Depeche Mode

Released: December 28, 1987

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Dave Bascombe Depeche Mode

[Intro]
"Hello?"
"Hello? Who's there?!"
"Hello, operator? Hello, operator?"
"Hello? Who's there?!"

[Verse 1]
My little girl, drive anywhere
Do what you want, I don't care
Tonight I'm in the hands of fate
I hand myself over on a plate now

[Verse 2]
Oh, little girl, there are times when I feel
I'd rather not be the one behind the wheel
Come, pull my strings
Watch me move, I do anything, please

[Interlude]
"Hello? Hello? Hello?"
"Hello, operator? Hello, operator? Hello, operator?"
"Hello?"

[Verse 3]
Sweet little girl, I prefer
You behind the wheel and me the passenger
Drive, I'm yours to keep
Do what you want, I'm going cheap tonight

[Outro]
"Hello? Hello?"
You're behind the wheel
"I don't like spending that money"
"I don't like spending that money"
"I don't like spending that money"
You're behind the wheel
"Hello, operator? Hello, operator? Hello, operator?"
You're behind the wheel
"Who's there?!"
You're behind the wheel
"Who's there?! Who's there?! Who's there?! Who's there?!"
"Hello?" "Who's there?!"
"Hello?" "Who's there?!"
"Hello?"
You're behind the wheel
You're behind the wheel
"Hello? Hello?"
"Hello, operator? Hello, operator? Hello, operator?"
"Who's there?!"
You're behind the wheel
"Who's there?! Who's there?! Who's there?! Who's there?!"
"Hello?" "Who's there?!"
"Hello?" "Who's there?!"
"Hello?"
You're behind the wheel
"Hello?"

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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