Depeche Mode

Released: April 6, 2009

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Ben Hillier

[Intro: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
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Wrong
Wrong
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[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
I was born with the wrong sign
In the wrong house
With the wrong ascendancy
I took the wrong road
That led to the wrong tendencies
I was in the wrong place at the wrong time
For the wrong reason and the wrong rhyme
On the wrong day of the wrong week
I used the wrong method with the wrong technique

[Chorus 1: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
Wrong
Wrong

[Verse 2: Dave Gahan]
There's something wrong with me chemically
Something wrong with me inherently
The wrong mix in the wrong genes
I reached the wrong ends by the wrong means
It was the wrong plan in the wrong hands
With the wrong theory for the wrong man
The wrong eyes on the wrong prize
The wrong questions with the wrong replies

[Chorus 1: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
Wrong
Wrong

[Verse 3: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
I was marching to the wrong drum
With the wrong scum
Pissing out the wrong energy
Using all the wrong lines
And the wrong signs
With the wrong intensity
I was on the wrong page of the wrong book
With the wrong rendition of the wrong hook
Made the wrong move every wrong night
With the wrong tune played 'til it sounded right yeah

[Chorus 2: Dave Gahan, Martin L. Gore 1 & Martin L. Gore 2]
Wrong
Wrong (too long)
Wrong (too long)
Wrong (too long)
Wrong (too long)
Wrong (too long)
Wrong (too long)

[Verse 4: Dave Gahan & Chorus 2 Backing]
I was born with the wrong sign (wrong)
In the wrong house
With the wrong ascendancy (too long)
I took the wrong road (wrong)
That led to the wrong tendencies (too long)
I was in the wrong place at the wrong time (wrong)
For the wrong reason (too long) and the wrong rhyme
On the wrong day of (wrong) the wrong week
I used the wrong method with the wrong technique

[Outro: Dave Gahan & Martin L. Gore]
Wrong

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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