Depeche Mode

Released: January 29, 1982

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Daniel Miller Depeche Mode

[Verse 1]
Here speaks the voice of reason
It's talking to me, loud and clearly
And, obviously, it's something to say

[Verse 2]
Here comes another sentence
It is relentless, it tries my patience
But nevertheless, it's for our concern

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]
We can't see the benefits
So we'll ignore it or disobey it
And then we'll say that this is fun

[Outro]
This is real fun (This is real fun)
This is fun (This is real fun)
This is real fun (This is real fun)
This is fun (This is fun)
This is funny (This is real fun)
This is fun (This is real fun)
This is real fun (This is real fun)
This is fun (This is fun)
This is real fun (This is real fun)
This is funny (This is real fun)
This is funny (This is real fun)
This is real fun (This is fun)
This is real fun (This is real fun)
This is real fun (This is real fun)
This is real fun (This is real fun)
This is fun
This is funny (This is real fun)
This is fun (This is real fun)

Depeche Mode are recognized as one of the most artistically influential bands of the late 20th century. Commercially, they have released 14 studio albums to date, and sold more than 100 million records. Their most recent album, Spirit, hit the streets in March 2017.

The band got their start in Basildon, Essex in 1980, and named themselves after a French fashion magazine. They rose to fame with hits that have become “Just Can’t Get Enough” (1981), “Everything Counts” (1983), and “People Are People” (1984), to name a few. One of their most famous concerts was at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in 1988.

Martin Gore has been the band’s primary songwriter since Vince Clarke left in the early 1980s (and went on to form Yazoo and Erasure). Alan Wilder replaced Clarke on keyboards in 1982, but left in 1995 (reinvesting his creative energy in his band, Recoil, which he had started in 1986). Since then, the band has comprised frontman Dave Gahan, multi-instrumentalist Martin Gore, and keyboardist Andy Fletcher—all of whom are original members.

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DMBX1: Singles 1-6 (1991)

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