Released: August 20, 1984
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Producer: Gareth Jones Daniel Miller Depeche Mode
[Intro]
Treat me like a dog, treat me like a dog
Treat me like a dog, treat me like a dog
Treat me like a dog, treat me like a dog
Treat me like a dog, treat me like a dog
Treat me like a dog, treat me like a dog
Treat me like a dog, treat me like a dog
[Interlude]
(Master and servant)
[Verse 1]
There's a new game we like to play, you see
A game with added reality
You treat me like a dog, get me down on my knees
[Chorus]
We call it master and servant
We call it master and servant
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
It's a lot like life, this play between the sheets
With you on top and me underneath
Forget all about equality
[Chorus]
Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant
[Refrain]
It's a lot like life and that's what's appealing
If you despise that throwaway feeling
From disposable fun
Then this is the one
[Verse 3]
Domination's the name of the game
In bed or in life, they're both just the same
Except in one you're fulfilled at the end of the day
[Chorus]
Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant
[Interlude]
(Come on)
(Come on)
[Bridge]
(Master and servant)
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
It's a lot, it's a lot (Let's play)
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
(Master and servant)
It's a lot, it's a lot (Let's play)
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
(Master and servant)
It's a lot, it's a lot (Let's play)
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
[Interlude]
[Refrain]
It's a lot like life and that's what's appealing
If you despise that throwaway feeling
From disposable fun
Then this is the one
[Interlude]
(Master and servant)
(Master and servant)
[Chorus]
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
(It's a lot, it's a lot)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
(It's a lot, it's a lot)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
(It's a lot, it's a lot)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
(It's a lot, it's a lot)
[Outro]
Come on, yeah, woah
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant
Let's play master and servant
Treat me like a dog, treat me like a dog
Treat me like a dog, treat me like a dog
Treat me like a dog, treat me like a dog
Treat me like a dog, treat me like a dog
Treat me like a dog, treat me like a dog
Treat me like a dog, treat me like a dog
[Interlude]
(Master and servant)
[Verse 1]
There's a new game we like to play, you see
A game with added reality
You treat me like a dog, get me down on my knees
[Chorus]
We call it master and servant
We call it master and servant
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
It's a lot like life, this play between the sheets
With you on top and me underneath
Forget all about equality
[Chorus]
Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant
[Refrain]
It's a lot like life and that's what's appealing
If you despise that throwaway feeling
From disposable fun
Then this is the one
[Verse 3]
Domination's the name of the game
In bed or in life, they're both just the same
Except in one you're fulfilled at the end of the day
[Chorus]
Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant
[Interlude]
(Come on)
(Come on)
[Bridge]
(Master and servant)
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
It's a lot, it's a lot (Let's play)
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
(Master and servant)
It's a lot, it's a lot (Let's play)
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
(Master and servant)
It's a lot, it's a lot (Let's play)
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot, it's a lot
It's a lot like life
[Interlude]
[Refrain]
It's a lot like life and that's what's appealing
If you despise that throwaway feeling
From disposable fun
Then this is the one
[Interlude]
(Master and servant)
(Master and servant)
[Chorus]
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
(It's a lot, it's a lot)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
(It's a lot, it's a lot)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
(It's a lot, it's a lot)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
(It's a lot, it's a lot)
[Outro]
Come on, yeah, woah
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant (Come on)
Let's play master and servant (Come on)
Come on, master and servant
Let's play master and servant
DMBX2: Singles 7-12
- (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me
- Love, in Itself.2
- The Great Outdoors!
- Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts)
- Love, in Itself.4
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live) [Hammersmith Odeon, 25/10/82]
- (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me (Release Mix)
- Told You So (Live) [Liverpool, 29/9/84]
- Everything Counts (Live) [Liverpool, 29/9/84]
- Everything Counts [Single Version]
- Master and Servant [Single Version]
- Blasphemous Rumours [Single Edit]
- Somebody (Remix)
- Work Hard (East End Remix)
- Work Hard
- Fools
- Get the Balance Right!
- In Your Memory
- Master and Servant (Voxless)
- Fools (Bigger)
- Love, in Itself.3
- Master and Servant (Slavery Whip Mix)
- Get the Balance Right! (Combination Mix)
- In Your Memory (Slik Mix)
- People Are People (Different Mix)
- People Are People [Single Version]
- X¹ + X² (1991)
- DMBX2: Singles 7-12 (1991)
- The Remixes 81﹥85 (1998)
- Enjoy the Silence
- Personal Jesus
- Policy of Truth
- Where’s the Revolution
- Strangelove
- Never Let Me Down Again
- Just Can’t Get Enough
- Wrong
- Everything Counts
- Precious
- People Are People
- Behind the Wheel
- Cover Me
- Blasphemous Rumours
- Going Backwards
- Shake the Disease
- World in My Eyes
- Stripped
- It’s No Good
- Somebody
- I Feel You
- Halo
- Scum
- So Much Love