Depeche Mode

Released: July 11, 1983

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Daniel Miller Depeche Mode

[Intro: Martin L. Gore]
Grab all they can
After all
Grab all they can
After all

[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]
The handshake seals the contract
(The handshake, the handshake)
From the contract, there's no turning back
(The handshake, the handshake)
The turning point of a career
(The handshake, the handshake)
In Korea being insincere
(The handshake, the handshake seals the contract)
The holiday was fun-packed
(The handshake, the handshake)
The contract still intact
(The handshake, the handshake)

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves, after all
The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves, after all
It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts

[Interlude]

[Verse 2: Dave Gahan]
The graph on the wall
(The graph, the graph)
Tells the story of it all
(The graph, the graph)
Picture it now, see just how
(The graph, the graph)
The lies and deceit gained a little more power
(The graph, the graph on the wall)
Confidence taken in
(The graph, the graph)
By a suntan and a grin
(The graph, the graph)

[Interlude]

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves, after all
The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves, after all
It's a competitive world
(Everything, everything, everything, everything)
(Everything, everything, everything, everything)
Everything counts in large amounts
Everything counts in large amounts

[Interlude]

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
The grabbing hands grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts
The grabbing hands grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts

[Bridge: Martin L. Gore]
(Everything, everything)
(Everything, everything)

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
The grabbing hands grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts
The grabbing hands grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts

[Interlude: Martin L. Gore]
Everything counts in large amounts

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
The grabbing hands grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts
The grabbing hands grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts

[Interlude: Martin L. Gore]
Everything counts in large amounts

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore]
The grabbing hands grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts
The grabbing hands grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts
The grabbing hands grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts

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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