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"Never Let Me Down Once more"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Music for the Masses
B-side	"Pleasure, Little Treasure" "To Have and to Concord (Castilian Taster)" Remixes
Released	24 August 1987
Recorded	February – July 1987
Studio	Guillaume Tell, Paris[1] Konk, London Puk, Denmark
Genre	Synth-pop[2] EBM[2]
Length	4:47 (album version) four:20 (radio edit)
Label	Mute
Songwriter(south)	Martin Gore
Producer(south)	David Bascombe Depeche Mode Daniel Miller
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Strangelove" (1987) "Never Let Me Down Once again" (1987) "Backside the Bicycle" (1987)

"Never Let Me Down Again" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released as the second single from their sixth studio album, Music for the Masses (1987), on 24 Baronial 1987. It reached No. 22 in the United kingdom, No. 2 in West Germany, and the superlative-10 in several other European countries such as Sweden and Switzerland. The cover fine art features fragments of a Soviet map of Russian federation and Europe, with unlike fragments used for the different editions of the single.

Composition [edit]

Former member Alan Wilder and the other members of the band considered the track an "obvious single" with much potential. They developed it throughout so that dramatic-type elements such every bit the Led Zeppelin-influenced drum patterns and Martin Gore'due south distinctive guitar riffs sound in the forefront.^[3] The lyrics of the song, starting with the strident vocals of "I'm taking a ride with my best friend", are more often than not regarded as reflecting drug utilize,^{[4] [three]} with the track existence labelled by NME music journalist Jane Solanas as a "masterpiece" that well conveys the feeling of "drug euphoria".^[iii]

The coda of "Never Let Me Down Again" references Soft Prison cell's song "Torch".^[four] The master remix version of the track, known every bit the "Split Mix", came nearly with straight interest from the band. The 12" maxi release stretched to exactly nine and a one-half minutes long. Oddly enough, despite the pleasing results from the point of view of the ring, that proved to be the last time in decades that a remix came out with their direct involvement.^[3]

Live performances [edit]

The vocal became a favourite among fans, especially alive. Shows during Depeche Mode'south 1988 tour were oftentimes concluded with this song. Notable in the 101 video is when Dave Gahan waves his arms in the air toward the end of the song, and the sold-out crowd of 60,000 mimics Gahan's movements. It is now customary at Depeche Mode shows for fans to wave their arms in the air during the coda section of "Never Let Me Downwards Again", which the German mag Music Express has termed a "air current in a cornfield" simulation.^[5]

During the 1990 World Violation Tour, 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 being broadcast live on MTV.

On 8 November 2001, shortly afterwards their final Exciter Bout concert in Mannheim, Germany, the band played "Never Let Me Down Again" during the MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt, which aired in the U.s.a. on MTV2.

Remixes [edit]

The chief 12" remix of "Never Let Me Down Once again" is known as the "Split Mix", as stated higher up, and the nine-and-a-half-minute track featured straight involvement from the band during its creation.^[3] In item, the remix features the regular song, an added intro piece, and a techno-like musical arrangement appended at the end. The organization was expanded to the "Aggro Mix" on the 12" B-side, a piece additionally bachelor as 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.^[three] Another remix of the rail, washed by the German group Digitalism, came out in 2006 every bit i of the 'Digital Deluxe Bonus Tracks' found in The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 (too being released as a express double vinyl 12" piece). That remix appears on the band's remix compilation Remixes two: 81–eleven too. Eric Prydz also remixed the song for this album.

Music videos [edit]

At that place are ii music videos for "Never Permit Me Down Once again", directed by Anton Corbijn. The long version is featured on the Strange video, and uses the "Divide Mix" (minus the intro and outro) and during the afterward 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 just the single version of the song, which ends earlier the blithe shoes. The brusk version appears on The Videos 86>98, the DVD of The Best of Depeche Mode Book 1 and on Video Singles Collection.

B-sides [edit]

At that place are two B-sides. "Pleasure, Little Treasure" is a short dance track. An extended version called the "Glitter Mix" ends with fragments of song recordings that have been reversed and treated with filibuster effects. Notably, some of these sounds can exist 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 up 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 Take and To Agree (Spanish Taster)". Martin Gore'southward original program for the vocal sounded a lot like upbeat electropop, only Alan Wilder turned it into the dark wave runway it eventually became. While Alan'southward version was always ready to be the last version, Martin wanted his version to be recorded as well. Withal, not all of the lyrics are sung in the song. It shows upwardly every bit ane 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 Over again". The regular version of "To Take and To Hold" is i of the main tracks on the Music for the Masses LP.

Track listings [edit]

All songs written by Martin Gore.

7": Mute / Bong14 (Britain)

1. "Never Let Me Down Once again" – four:20
2. "Pleasure, Footling Treasure" – ii:52

12": Mute / 12Bong14 (Great britain)

1. "Never Let Me Downwardly Once more (Separate Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasance, Fiddling Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
3. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

12": Mute / L12Bong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Downwards 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 Hold (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33

Cassette: Mute / CBong14 (U.k.)

1. "Never Let Me Down Once more (Carve up Mix)" – nine:34
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – five:34
3. "Never Let Me Down Once again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Downwards Once again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
3. "To Have and to Concur (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33
4. "Never Allow Me Downward Once again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

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

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:20
2. "Pleasance, Fiddling Treasure" – 2:52
3. "Never Let Me Downwardly Again (Divide Mix)" – 9:34
4. "Pleasure, Footling Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
5. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53
6. "Never Permit Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix)" – 4:22
7. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
8. "To Take and To Agree (Spanish Taster)" – ii:33

• The 2d CD is the 1992 re-release.

Charts [edit]

Notable cover versions [edit]

The Peachy Pumpkins recorded a cover of the song and released information technology as a B-side on their 1994 CD single "Rocket" as well as on the Depeche Manner 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 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 Mode discography
• Songs about recreational drug use

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External links [edit]

• Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site

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

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