Depeche Mode

Released: July 2, 1984

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Daniel Miller Depeche Mode

[Verse 1: Martin L. Gore]
Get out the crane, construction time again
What is it this time?
We're laying a pipeline
Let the beads of sweat flow till the ends have met though
Could take a long time

[Pre-Chorus 1: Martin L. Gore]
Working on the pipeline

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
Taking from the greedy
Giving to the needy

[Interlude]

[Verse 2: Martin L. Gore]
On this golden day, work's been sent our way
That could last a lifetime
Working on the pipeline
From the heart of our land to the mouth of the man
Must reach him sometime

[Pre-Chorus 2: Martin L. Gore]
We're laying a pipeline

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
Taking from the greedy
Giving to the needy

[Interlude]

[Outro: Martin L. Gore]
Taking from the greedy
Giving to the needy
Taking from the greedy
Giving to the needy
Taking from the greedy
Giving to the needy
Taking from the greedy
Giving to the needy
Taking from the greedy
Giving to the needy

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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