Never Let Me Down Again by Depeche Mode

1987 single by Depeche Way

"Never Let Me Downward Once again"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Music for the Masses
B-side	"Pleasure, Picayune Treasure" "To Have and to Hold (Spanish Taster)" Remixes
Released	24 August 1987
Recorded	February – July 1987
Studio	Guillaume Tell, Paris[1] Konk, London Puk, Denmark
Genre	Synth-popular[2] EBM[two]
Length	iv:47 (album version) 4:20 (radio edit)
Label	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Martin Gore
Producer(south)	David Bascombe Depeche Way Daniel Miller
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Strangelove" (1987) "Never Permit Me Down Again" (1987) "Behind the Wheel" (1987)

"Never Permit Me Down Again" is a vocal past English electronic music band Depeche Way. Information technology was released as the second single from their sixth studio anthology, Music for the Masses (1987), on 24 August 1987. It reached No. 22 in the UK, No. 2 in W Germany, and the top-ten in several other European countries such as Sweden and Switzerland. The cover art features fragments of a Soviet map of Russia and Europe, with different fragments used for the different editions of the single.

Composition [edit]

Sometime fellow member Alan Wilder and the other members of the band considered the track an "obvious single" with much potential. They adult it throughout so that dramatic-type elements such as the Led Zeppelin-influenced drum patterns and Martin Gore's distinctive guitar riffs sound in the forefront.^[three] The lyrics of the song, starting with the strident vocals of "I'm taking a ride with my all-time friend", are generally regarded as reflecting drug utilize,^{[4] [3]} with the runway existence 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 Again" references Soft Cell'south song "Torch".^[4] The chief remix version of the track, known as the "Split Mix", came about with straight involvement from the ring. The 12" maxi release stretched to exactly nine and a half minutes long. Oddly enough, despite the pleasing results from the point of view of the band, that proved to exist the terminal time in decades that a remix came out with their direct involvement.^[3]

Live performances [edit]

The song became a favourite among fans, especially live. Shows during Depeche Mode's 1988 tour were frequently concluded with this song. Notable in the 101 video is when Dave Gahan waves his artillery in the air toward the end of the vocal, and the sold-out crowd of threescore,000 mimics Gahan's movements. It is now customary at Depeche Style shows for fans to moving ridge their arms in the air during the coda section of "Never Allow Me Down Again", which the German magazine Music Limited has termed a "wind in a cornfield" simulation.^[5]

During the 1990 World Violation Bout, the band played a different version of the song, known as the "Split up Mix", including their massive live performances at the Giants and Dodger Stadiums, which were beingness broadcast live on MTV.

On 8 November 2001, shortly after their final Exciter Tour concert in Mannheim, Germany, the band played "Never Allow Me Downwards Again" during the MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt, which aired in the US on MTV2.

Remixes [edit]

The principal 12" remix of "Never Permit Me Downward Again" is known every bit the "Split Mix", every bit stated higher up, and the nine-and-a-half-infinitesimal track featured direct involvement from the ring during its cosmos.^[three] In detail, the remix features the regular vocal, an added intro slice, and a techno-similar musical arrangement appended at the end. The system was expanded to the "Aggro Mix" on the 12" B-side, a piece additionally available as a bonus track on the CD and cassette tape versions of Music for the Masses.

The "Divide Mix" appears on the album collection Remixes 81–04, a release that came out in October 2004.^[3] Another remix of the track, done by the German grouping Digitalism, came out in 2006 as one of the 'Digital Deluxe Bonus Tracks' found in The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 (also existence released equally a limited double vinyl 12" piece). That remix appears on the band's remix compilation Remixes 2: 81–11 likewise. Eric Prydz also remixed the song for this anthology.

Music videos [edit]

There are two music videos for "Never Let Me Downwards Again", directed by Anton Corbijn. The long version is featured on the Strange video, and uses the "Split Mix" (minus the intro and outro) and during the subsequently EBM portion of the vocal, Gahan's shoes are shown walking without anyone wearing them, before someone puts them on and wears them to dance. There is also a brusk video with only the single version of the song, which ends earlier 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 Collection.

B-sides [edit]

There are ii B-sides. "Pleasure, Petty Treasure" is a short dance track. 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 rails "Mothers Talk" from the 1985 Tears for Fears album Songs from the Big Chair, which was engineered by Dave Bascombe. The "Glitter Mix" showed upward 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 Hold (Spanish Taster)". Martin Gore's original plan for the song sounded a lot like upbeat electropop, but Alan Wilder turned it into the dark wave track it eventually became. While Alan'southward version was always set to be the final version, Martin wanted his version to be recorded besides. Even so, not all of the lyrics are sung in the song. Information technology shows upwards as 1 of the bonus tracks on the CD/Cassette version of Music for the Masses and is on the CD versions of "Never Let Me Downwardly Again". The regular version of "To Accept and To Hold" is one of the main tracks on the Music for the Masses LP.

Track listings [edit]

All songs written by Martin Gore.

7": Mute / Bong14 (United kingdom)

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

12": Mute / 12Bong14 (Great britain)

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

12": Mute / L12Bong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Downwardly Again (Tsangarides Mix)" – 4:22 (Remixed past Chris Tsangarides)
2. "Pleasure, Picayune Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53 (Remixed by John Fryer & Paul Kendall)
3. "To Have and to Hold (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33

Cassette: Mute / CBong14 (UK)

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

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Downwards Once more (Split Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasance, Picayune Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
3. "To Accept and to Hold (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33
4. "Never Let Me Down Over again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

• Originally released in Cardsleeve [1987]
• Rereleased equally 4track CD single in Slim Jewel Example in 1991.

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Down Over again" – 4:20
2. "Pleasure, Lilliputian Treasure" – ii:52
3. "Never Permit Me Down Again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
4. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
5. "Never Let Me Down Over again (Aggro Mix)" – four:53
6. "Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix)" – iv:22
7. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – four:53
8. "To Have and To Concord (Spanish Taster)" – two:33

• The 2nd CD is the 1992 re-release.

Charts [edit]

Notable embrace versions [edit]

The Smashing Pumpkins recorded a cover of the song and released it equally a B-side on their 1994 CD single "Rocket" besides 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 "peculiarly liked information technology", and even thought it was "a lot ameliorate" than the Depeche Mode original.^{[26] [27]}

See too [edit]

• 1987 in music
• Depeche Mode discography
• Songs about recreational drug use

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External links [edit]

• Single data from the official Depeche Manner web site

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

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