Released: November 14, 1984
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Producer: Gareth Jones Depeche Mode Daniel Miller
[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
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: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
We call it master and servant
We call it master and servant
[Verse 2: Dave Gahan]
It's a lot like life, this play between the sheets
With you on top and me underneath
Forget all about equality
[Chorus: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant
[Refrain: Dave Gahan (& Martin L. Gore)]
It's a lot like life and that's what's appealing (It's a lot like life)
If you despise that throwaway feeling (It's a lot like life)
From disposable fun
Then this is the one
[Verse 3: Dave Gahan]
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: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant
[Interlude: Dave Gahen]
(Come on)
(Come on)
(Master and servant)
[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
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: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
We call it master and servant
We call it (Master and servant)
[Interlude]
[Chorus: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
(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 (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)
[Bridge: Martin L. Gore & Dave Gahan]
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
[Refrain: Dave Gahan (& Martin L. Gore)]
It's a lot like life and that's what's appealing (It's a lot like life)
If you despise that throwaway feeling (It's a lot like life)
From disposable fun
Then this is the one
[Verse 3: Dave Gahan]
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: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant
[Chorus: Dave Gahan (& Martin L. Gore)]
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 (Come on)
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: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
We call it master and servant
We call it master and servant
[Verse 2: Dave Gahan]
It's a lot like life, this play between the sheets
With you on top and me underneath
Forget all about equality
[Chorus: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant
[Refrain: Dave Gahan (& Martin L. Gore)]
It's a lot like life and that's what's appealing (It's a lot like life)
If you despise that throwaway feeling (It's a lot like life)
From disposable fun
Then this is the one
[Verse 3: Dave Gahan]
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: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant
[Interlude: Dave Gahen]
(Come on)
(Come on)
(Master and servant)
[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
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: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
We call it master and servant
We call it (Master and servant)
[Interlude]
[Chorus: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
(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 (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)
[Bridge: Martin L. Gore & Dave Gahan]
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
[Refrain: Dave Gahan (& Martin L. Gore)]
It's a lot like life and that's what's appealing (It's a lot like life)
If you despise that throwaway feeling (It's a lot like life)
From disposable fun
Then this is the one
[Verse 3: Dave Gahan]
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: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant
[Chorus: Dave Gahan (& Martin L. Gore)]
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 (Come on)
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- 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)
- X¹ + X² (1991)
- Remixes 81···04 (Rare Tracks) (2004)
- Rare, Deleted & Promo Only Remixes (2006)
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- 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