<metadesc>"Get Right With Me" is a song from the 1993 album Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode.</metadesc>
Get The Balance Right

== Notes ==
The band said in the 1985-10-26 issue of Melody Maker:
Dave: "We were just thinking of making a stomper. But it's my least favourite track."
Martin: "I hate it, and I wrote it. This was the only time we HAD to turn out a single whether we wanted to or not."
== Music video ==
== Live performances ==
Category:Singles
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Depeche Mode singles
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
Category:Songs with official music videos
Ghost

is a song from the 2009 album Sounds Of The Universe by Depeche Mode. It was released as a bonus track on the Sounds Of The Universe deluxe box set.
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
Category:Sounds Of The Universe songs
Category:Songs between 105-109 BPM
Category:Songs in F♯ Major
<metadesc>"Ghost" is a song from the 2009 album Sounds Of The Universe by Depeche Mode. It was released as a bonus track on the Sounds Of The Universe deluxe box set.</metadesc>
Going Backwards

is a song from the 2017 album Spirit by Depeche Mode. It was released as a single on 23 June 2017.
== Notes ==
 told Amazon:
"An album starts taking shape, for me, really, when you have about four songs together, and we had gone down a cynical path. And I thought, "Okay well, maybe I just gotta go with this." Well as I said, it was definitely one of the first songs that I had written, and I think it was actually one of the first songs that we had started working on in the studio. And I think that from an early point we all deep down knew that it would be the first track on the album, so it was an important track. Even though we never regarded it as a single or anything like that, it was more of a statement."
When Neue Zürcher Zeitung hypothesised that "'Going Backwards' is about a civilizational regression where society and technology are developing as fast as never before", Gore replied:
"Yes, but that's just a reason for decay. I have long believed that new technologies would bring the world together — the world would be united by them. We were all enthusiastic about the Arab Spring, when people started organising themselves with social media and fought for their freedom. But then everything went wrong: the Middle East seems to be falling apart."
Dave Gahan told (archived):
"If we want things to change, a revolution, we need to talk about it and about caring about what goes on in the world. It doesn't seem the way things are in London. We seem to be going in another direction, and I think Martin felt like he needed to express that [with 'Going Backwards']."
Hotmix radio asked Andrew Fletcher about his favourite song of Spirit, and he replied:
"I think it would be '[Going] Backwards'. I don't know why. I've never really given it enough attention, because I do like 'Cover Me' as well, but we open our set with 'Backwards', and it really sounds good."
== Music video ==
== Live performances ==
Category:Singles
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Depeche Mode singles
Category:Spirit songs
Category:Spirit singles
Category:Songs in B Minor
Category:Songs between 95-99 BPM
Category:Songs with official music videos
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
<metadesc>"Going Backwards" is a song from the 2017 album Spirit by Depeche Mode. It was released as a single on 23 June 2017.</metadesc>
Goodbye

is a song from the 2013 album Delta Machine by Depeche Mode.
== Notes ==
 likened to the music of The Beatles in a March 2013 Associated Press interview:
"It's a bad thing to say [that it sounds like The Beatles] because everyone is going to say, 'What are you talking about?' But it reminds me of The Beatles or something. That's a dangerous thing to say."Source: Q&A: Depeche Mode's Martin Gore on band's 13th album, working with Frank Ocean, musical family – Times Colonist, 26 March 2013.
== Live performances ==
== References ==
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Delta Machine songs
Category:Songs in F Major
Category:Songs between 75-79 BPM
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
<metadesc>"Goodbye" is a song from the 2013 album Delta Machine by Depeche Mode.</metadesc>
Goodnight Lovers

is a song from the 2001 album Exciter by Depeche Mode. It was released as a single on 11 February 2002.
== Notes ==
Author Jonathan Miller interviewed producer Mark Bell in 2001, who said: 
"[Dave]'s got a seven-month-old baby daughter now, so I suggested he sing the album's closing track 'Goodnight Lovers' as though he was really singing it to her, like a lullaby. And I think that comes across. It's not role-playing, but something he could really feel."
Andy Fletcher said in the May 2001 issue of Keyboard magazine:
"[The sound that opens the track] was on the original demo. Paul Freegard did that sound on the [Clavia] Nord Lead."
During Anton Corbijn's In Santa Barbara - B Roll Footage video recording, Dave Gahan can be seen reading from a music stand with the "Goodnight Lovers" lyrics printed on it. The top of this page reveals the working title for the song, "Born A Lover."
== Music video ==
== Live performances ==
Category:Singles
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Depeche Mode singles
Category:Exciter songs
Category:Exciter singles
Category:Songs in A Major
Category:Songs between 100-104 BPM
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
Category:Songs with official music videos
Category:Songs with working titles
<metadesc>"Goodnight Lovers" is a song from the 2001 album Exciter by Depeche Mode. It was released as a single on 11 February 2002.</metadesc>
Happens All The Time

is a song recorded during the production of the 2013 album Delta Machine by Depeche Mode. It was released as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of the album.
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Delta Machine songs
Category:Songs in E Minor
Category:Songs between 150-154 BPM
Category:Songs written by Dave Gahan
<metadesc>"Happens All The Time" is a song recorded during the production of the 2013 album Delta Machine by Depeche Mode. It was released as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of the album.</metadesc>
Happiest Girl (Jack Mix)

is a song produced during the recording of the 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. It was released as a B-side to the single on 17 September 1990.
== Notes ==
The "Jack Mix" is the original version of the song.
Alan Wilder says on Shunt that "for a long time 'Happiest Girl' was going to be on the LP", but also says here that "'Happiest Girl' was left off [Violator] because we didn't think it was strong enough."
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Depeche Mode B-sides
Category:Violator songs
Category:Songs in G Major
Category:Songs between 115-119 BPM
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
<metadesc>"Happiest Girl (Jack Mix)" is a song produced during the recording of the 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. It was released as a B-side to the single "World In My Eyes" on 17 September 1990.</metadesc>
Happiness Is Hard To Take

== Notes ==
1985: Martin Gore writes and plays the keyboard parts on two tracks on Humpe Humpe's eponymous album, called Happiness Is Hard To Take and Don't Know Where I Belong. Annette Humpe told Einslive.de: They were in the studio at the same time as us. That's how we knew each other. Then we played some songs to Martin and told him: 'We'd love it if you write and play a melody to it.' Then he returned and performed it."
Category:Song
Category:Non-Depeche Mode/non-cover/non-solo songs performed on by Martin Gore
Category:Non-Depeche Mode Martin L. Gore songs
Category:Never played live
Heaven

is a song from the 2013 album Delta Machine by Depeche Mode. It was released as the lead single from the album on 31 January 2013.
== Quotes ==
Dave Gahan: Of all the incredible songs that Martin has written over the years that I have been lucky enough to sing and perform, once in a while a song comes along — hopefully I'll write one of those myself one day — that's something I have to sing. It's something I want to sing. It feels like I'm putting on a pair of boots that I've worn for years, that I love. It fits. As soon as I heard that song he had played me the demo, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it. There's no other song like it on the record. That was one song from this record that I knew that this was gonna be the linchpin to this session. Everything has got to be as good as this. To me, 'Heaven' is one of the reasons why I still make music.
Andrew Fletcher: 'Heaven' is interesting, because Martin really cracked it with this 'Heaven'. Pretty much, apart from Dave's voice instead of Martin's voice, the actual finished song is pretty similar [to the demo].
Martin Gore: 'Heaven' was written on a piano. I had all the chords and everything all worked out on the piano and the whole vocal melody and the lyrics worked out before I went anywhere near a computer.
— Dave Gahan, Andrew Fletcher, – Heaven and Delta Machine EPK
== Music video ==
== Live performances ==
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Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Depeche Mode singles
Category:Delta Machine songs
Category:Delta Machine singles
Category:Songs in B♭ Minor
Category:Songs between 100-104 BPM
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
Category:Songs with official music videos
Category:Depeche Mode lead singles
Category:Lead singles
<metadesc>"Heaven" is a song from the 2013 album Delta Machine by Depeche Mode. It was released as a lead single on 31 January 2013.</metadesc>
Here Is The House

is a song from the 1986 album Black Celebration by Depeche Mode.
== Notes ==
Martin Gore told Electronics and Music Magazine in 1986:
[...] "Then there’s the mandolin-like part on 'Here is the House'. That was an acoustic guitar sampled twice — once on a down-stroke and once on an upstroke. We used them on alternate notes, so every other note was a downstroke and all the in-between notes were up-strokes. It sounded very funny — almost like a real player."
== Martin Gore's 1985 home demo ==
 
'Here Is The House' is one of several song demos prepared by for the 1986 Black Celebration album. Notably, Martin's demo has slightly different lyrics in the chorus section. Instead of "Body and soul come together, as we come closer together" as on the album version, the line in the demo is "Colors and shapes merge together, as we come closer together". Furthermore, the line "With or without words I'll confide everything" is instead "Without words I'll confide everything" on the demo.
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/demos2018/22.m4a</html5media>
== Live performances ==
== Live versions ==
This section provides examples of live versions of Here Is The House from each tour that it was played. The recording from 1990-07-21 San Francisco is generally regarded as the best sounding version out of these examples.
=== 1986 Black Celebration Tour ===
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1986-03-00.rehearsal/bc-rehearsal-hith-fixed.wav</sm2> 1986-03-00 Black Celebration Tour Rehearsals, Nomis Studios, London, England, UK (Soundboard snippet)
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1986-03-31.aud.unknown.unknown.RevA.flac1644/09.m4a</sm2> 1986-03-31 New Conference Centre, Brighton, England, UK (Audience)
=== 1990 World Violation Tour ===
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1990-07-21.sbd.unknown.unknown.flac1644/09.m4a</sm2> 1990-07-21 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, San Francisco, CA, USA (Soundboard)
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1990-08-05.pc62.jamesc.1.flac1644/CD1/09.m4a</sm2> 1990-08-05 Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Audience)
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Black Celebration songs
Category:Songs in C Minor
Category:Songs between 125-129 BPM
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
<metadesc>"Here Is The House" is a song from the 1986 album Black Celebration by Depeche Mode.</metadesc>
Heroes

is a cover of the David Bowie song of the same name, recorded as a tribute to the late musician by Depeche Mode. This track holds significance in the early history and formation of the band. Before adopting the name Depeche Mode, the ensemble was known as Composition Of Sound, consisting of Vince Clarke, Andrew Fletcher, and Martin Gore. It was during a rehearsal that they heard Dave Gahan performing 'Heroes', leaving them impressed with his rendition and leading to his invitation to join the group.
The song was subsequently added to the band's setlist during the 2017-2018 Global Spirit tour. Its inaugural performance took place at New York's Highline Stages on August 3rd, 2016. This performance was recorded and filmed, later becoming available on YouTube, while an audio-only version was included on the 'MODE' box set.
== Notes ==
Dave Gahan told Classic Pop magazine in March 2017:
"When we started rehearsing I brought up the idea of maybe doing a Bowie cover especially after losing him. Martin and I are both huge fans, and still are. So it just seemed right, Martin was into it. It's got a real early Depeche flavour to it."
== Live versions ==
This section provides examples of live versions of Heroes from each tour that it was played. The recording from 2017-09-09 New York is generally regarded as the best sounding version out of these examples.
=== 2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour ===
*<sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2017-05-05.AT943.Trekytt.0.flac2448/22.m4a</sm2> 2017-05-05 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden (Audience)
*<sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2017-05-20-iem-heroes.mp3</sm2> 2017-05-20 Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia (In-ear monitor)
*<sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2017-05-22-iem-heroes.mp3</sm2> 2017-05-22 Groupama Aréna, Budapest, Hungary (In-ear monitor)
*<sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2017-06-25-iem-heroes.m4a</sm2> 2017-06-25 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy (In-ear monitor)
*<sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2017-06-25.iem-aud.alessio.0.flac1644/24.m4a</sm2> 2017-06-25 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy (In-ear monitor/Audience matrix)
*<sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2017-09-09.matrix.ryanj.0.RevA.flac1644/21.m4a</sm2> 2017-09-09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA (Assistive listening device/Audience matrix)
*<sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2017-09-11.matrix.ryanj.0.RevA.flac1644/21.m4a</sm2> 2017-09-11 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA (Assistive listening device/Audience matrix)
== Live performances ==
== References ==
Category:Cover
Category:Songs covered by Depeche Mode
Category:David Bowie songs covered by members of Depeche Mode
<metadesc>"Heroes" is a cover of the David Bowie song of the same name recorded as a tribute to the late musician by Depeche Mode.</metadesc>
Higher Love

is a song from the 1993 album Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode.
== Notes ==
Alan Wilder confirms "Higher Love" was included on the short-list for potential Songs Of Faith And Devotion singles:
We would usually reach a consensus to form a short-list of potential singles. For example, "Higher Love" was on this list for the SOFAD singles but never made it and there were differences of opinion about in which order they should appear. Dave felt very strongly that "Condemnation" should have been the first single but he was out-voted. I wanted "Walking In My Shoes" as a second single and got my way but I really wanted the original version of "In Your Room" [instead of the Zephyr mix]. This is all a good example of the problems of democracy - somebody usually ends up disappointed.Source: SHUNT ARCHIVES EDITORIAL : 1998 ARCHIVES : DM Singles 86-98 : SONGS OF FAITH AND DEVOTION
Q&A from Alan Wilder's Shunt:
: What can you tell me about the drum track on "Higher Love" that is so similar to the one in "So Cruel" by U2 (Achtung Baby).
Wilder: Didn't Flood work on both LP's?.....
== Live performances ==
== References ==
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Songs of Faith and Devotion songs
Category:Songs in G Major
Category:Songs between 95-99 BPM
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
<metadesc>"Higher Love" is a song from the 1993 album Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode.</metadesc>