The Smashing Pumpkins Never Let Me Down Again Lyrics

1987 single by Depeche Mode

"Never Let Me Down Once more"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the anthology Music for the Masses
B-side	"Pleasure, Picayune Treasure" "To Have and to Concur (Spanish Taster)" Remixes
Released	24 Baronial 1987
Recorded	February – July 1987
Studio	Guillaume Tell, Paris[1] Konk, London Puk, Kingdom of denmark
Genre	Synth-popular[two] EBM[two]
Length	four:47 (album version) four:20 (radio edit)
Label	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Martin Gore
Producer(s)	David Bascombe Depeche Mode Daniel Miller
Depeche Manner singles chronology
"Strangelove" (1987) "Never Let Me Down Over again" (1987) "Behind the Bicycle" (1987)

"Never Let Me Downward Again" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Way. It was released as the second single from their sixth studio album, Music for the Masses (1987), on 24 August 1987. It reached No. 22 in the UK, No. 2 in Westward Deutschland, and the top-ten in several other European countries such as Sweden and Switzerland. The cover art features fragments of a Soviet map of Russia and Europe, with different fragments used for the different editions of the single.

Composition [edit]

Sometime member Alan Wilder and the other members of the band considered the track an "obvious unmarried" with much potential. They developed it throughout then that dramatic-type elements such equally the Led Zeppelin-influenced pulsate patterns and Martin Gore'due south distinctive guitar riffs sound in the forefront.^[3] The lyrics of the vocal, starting with the strident vocals of "I'thou taking a ride with my best friend", are generally regarded as reflecting drug use,^{[4] [three]} with the track being labelled by NME music journalist Jane Solanas equally a "masterpiece" that well conveys the feeling of "drug euphoria".^[3]

The coda of "Never Permit Me Downward Again" references Soft Cell's song "Torch".^[4] The main remix version of the track, known as the "Separate Mix", came about with direct interest from the band. The 12" maxi release stretched to exactly nine and a one-half minutes long. Oddly plenty, despite the pleasing results from the indicate of view of the band, that proved to be the final fourth dimension in decades that a remix came out with their direct involvement.^[3]

Live performances [edit]

The vocal became a favourite among fans, especially alive. Shows during Depeche Mode's 1988 tour were often concluded with this song. Notable in the 101 video is when Dave Gahan waves his arms in the air toward the end of the song, and the sold-out crowd of 60,000 mimics Gahan'due south movements. It is at present customary at Depeche Mode shows for fans to moving ridge their artillery in the air during the coda section of "Never Let Me Downwardly Again", which the German magazine Music Express has termed a "current of air in a cornfield" simulation.^[v]

During the 1990 World Violation Bout, the band played a different version of the song, known as the "Split Mix", including their massive live performances at the Giants and Dodger Stadiums, which were beingness broadcast alive on MTV.

On viii November 2001, shortly after their final Exciter Tour concert in Mannheim, Deutschland, the band played "Never Let Me Down Again" during the MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt, which aired in the US on MTV2.

Remixes [edit]

The main 12" remix of "Never Let Me Down Again" is known as the "Split Mix", as stated above, and the nine-and-a-half-minute rail featured direct involvement from the band during its creation.^[3] In particular, the remix features the regular song, an added intro piece, and a techno-like musical organisation appended at the finish. The arrangement was expanded to the "Aggro Mix" on the 12" B-side, a piece additionally available every bit a bonus track on the CD and cassette tape versions of Music for the Masses.

The "Split Mix" appears on the anthology collection Remixes 81–04, a release that came out in October 2004.^[3] Some other remix of the track, done past the German group Digitalism, came out in 2006 every bit one of the 'Digital Deluxe Bonus Tracks' found in The Best of Depeche Manner Volume 1 (besides being released every bit a limited double vinyl 12" slice). That remix appears on the band'south remix compilation Remixes 2: 81–11 also. Eric Prydz also remixed the song for this album.

Music videos [edit]

There are two music videos for "Never Let Me Downwards Again", directed by Anton Corbijn. The long version is featured on the Foreign video, and uses the "Split Mix" (minus the intro and outro) and during the afterwards EBM portion of the song, Gahan's shoes are shown walking without anyone wearing them, before someone puts them on and wears them to trip the light fantastic toe. There is also a brusque video with just the unmarried version of the song, which ends before the animated shoes. The curt version appears on The Videos 86>98, the DVD of The Best of Depeche Mode Volume i and on Video Singles Collection.

B-sides [edit]

In that location are 2 B-sides. "Pleasure, Petty Treasure" is a short dance track. An extended version called the "Glitter Mix" ends with fragments of song recordings that have been reversed and treated with delay effects. Notably, some of these sounds can be heard in the track "Mothers Talk" from the 1985 Tears for Fears album Songs from the Large Chair, which was engineered by Dave Bascombe. The "Glitter Mix" showed upwards as a bonus track on the CD/Cassette versions of Music for the Masses and in remastered form on the 2006 CD/DVD release.

The rarer B-side is "To Have and To Hold (Spanish Taster)". Martin Gore'southward original programme for the song sounded a lot like upbeat electropop, but Alan Wilder turned it into the dark wave track it eventually became. While Alan'due south version was e'er set to exist the final version, Martin wanted his version to be recorded as well. All the same, not all of the lyrics are sung in the song. It shows up equally ane of the bonus tracks on the CD/Cassette version of Music for the Masses and is on the CD versions of "Never Let Me Downwards Again". The regular version of "To Have and To Hold" is one of the main tracks on the Music for the Masses LP.

Track listings [edit]

All songs written past Martin Gore.

7": Mute / Bong14 (UK)

1. "Never Allow Me Down Over again" – 4:20
2. "Pleasance, Lilliputian Treasure" – 2:52

12": Mute / 12Bong14 (UK)

1. "Never Allow Me Down Once more (Separate Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
3. "Never Permit Me Downwardly Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

12": Mute / L12Bong14 (Great britain)

1. "Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix)" – four:22 (Remixed past Chris Tsangarides)
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – four:53 (Remixed by John Fryer & Paul Kendall)
3. "To Have and to Hold (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33

Cassette: Mute / CBong14 (Great britain)

1. "Never Allow Me Downward Once more (Split Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasure, Trivial Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
3. "Never Let Me Downward Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Down Once again (Split Mix)" – nine:34
2. "Pleasance, Petty Treasure (Bring together Mix)" – four:53
3. "To Have and to Hold (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33
4. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – four:53

• Originally released in Cardsleeve [1987]
• Rereleased as 4track CD single in Slim Jewel Case in 1991.

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (United kingdom)

1. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:twenty
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure" – 2:52
3. "Never Permit Me Down Once again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
4. "Pleasure, Fiddling Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
5. "Never Permit Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53
6. "Never Let Me Downwards Again (Tsangarides Mix)" – 4:22
7. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
8. "To Accept and To Hold (Castilian Taster)" – 2:33

• The second CD is the 1992 re-release.

Charts [edit]

Notable cover versions [edit]

The Smashing Pumpkins recorded a comprehend of the song and released it as a B-side on their 1994 CD single "Rocket" as well equally on the Depeche Mode tribute album For the Masses. Discussing the cover, Martin Gore said he had "e'er liked" the Pumpkins cover, while Dave Gahan said he "particularly liked it", and even thought information technology was "a lot improve" than the Depeche Mode original.^{[26] [27]}

See also [edit]

• 1987 in music
• Depeche Mode discography
• Songs near recreational drug use

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External links [edit]

• Unmarried data from the official Depeche Mode web site

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Let_Me_Down_Again

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