Released: October 29, 1984
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Producer: Gareth Jones Depeche Mode Daniel Miller
[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
Girl of sixteen, whole life ahead of her
Slashed her wrists, bored with life
Didn't succeed, thank the Lord
For small mercies
[Verse 2: Dave Gahan]
Fighting back the tears, mother reads the note again
Sixteen candles burn in her mind
She takes the blame, it's always the same
She goes down on her knees and prays
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
[Verse 3: Dave Gahan]
Girl of еighteen, fell in love with evеrything
Found new life in Jesus Christ
Hit by a car, ended up
On a life support machine
[Verse 4: Dave Gahan]
Summer's day as she passed away
Birds were singing in the summer sky
Then came the rain and once again
A tear fell from her mother's eye
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
Girl of sixteen, whole life ahead of her
Slashed her wrists, bored with life
Didn't succeed, thank the Lord
For small mercies
[Verse 2: Dave Gahan]
Fighting back the tears, mother reads the note again
Sixteen candles burn in her mind
She takes the blame, it's always the same
She goes down on her knees and prays
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
[Verse 3: Dave Gahan]
Girl of еighteen, fell in love with evеrything
Found new life in Jesus Christ
Hit by a car, ended up
On a life support machine
[Verse 4: Dave Gahan]
Summer's day as she passed away
Birds were singing in the summer sky
Then came the rain and once again
A tear fell from her mother's eye
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
[Chorus: Dave Gahan]
I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
Video Singles Collection
- But Not Tonight [Pool Version]
- It’s No Good [Video Mix]
- Barrel of a Gun [Single Version]
- World in My Eyes [Video Mix]
- Policy of Truth [Video Mix]
- Enjoy the Silence [Video Mix]
- Everything Counts [Live Video Mix]
- Stripped [Single Version]
- A Question of Time [Video Remix]
- A Question of Lust [Video Mix]
- Blasphemous Rumours [Single Edit]
- Master and Servant [Single Version]
- Everything Counts [Single Version]
- Home [Radio Version]
- Only When I Lose Myself [Video Mix]
- But Not Tonight [Robert Margouleff Remix]
- Soothe My Soul [Radio Edit]
- Personal Jesus [The Stargate Video Mix]
- Fragile Tension [Radio Mix]
- Hole to Feed [Video Mix]
- Wrong [Video Mix]
- A Pain That I’m Used To [Video Mix]
- Freelove [Video Mix]
- I Feel Loved [Video Mix]
- Dream On [Single Version]
- People Are People [Single Version]
- Leave in Silence [Single Version]
- See You [Single Version]
- Should Be Higher (Live) [Berlin, O2 World, Germany - 2013/11/27]
- Behind the Wheel (Remix)
- It’s Called a Heart
- Get the Balance Right!
- Shake the Disease
- Soothe My Soul
- Heaven
- Precious
- One Caress
- Suffer Well
- John the Revelator
- Little 15
- I Feel You
- The Meaning of Love
- Martyr
- Goodnight Lovers
- In Your Room (Zephyr Mix)
- Condemnation (Paris Mix)
- Love, in Itself.2
- Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)
- Strangelove [Video Edit]
- Somebody (Remix)
- Peace [Video Mix]
- Useless (Remix)
- Never Let Me Down Again [Single Version]
- Strangelove [Single Version]
- Walking in My Shoes [Single Version]
- People Are People (Different Mix)
- Personal Jesus [Single Version]
- Just Can’t Get Enough
- Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody [single] (1984)
- Some Great Videos (1985)
- The Singles 81﹥85 (1985)
- Catching Up with Depeche Mode (1985)
- Greatest Hits (1987)
- DMBX2: Singles 7-12 (1991)
- Video Singles Collection (2016)
- 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