One Caress

is a song from the 1993 album Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode.
== Notes ==
Alan Wilder on the recording of One Caress:
Once we decided we wanted "real" strings, there was only really one or two choices as to who should arrange them. Will Malone arranged the strings for Massive Attack's 'Unfinished Sympathy', a particular favourite of both myself and Martin [Gore]. The strings were recorded at Olympic Studios in London, using a 28 piece sting section, to which Martin sang the vocal "live" - thus equalling the fastest ever recording of any one Depeche Mode track, the other being Somebody.Source: Shunt - Q&A on Depeche Mode
Andrew Fletcher told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
"That was meant to be just a B-side, but it turned out so well we thought we'd put it on the album."
Martin Gore told Swedish magazine "POP" in 1993 (translated from Swedish):
"The best thing about it was that it was so spontaneous. [The string quartet] came in and played and I sang with them live. We recorded the song in three hours, usually every song takes about a month. I don’t share the belief that synthesizers and samplers aren’t real instruments, but there’s something special with musicians, real string players. They’ve studied many years to play their instruments. I felt within me that my music was suddenly taken more seriously. I know I shouldn’t feel that way. But however stupid it might sound, suddenly hearing ”real” musicians who have studied music for years performing your song makes it, in a way, come off as more serious. It’s just a feeling, and a false one. But it’s there."
During the 1993 Devotional Tour and the 2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe, One Caress was performed with additional live strings on stage on the following dates: 
*1993-06-14 Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
*1993-06-29 Palais Omnisport De Paris Bercy, Paris, France
*1993-07-31 Crystal Palace Sports Ground, London, England, UK
*1993-10-11 The Summit, Houston, TX, USA
*1993-10-20 Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL, USA
*1993-12-20 Wembley Arena, London, England, UK
*2010-02-17 Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK
== Music video ==
== Live performances ==
== Live versions == 
This section provides an example of a live version of One Caress from each tour that it was played.
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1993-10-19.aud.AtomicRecords.low-gen.flac1644/10.m4a</sm2> 1993 Devotional Tour (Regular): 1993-10-19 Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1993-12-20.aud.unknown.low-gen-retransfer.flac1644/10.m4a</sm2> 1993 Devotional Tour (Additional live strings): 1993-12-20 Wembley Arena, London, England, UK
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-03-08.aud.BrentGraham.0.flac1644/08.m4a</sm2> 1994 Exotic Tour: 1994-03-08 Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2009-11-23.STC-11.DrBBalls.0.flac1644/18.m4a</sm2> 2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe (Regular): 2009-11-23 Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2010-02-17.CSB.fer101.0.flac1644/09.m4a</sm2> 2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe (Additional live strings): 2010-02-17 Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK
== References ==
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Songs of Faith and Devotion songs
Category:Songs in A Minor
Category:Songs between 100-104 BPM
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
Category:Songs with official music videos
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