Depeche Mode

Released: August 29, 1989

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Flood Depeche Mode

[Verse 1]
The things you do aren't good for my health
The moves you make you make for yourself
The means you use aren't meant to confuse
Although they do, they're the ones that I would choose

[Pre-Chorus]
And I wouldn't want it any other way
You wouldn't let me anyway

[Chorus]
Dangerous
The way you leave me wanting more
Dangerous
That's what I want you for
Dangerous
When I am in your arms
Dangerous
Know I will come to harm

[Verse 2]
The lies you tell aren't meant to deceive
They're not there for me to believe
I've heard your vicious words
You know by now it takes a lot to see me hurt

[Pre-Chorus]
And I couldn't take it any other way
But there's a price I have to pay

[Chorus]
Dangerous
The way you leave me wanting more
Dangerous
That's what I want you for
Dangerous
When I am in your arms
Dangerous
Know I will come to harm

[Interlude]

[Outro]
Dangerous
Dangerous
Dangerous
Dangerous
When I am in your arms
Know I will come to harm
Dangerous
The way you leave me wanting more
That's what I want you for
Dangerous
When I am in your arms
Dangerous
Know I will come to harm
Dangerous
The way you leave me wanting more
Dangerous
That's what I want you for
Dangerous
When I am in your arms
Dangerous
Know I will come to harm
Dangerous

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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