The Big Bright Never Let Me Down Again

1987 unmarried by Depeche Mode

"Never Allow Me Downwards Again"
Single past Depeche Way
from the album Music for the Masses
B-side	"Pleasure, Little Treasure" "To Take and to Agree (Spanish Taster)" Remixes
Released	24 August 1987
Recorded	February – July 1987
Studio	Guillaume Tell, Paris[1] Konk, London Puk, Denmark
Genre	Synth-pop[2] EBM[2]
Length	four:47 (album version) 4:twenty (radio edit)
Characterization	Mute
Songwriter(due south)	Martin Gore
Producer(s)	David Bascombe Depeche Mode Daniel Miller
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Strangelove" (1987) "Never Let Me Downward Again" (1987) "Behind the Wheel" (1987)

"Never Permit Me Downwardly Again" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released every bit the second unmarried from their sixth studio album, Music for the Masses (1987), on 24 August 1987. It reached No. 22 in the UK, No. 2 in West Germany, and the superlative-x in several other European countries such as Sweden and Switzerland. The cover art features fragments of a Soviet map of Russian federation and Europe, with different fragments used for the dissimilar editions of the single.

Composition [edit]

Former member Alan Wilder and the other members of the band considered the track an "obvious single" with much potential. They developed information technology throughout then that dramatic-type elements such equally the Led Zeppelin-influenced drum patterns and Martin Gore's distinctive guitar riffs sound in the forefront.^[3] The lyrics of the vocal, starting with the strident vocals of "I'm taking a ride with my best friend", are generally regarded every bit reflecting drug use,^{[4] [3]} with the track existence labelled past NME music journalist Jane Solanas as a "masterpiece" that well conveys the feeling of "drug euphoria".^[3]

The coda of "Never Allow Me Downwardly Again" references Soft Jail cell's song "Torch".^[4] The main remix version of the track, known as the "Split Mix", came about with direct involvement from the band. The 12" maxi release stretched to exactly 9 and a one-half minutes long. Oddly enough, despite the pleasing results from the point of view of the band, that proved to be the final time in decades that a remix came out with their direct involvement.^[3]

Alive performances [edit]

The song became a favourite among fans, specially live. Shows during Depeche Mode's 1988 bout 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 threescore,000 mimics Gahan's movements. Information technology is now customary at Depeche Mode shows for fans to moving ridge their artillery in the air during the coda section of "Never Let Me Down Once more", which the High german magazine Music Limited has termed a "air current in a cornfield" simulation.^[5]

During the 1990 Earth Violation Tour, the band played a different version of the vocal, known as the "Split Mix", including their massive alive performances at the Giants and Dodger Stadiums, which were being broadcast alive on MTV.

On eight Nov 2001, shortly subsequently their final Exciter Tour concert in Mannheim, Germany, the band played "Never Permit Me Downward Again" during the MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt, which aired in the US on MTV2.

Remixes [edit]

The chief 12" remix of "Never Permit Me Downwards Again" is known as the "Split Mix", equally stated above, and the ix-and-a-half-infinitesimal rails featured direct involvement from the ring during its creation.^[3] In detail, the remix features the regular song, an added intro slice, and a techno-like musical arrangement appended at the stop. The arrangement was expanded to the "Aggro Mix" on the 12" B-side, a piece additionally available as a bonus track on the CD and cassette tape versions of Music for the Masses.

The "Divide Mix" appears on the album collection Remixes 81–04, a release that came out in October 2004.^[three] Another remix of the runway, done past the German group Digitalism, came out in 2006 equally one of the 'Digital Deluxe Bonus Tracks' found in The All-time of Depeche Style Volume one (also being released as a limited double vinyl 12" piece). That remix appears on the band'south remix compilation Remixes 2: 81–xi as well. Eric Prydz also remixed the song for this anthology.

Music videos [edit]

There are ii music videos for "Never Let Me Down Once more", directed past Anton Corbijn. The long version is featured on the Foreign video, and uses the "Divide Mix" (minus the intro and outro) and during the later EBM portion of the song, Gahan'southward shoes are shown walking without anyone wearing them, earlier someone puts them on and wears them to trip the light fantastic toe. There is as well a brusk video with just the single version of the song, which ends before the blithe shoes. The short version appears on The Videos 86>98, the DVD of The All-time of Depeche Manner Volume 1 and on Video Singles Drove.

B-sides [edit]

In that location are two B-sides. "Pleasure, Little Treasure" is a brusque trip the light fantastic toe rails. An extended version called the "Glitter Mix" ends with fragments of vocal recordings that have been reversed and treated with filibuster effects. Notably, some of these sounds can be heard in the track "Mothers Talk" from the 1985 Tears for Fears album Songs from the Big Chair, which was engineered by Dave Bascombe. The "Glitter Mix" showed up equally a bonus runway on the CD/Cassette versions of Music for the Masses and in remastered grade on the 2006 CD/DVD release.

The rarer B-side is "To Have and To Hold (Spanish Taster)". Martin Gore'south original plan for the vocal sounded a lot like upbeat electropop, simply Alan Wilder turned it into the dark wave rail it somewhen became. While Alan'due south version was always ready to be the final version, Martin wanted his version to exist recorded as well. However, not all of the lyrics are sung in the song. Information technology shows up as i 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 Once again". The regular version of "To Have and To Concur" is 1 of the main tracks on the Music for the Masses LP.

Runway listings [edit]

All songs written by Martin Gore.

7": Mute / Bong14 (UK)

1. "Never Let Me Down Once more" – 4:20
2. "Pleasure, Niggling Treasure" – 2:52

12": Mute / 12Bong14 (UK)

1. "Never Allow Me Down Again (Split up Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasance, Picayune Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – five:34
3. "Never Let Me Down Over again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

12": Mute / L12Bong14 (Great britain)

1. "Never Allow Me Downward Once again (Tsangarides Mix)" – 4:22 (Remixed by Chris Tsangarides)
2. "Pleasure, Trivial Treasure (Join Mix)" – four:53 (Remixed by John Fryer & Paul Kendall)
3. "To Take and to Hold (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33

Cassette: Mute / CBong14 (UK)

1. "Never Allow Me Down Again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasance, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – v:34
3. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (UK)

1. "Never Allow Me Downwards Again (Dissever Mix)" – 9:34
2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
3. "To Have and to Hold (Castilian Taster)" – ii:33
4. "Never Permit Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

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

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (Great britain)

1. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:xx
2. "Pleasure, Piffling Treasure" – 2:52
3. "Never Allow Me Downwardly Once more (Split Mix)" – 9:34
4. "Pleasure, Footling Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – five:34
5. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – four:53
6. "Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix)" – 4:22
7. "Pleasure, Fiddling Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
8. "To Have and To Hold (Spanish Taster)" – two:33

• The 2d CD is the 1992 re-release.

Charts [edit]

Notable encompass versions [edit]

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

See also [edit]

• 1987 in music
• Depeche Fashion discography
• Songs about recreational drug use

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External links [edit]

• Unmarried data from the official Depeche Mode web site

ferrieare1936.blogspot.com

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

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