Depeche Mode

Released: October 5, 1981

Songwriter: Vince Clarke

Producer: Depeche Mode Daniel Miller

[Verse 1]
I saw you in the picture, I saw you play the part
This ain't no disco
There's a thousand watts in you, you take this too far
This ain't no disco

[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes when I wonder if you're taking a chance
This ain't no disco and you know how to dance

[Chorus]
Move me, disco
Baby, don't you let go
This ain't no disco

[Verse 2]
Part one, act one, everyone pretend
This ain't no disco
This is more a story and we're reaching the end
This ain't no disco

[Pre-Chorus]
Always makes me happy when you're taking a chance
This ain't no disco and you know how to dance

[Chorus]
Move me, disco
Baby, don't you let go
This ain't no disco

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]
I saw you in the picture, I saw you play the part
This ain't no disco
There's a thousand watts in you, you take this too far
This ain't no disco

[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes when I wonder if you're taking a chance
This ain't no disco and you know how to dance

[Chorus]
Move me, disco
Baby, don't you let go
Move me, disco
Baby, don't you let go
Move me, disco
Baby, don't you let go
This ain't no disco

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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