Depeche Mode

Released: April 11, 1986

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Depeche Mode Daniel Miller

[Intro]
"Thank you!"

[Verse 1]
Lots of surprises in store
This isn't a party, it's a whole lot more

[Verse 2]
We've had enough of this blind man's buff
You've kept us in the dark for long enough

[Chorus]
This is more than a party
More than a party
More than a party

[Verse 3]
Keep telling us we're to have fun
Then take all the ice cream so we've got none

[Chorus]
This is more than a party
More than a party
More than a party

[Interlude]

[Verse 4]
The failed magician waves his wand
And in an instant, the laughter's gone

[Chorus]
This is more than a party
More than a party
More than a party

[Interlude]

[Outro]
Lots of surprises in store
This isn't a party, it's a whole lot more
More, more, more
More, more, more
More, more, more
More, more, more
More, more, more
More, more, more
More, more, more
More, more, more
More, more, more
More, more, more
"Thank you very much indeed, Birmingham! See you next time! Thank you!"

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.

more tracks from the album

DMBX3: Singles 13-18

From the albums

X¹ + X² (1991)
DMBX3: Singles 13-18 (1991)

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