Policy Of Truth

is a song from the 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. It was released as a single on 7 May 1990.
== Notes ==
 in BONG magazine issue no. 37, 1998: 
"It has been one of my all time favourite songs that we've ever recorded. I really like the words to it and the whole concept of having to lie to keep up appearances — maybe it's better to do that. I just really like the whole subject matter of the song. I like the Terry Hoax version or the one by Dishwalla from the tribute album [For The Masses], which is another rock version. I just like the fact that, sometimes the potential of the songs is seen when they are performed in a more conventional format. I think a lot of the time, the songs are overlooked, disregarded or not taken seriously because of the instrumentation we've used."
Alan Wilder explains the creation process of the intro melody of the song on :
:How did you create the intro melody sound of 'Policy Of Truth' (also used on 'Halo', if I'm not mad...)?
Wilder: It's a single note sampled from a guitar and then looped and played from a keyboard. The loop is what gives it the vibrato effect.Source: (archived)
Wilder also says:
"With 'Policy [Of Truth]' it took forever to find a lead riff sound which worked. We even tried a flute at one point!"
He elaborated on it in his (archived):
Recorded initially during the Puk sessions, 'Policy' went through many changes before being almost completely re-recorded at The Church.
"Usually this would signify problems with a song although in this case we knew it was a strong track, not least a potential single. The main riff of the song proved such a problem to get a sound for and we must have tried 100 different variations before settling on what had become perhaps the sound of the album — slide guitar."
He continues:
"The Puk period was much more prolific and although some tracks like 'Clean' and 'Policy Of Truth' went through many guises before the final versions were settled upon, we had the most productive and enjoyable time."
== Composition ==
=== Sample sources ===
== Music video ==
== Live performances ==
== Live versions ==
This section provides an example of a live version of Policy Of Truth from each tour that it was played. 
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1990-08-04.sbd.violatorlive.0.flac1644/13.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.flac1648/02.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.flac1648/15.m4a</sm2> 1994 Exotic Tour: 1994-03-26 Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, HI, USA
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1998-12-12.sbd.LiveInLosAngeles.0.flac1644/03.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/dm2005-11-18.IEM.Slickmode.0.flac1644/CD1/05.m4a</sm2> 2005–2006 Touring The Angel: 2005-11-18 HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA, USA
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2009-11-23.STC-11.DrBBalls.0.flac1644/12.m4a</sm2> 2009–2010 Tour Of The Universe: 2009-11-23 Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2013-07-11.sbd.webstream.0.aac192/08.m4a</sm2> 2013–2014 Delta Machine Tour: 2013-07-11 BBK Festival, Bilbao, Spain
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2017-09-11.matrix.ryanj.0.RevA.flac1644/03.m4a</sm2> 2017–2018 Global Spirit Tour: 2017-09-11 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
* <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm2023-11-05.matrix.RyanJ-Anonymous.0.flac1644/06.m4a</sm2> 2023–2024 Memento Mori Tour: 2023-10-28 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
== Trivia ==
*'Policy Of Truth' has been covered by Terry Hoax (1992), Mog Stunt Team (1996), Dishwalla (1998), Rémember (2001), Hineon (2002), Vincent Venet (2002), Pat MacDonald (2003), The Pathfinder (2003), St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review (2005), 16Stitch (2005), Sylvain Chauveau and Ensemble Nocturne (2005), Yeah! (2005), Disown (2005), Diefenbach (2006), Path of Resistance (2007), Automob (2008), AK47 (Steven Rowe) feat. Angie Soft (2009), Brixtonboogie (2009), Trapt (2012), Rockabye Baby! (2012), Matt Nida feat. Lisa Schumann (2014), Music Box Mania (2014), and Chateau Pop (2017).
*'Policy Of Truth' has been sampled in the following songs and remixes by Depeche Mode and other artists:
**'Useless (The Kruder + Dorfmeister Session)' – Depeche Mode (1997)
**'Going for Broke' – Coach Roebuck (2011)
*A version of the track was featured in a trailer for the 2022 film adaptation of Death on the Nile.
== Notes ==
== References ==
Category:Singles
Category:Depeche Mode songs
Category:Depeche Mode singles
Category:Violator songs
Category:Violator singles
Category:Songs in A♭ Major
Category:Songs between 110-114 BPM
Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore
Category:Songs with official music videos
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