Released: March 8, 1986
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Producer: Daniel Miller Depeche Mode Gareth Jones
[Verse 1]
Oh God, it's raining, but I'm not complaining
It's filling me up with new life
The stars in the sky bring tears to my eyes
They're lighting my way tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
And I haven't felt so alive
In years
[Verse 2]
Just for a day on a day like today
I'll get away from this constant debauchery
The wind in my hair makes me so aware
How good it is to live tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
And I haven't felt so alive
In years
[Chorus]
The moon is shining in the sky
Reminding me of so many other nights
But they're not like tonight
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
Oh God, it's raining and I'm not containing
My pleasure at being so wet
Here on my own, all on my own
How good it feels to be alone tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
And I haven't felt so alive
In years
[Chorus]
The moon is shining in the sky
Reminding me of so many other nights
When my eyes had been so red
I'd been mistaken for dead
But not tonight
Oh God, it's raining, but I'm not complaining
It's filling me up with new life
The stars in the sky bring tears to my eyes
They're lighting my way tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
And I haven't felt so alive
In years
[Verse 2]
Just for a day on a day like today
I'll get away from this constant debauchery
The wind in my hair makes me so aware
How good it is to live tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
And I haven't felt so alive
In years
[Chorus]
The moon is shining in the sky
Reminding me of so many other nights
But they're not like tonight
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
Oh God, it's raining and I'm not containing
My pleasure at being so wet
Here on my own, all on my own
How good it feels to be alone tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
And I haven't felt so alive
In years
[Chorus]
The moon is shining in the sky
Reminding me of so many other nights
When my eyes had been so red
I'd been mistaken for dead
But not tonight
Remixes 81···04 (Rare Tracks)
- Nothing (Zip Hop Mix)
- Freelove (Powder Productions Remix)
- But Not Tonight (Extended US Mix - MP3 Edit)
- Freelove (Josh Wink Dub Mix)
- Little 15 (Bogus Brothers Mix)
- Dream On (Pink Noise Club Mix)
- Behind the Wheel / Route 66 (Megamix)
- But Not Tonight (Extended Remix)
- People Are People (On-USound Mix)
- Master and Servant (U.S. Black and Blue Mix)
- Rush (Black Sun Mix)
- Personal Jesus (Kazan Cathedral Mix)
- Slowblow (Mad Professor Mix)
- DMBX3: Singles 13-18 (1991)
- Remixes 81···04 (Rare Tracks) (2004)
- Rare, Deleted & Promo Only Remixes (2006)
- 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