Depeche Mode

Released: January 31, 1983

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore

Producer: Daniel Miller Depeche Mode

[Intro]
"Okay, this is 'See You’."

[Verse 1]
All I want to do is see you again
Is that too much to ask for?
I just want to see your sweet smile
Smiled the way it was before
Well, I'll try not to hold you and I'll try not to kiss you
And I won’t even touch you

[Chorus]
All I wanna do is see you
Don't you know that it's true?

[Verse 2]
I remember the days when we walked through the woods
We'd sit on a bench for a while
I treasure the way we used to laugh and play
And look in each other's eyes
You can keep me at a distance if you don't trust my resistance
But I swear I won't touch you

[Chorus]
All I wanna do is see you
Don't you know that it’s true?

[Bridge]
Well I know five years is a long time
And that times change (Know that times change)
But I think that you’ll find
People are basically the same (Basically the same)

[Verse 3]
If the water's still flowing, we can go for a swim
And do the things we used to do
But if I’m reluctant you can pull me in
And we can relive our youth
Ah, but we'll just stay friendly like sister and brother
Though I think I still love you

[Chorus]
All I wanna do is see you
Don't you know that it's true?
All I wanna do is see you
Don’t you know that it's true?

[Outro]
All I wanna do is... (See you)
All I wanna do is... (See you)
All I wanna do is... (See you)
All I wanna do is... (See you)
All I wanna do is... (See you)
All I wanna do is... (See you)
All I wanna do is... (See you)
All I wanna do is... (See you, see you, see you)
All I wanna do is... (See you, see you, see you)
All I wanna do is... (See you, see you, see you)
All I wanna do is... (See you, see you, see you)
All I wanna do is... (See you)
"Thank you, thank you very much."

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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