Depeche Mode Never Let Me Down Again Tsangarides Mix

1987 single past Depeche Mode

"Never Let Me Down Again"
Unmarried by Depeche Style
from the album Music for the Masses
B-side	"Pleasance, Little Treasure" "To Have and to Concur (Spanish Taster)" Remixes
Released	24 August 1987
Recorded	February – July 1987
Studio	Guillaume Tell, Paris[1] Konk, London Puk, Denmark
Genre	Synth-pop[two] EBM[2]
Length	4:47 (anthology version) 4:xx (radio edit)
Label	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Martin Gore
Producer(s)	David Bascombe Depeche Mode Daniel Miller
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Strangelove" (1987) "Never Let Me Down Once again" (1987) "Backside the Bike" (1987)

"Never Let Me Down Over again" is a song by English language electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released equally the 2d single from their sixth studio album, Music for the Masses (1987), on 24 Baronial 1987. Information technology reached No. 22 in the Britain, No. 2 in West Germany, and the acme-10 in several other European countries such as Sweden and Switzerland. The embrace fine art features fragments of a Soviet map of Russia and Europe, with dissimilar fragments used for the different editions of the single.

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 then that dramatic-type elements such every bit the Led Zeppelin-influenced pulsate patterns and Martin Gore'south distinctive guitar riffs sound in the forefront.^[3] The lyrics of the song, starting with the strident vocals of "I'one thousand taking a ride with my best friend", are generally regarded as reflecting drug utilise,^{[4] [3]} with the rails existence labelled past NME music announcer Jane Solanas every bit a "masterpiece" that well conveys the feeling of "drug euphoria".^[3]

The coda of "Never Let Me Down Once more" references Soft Jail cell'due south vocal "Torch".^[4] The main remix version of the track, known equally the "Dissever Mix", came nearly with direct involvement from the band. The 12" maxi release stretched to exactly 9 and a half minutes long. Oddly enough, despite the pleasing results from the point of view of the band, that proved to be the last time in decades that a remix came out with their direct involvement.^[three]

Live performances [edit]

The vocal became a favourite amongst fans, especially live. Shows during Depeche Mode'southward 1988 tour were often concluded with this song. Notable in the 101 video is when Dave Gahan waves his arms in the air toward the finish of the song, and the sold-out crowd of sixty,000 mimics Gahan's movements. It is now customary at Depeche Fashion shows for fans to wave their arms in the air during the coda section of "Never Let Me Down Once again", which the German mag Music Express has termed a "wind in a cornfield" simulation.^[5]

During the 1990 World Violation Tour, the ring played a unlike version of the song, known every bit the "Split Mix", including their massive live performances at the Giants and Dodger Stadiums, which were being broadcast live on MTV.

On 8 Nov 2001, shortly later their concluding Exciter Tour concert in Mannheim, Germany, the band played "Never Permit Me Down Again" during the MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt, which aired in the US on MTV2.

Remixes [edit]

The main 12" remix of "Never Permit Me Down Again" is known as the "Divide Mix", as stated above, and the nine-and-a-one-half-minute rails featured direct interest from the band during its cosmos.^[3] In detail, the remix features the regular song, an added intro piece, and a techno-like musical arrangement appended at the stop. The organization was expanded to the "Aggro Mix" on the 12" B-side, a piece additionally available equally a bonus track on the CD and cassette tape versions of Music for the Masses.

The "Split Mix" appears on the anthology collection Remixes 81–04, a release that came out in October 2004.^[3] Another remix of the rails, done by the German group Digitalism, came out in 2006 as ane of the 'Digital Deluxe Bonus Tracks' found in The Best of Depeche Way Book i (also being released every bit a limited double vinyl 12" piece). That remix appears on the band'southward remix compilation Remixes two: 81–11 equally well. Eric Prydz likewise remixed the vocal for this album.

Music videos [edit]

At that place are two music videos for "Never Allow Me Downward Again", directed by Anton Corbijn. The long version is featured on the Foreign video, and uses the "Split Mix" (minus the intro and outro) and during the after EBM portion of the song, Gahan'due south shoes are shown walking without anyone wearing them, before someone puts them on and wears them to dance. In that location is also a short video with but the single 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 Collection.

B-sides [edit]

There are two B-sides. "Pleasure, Footling Treasure" is a curt dance track. An extended version called the "Glitter Mix" ends with fragments of vocal recordings that take been reversed and treated with delay effects. Notably, some of these sounds tin can exist heard in the track "Mothers Talk" from the 1985 Tears for Fears anthology Songs from the Large Chair, which was engineered by Dave Bascombe. The "Glitter Mix" showed up equally a bonus rails on the CD/Cassette versions of Music for the Masses and in remastered class on the 2006 CD/DVD release.

The rarer B-side is "To Accept and To Agree (Spanish Taster)". Martin Gore's original plan for the song sounded a lot like upbeat electropop, only Alan Wilder turned it into the dark wave rails information technology eventually became. While Alan'southward version was always set to exist the last version, Martin wanted his version to exist recorded too. Even so, not all of the lyrics are sung in the song. It shows up as 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 Again". The regular version of "To Have and To Concur" is one of the main tracks on the Music for the Masses LP.

Rail listings [edit]

All songs written by Martin Gore.

seven": Mute / Bong14 (Uk)

1. "Never Let Me Downwardly Over again" – 4:20
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure" – 2:52

12": Mute / 12Bong14 (UK)

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

12": Mute / L12Bong14 (Britain)

1. "Never Allow Me Downward Once again (Tsangarides Mix)" – 4:22 (Remixed by Chris Tsangarides)
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53 (Remixed past John Fryer & Paul Kendall)
3. "To Have and to Concur (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33

Cassette: Mute / CBong14 (Great britain)

1. "Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)" – ix:34
2. "Pleasure, Trivial Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
3. "Never Let Me Down Once again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (U.k.)

1. "Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasure, Piddling Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
3. "To Have and to Hold (Spanish Taster)" – two:33
4. "Never Let Me Down Once again (Aggro Mix)" – iv:53

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

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Downward Again" – 4:20
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure" – ii:52
3. "Never Let Me Down Again (Separate Mix)" – nine:34
4. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – v:34
5. "Never Permit Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53
6. "Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix)" – four:22
7. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
8. "To Have and To Concur (Spanish Taster)" – two:33

• The second CD is the 1992 re-release.

Charts [edit]

Notable cover versions [edit]

The Smashing Pumpkins recorded a cover of the song and released it as a B-side on their 1994 CD unmarried "Rocket" every bit well every bit on the Depeche Mode tribute album For the Masses. Discussing the encompass, Martin Gore said he had "always liked" the Pumpkins embrace, while Dave Gahan said he "particularly liked information technology", and even thought it was "a lot meliorate" than the Depeche Mode original.^{[26] [27]}

Run across also [edit]

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

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External links [edit]

• Unmarried information from the official Depeche Mode spider web site

strongflusuch.blogspot.com

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

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