Depeche Mode Never Again Is What You Swore the Time Before Lyrics

1987 single by Depeche Fashion

"Never Permit Me Down Again"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Music for the Masses
B-side	"Pleasure, Little Treasure" "To Take and to Concord (Spanish Taster)" Remixes
Released	24 August 1987
Recorded	February – July 1987
Studio	Guillaume Tell, Paris[i] Konk, London Puk, Denmark
Genre	Synth-popular[ii] EBM[2]
Length	four:47 (album version) 4:20 (radio edit)
Label	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Martin Gore
Producer(s)	David Bascombe Depeche Fashion Daniel Miller
Depeche Fashion singles chronology
"Strangelove" (1987) "Never Let Me Down Over again" (1987) "Behind the Wheel" (1987)

"Never Permit Me Downward Again" is a song by English electronic music ring Depeche Fashion. It was released every bit the 2d single from their sixth studio album, Music for the Masses (1987), on 24 August 1987. It reached No. 22 in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, No. 2 in West Deutschland, and the top-10 in several other European countries such as Sweden and Switzerland. The cover art features fragments of a Soviet map of Russia and Europe, with unlike fragments used for the unlike editions of the unmarried.

Composition [edit]

Former member Alan Wilder and the other members of the band considered the rails an "obvious single" with much potential. They developed it throughout so that dramatic-blazon elements such equally the Led Zeppelin-influenced pulsate patterns and Martin Gore'due south distinctive guitar riffs sound in the forefront.^[3] The lyrics of the vocal, starting with the strident vocals of "I'grand taking a ride with my best friend", are mostly regarded as reflecting drug use,^{[4] [three]} with the track being labelled by NME music announcer Jane Solanas as a "masterpiece" that well conveys the feeling of "drug euphoria".^[3]

The coda of "Never Let Me Down Once more" references Soft Cell's song "Torch".^[4] The main remix version of the track, known as the "Divide Mix", came about with direct involvement from the band. The 12" maxi release stretched to exactly ix and a half minutes long. Oddly enough, despite the pleasing results from the point of view of the ring, that proved to be the concluding time in decades that a remix came out with their straight involvement.^[three]

Live performances [edit]

The song became a favourite amid fans, especially live. Shows during Depeche Mode's 1988 tour were oft concluded with this vocal. Notable in the 101 video is when Dave Gahan waves his artillery in the air toward the terminate of the vocal, and the sold-out crowd of 60,000 mimics Gahan'due south movements. It is now customary at Depeche Style shows for fans to moving ridge their artillery in the air during the coda section of "Never Let Me Downwards Once again", which the German magazine Music Express has termed a "wind in a cornfield" simulation.^[five]

During the 1990 World Violation Bout, the band played a different version of the song, known equally the "Dissever Mix", including their massive live performances at the Giants and Dodger Stadiums, which were being circulate live on MTV.

On 8 November 2001, shortly afterward their last Exciter Tour concert in Mannheim, Germany, the band played "Never Let Me Downward Once again" during the MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt, which aired in the US on MTV2.

Remixes [edit]

The principal 12" remix of "Never Let Me Down Once more" is known equally the "Split Mix", as stated above, and the nine-and-a-half-infinitesimal track featured direct involvement from the band during its cosmos.^[3] In detail, the remix features the regular vocal, an added intro piece, and a techno-similar musical arrangement appended at the end. The arrangement was expanded to the "Aggro Mix" on the 12" B-side, a piece additionally available as a bonus rail on the CD and cassette record versions of Music for the Masses.

The "Split up Mix" appears on the anthology collection Remixes 81–04, a release that came out in October 2004.^[3] Another remix of the track, washed past the German language group Digitalism, came out in 2006 every bit one of the 'Digital Deluxe Bonus Tracks' found in The Best of Depeche Manner Volume 1 (also being released as a express double vinyl 12" slice). That remix appears on the band's remix compilation Remixes two: 81–11 as well. Eric Prydz also remixed the vocal for this anthology.

Music videos [edit]

There are two music videos for "Never Let Me Down Again", directed past Anton Corbijn. The long version is featured on the Strange video, and uses the "Split Mix" (minus the intro and outro) and during the afterwards EBM portion of the vocal, Gahan'south shoes are shown walking without anyone wearing them, earlier someone puts them on and wears them to dance. In that location is also a brusk video with just the unmarried version of the song, which ends before the animated shoes. The short version appears on The Videos 86>98, the DVD of The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 and on Video Singles Drove.

B-sides [edit]

There are 2 B-sides. "Pleasance, Little Treasure" is a brusk dance rail. An extended version called the "Glitter Mix" ends with fragments of vocal recordings that have been reversed and treated with delay effects. Notably, some of these sounds can be heard in the track "Mothers Talk" from the 1985 Tears for Fears album Songs from the Big Chair, which was engineered by Dave Bascombe. The "Glitter Mix" showed upwardly as a bonus track on the CD/Cassette versions of Music for the Masses and in remastered form on the 2006 CD/DVD release.

The rarer B-side is "To Have and To Concord (Spanish Taster)". Martin Gore's original plan for the song sounded a lot similar upbeat electropop, simply Alan Wilder turned it into the dark moving ridge track it eventually became. While Alan's version was always set to be the final version, Martin wanted his version to be recorded as well. However, not all of the lyrics are sung in the song. It shows up equally one of the bonus tracks on the CD/Cassette version of Music for the Masses and is on the CD versions of "Never Let Me Down Once more". The regular version of "To Have and To Hold" is one of the primary tracks on the Music for the Masses LP.

Track listings [edit]

All songs written by Martin Gore.

seven": Mute / Bong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Down Once more" – 4:20
2. "Pleasance, Fiddling Treasure" – two:52

12": Mute / 12Bong14 (U.k.)

1. "Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasance, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
3. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

12": Mute / L12Bong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Down Over again (Tsangarides Mix)" – four:22 (Remixed past Chris Tsangarides)
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – iv:53 (Remixed by John Fryer & Paul Kendall)
3. "To Have and to Hold (Spanish Taster)" – ii:33

Cassette: Mute / CBong14 (Uk)

1. "Never Let Me Down Again (Dissever Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasance, Footling Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
3. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (UK)

1. "Never Allow Me Down Again (Dissever Mix)" – nine:34
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Bring together Mix)" – 4:53
3. "To Take and to Agree (Castilian Taster)" – 2:33
4. "Never Let Me Downwardly Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

• Originally released in Cardsleeve [1987]
• Rereleased every bit 4track CD single in Slim Precious stone Case in 1991.

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (Great britain)

1. "Never Let Me Downwards Once again" – 4:20
2. "Pleasure, Petty Treasure" – 2:52
3. "Never Let Me Downwards Once again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
4. "Pleasance, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
5. "Never Let Me Down Over again (Aggro Mix)" – four:53
6. "Never Let Me Downwardly Over again (Tsangarides Mix)" – 4:22
7. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Bring together Mix)" – 4:53
8. "To Accept and To Hold (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33

• The second CD is the 1992 re-release.

Charts [edit]

Notable embrace versions [edit]

The Not bad Pumpkins recorded a comprehend of the song and released it as a B-side on their 1994 CD single "Rocket" as well as on the Depeche Mode tribute album For the Masses. Discussing the cover, Martin Gore said he had "always liked" the Pumpkins cover, while Dave Gahan said he "particularly liked it", and fifty-fifty thought it was "a lot better" than the Depeche Mode original.^{[26] [27]}

See also [edit]

• 1987 in music
• Depeche Style discography
• Songs about recreational drug utilise

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External links [edit]

• Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site

monterohoudy1997.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Let_Me_Down_Again

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