Strangelove
Depeche Mode - Strangelove
(3:46)529,460 plays (110,351 listeners)
Lyrics
There'll be times
When my crimes
Will seem almost unforgivable
I give in to sin
Because you have to make this life livable
Read full lyrics…
About this track
“
Strangelove” is Depeche Mode’s eighteenth UK single, released on April 13, 1987, and the first single for the then upcoming album Music for the Masses. It reached #16 in the UK charts (Depeche Mode would fail to make the Top 10 of the UK singles chart throughout the second half of the 1980s), but hit #2 in West Germany and in South Africa, and was a Top 10 success in several other countries (Sweden, Switzerland, etc.).
The original version of “Strangelove” is a fast-paced poppy track. Though successful, this didn’t seem to fit with the Music for the Masses’s dark style, so Daniel Miller made a darker slower version of “Strangelove” which became the Album Version. It got its own single in the USA called “Strangelove ‘88”.
==B-sides==
There are two B-Sides for “Strangelove”, both instrumental. “Pimpf” is a dark instrumental that’s mostly piano, named after the members of one of the Hitler Youth organizations. It is famous for having strange unknown chanting that has caused speculation on what the chanting says. It turns out that the chanting is actually just well-done synths, even though it sounds a lot like Dave and Martin. Piano instrumentals would become more abundant with Depeche Mode for the next 3 years. “Pimpf” later shows up as the final track on the vinyl version of Music for the Masses.
Strangelove” is Depeche Mode’s eighteenth UK single, released on April 13, 1987, and the first single for the then upcoming album Music for the Masses. It reached #16 in the UK charts (Depeche Mode would fail to make the Top 10 of the UK singles chart throughout the second half of the 1980s), but hit #2 in West Germany and in South Africa, and was a Top 10 success in several other countries (Sweden, Switzerland, etc.).The original version of “
Strangelove” is a fast-paced poppy track. Though successful, this didn’t seem to fit with the Music for the Masses’s dark style, so Daniel Miller made a darker slower version of “Strangelove” which became the Album Version. It got its own single in the USA called “Strangelove ‘88”.==B-sides==
There are two B-Sides for “Strangelove”, both instrumental. “
Pimpf” is a dark instrumental that’s mostly piano, named after the members of one of the Hitler Youth organizations. It is famous for having strange unknown chanting that has caused speculation on what the chanting says. It turns out that the chanting is actually just well-done synths, even though it sounds a lot like Dave and Martin. Piano instrumentals would become more abundant with Depeche Mode for the next 3 years. “Pimpf” later shows up as the final track on the vinyl version of Music for the Masses.
Albums featuring this track
Similar Tracks
| Track | Duration | Listeners | |||
| New Order - Blue Monday | 7:22 | 174,709 | |||
| New Order - True Faith | 5:48 | 70,799 | |||
|
|
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay full track | 5:03 | 53,959 | ||
|
|
The Human League - Don't You Want Me full track | 3:57 | 62,188 | ||
| Alphaville - Sounds Like a Melody | 4:26 | 28,667 | |||
|
|
Visage - Fade to Grey full track | 3:49 | 49,112 |
Shouts
-
personal_Dessy wrote:
Love!
-
robertbarnes wrote:
Because you have to make this life liveable
-
onecaress wrote:
PAIN again
-
ampi_22 wrote:
PAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!
-
BODISATHVA wrote:
co tu dużo pisać,"Strangelove"to mój dźwięk dzwonka w telefonie.Pozdrawiam depeszy w całej Polsce
-
Nikkidm wrote:
Absolute ... with all certainty a classic in the world! I love .... ... When will TOP
-
Beata6 wrote:
My absolute favourite all times! "I like to practice what I preach I'm not trying to say I'll have it all my way I'm always willing to learn When you've got something to teach ..."
-
brandonKiddo wrote:
melancholiac
-
Klim44 wrote:
http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Infernal/_/I+Won%27t+Be+Crying
-
Juira wrote:
I give in to sin...?
-
satellite_heart wrote:
PAIN
-
Jorman189 wrote:
sin duda una de las mejores de la banda
-
krysia7003 wrote:
uwielbiam ten utwór!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
daaze wrote:
puckin cool
-
toshiles wrote:
the best to best
-
inphanta wrote:
I give in to sin, because you have to make this life livable...
-
Nikkidm wrote:
Perfect!!!!!!!!!! Absolute, needed! Dave I love!
-
Bayou16 wrote:
i wish i was born in the 70's
-
ana_paula wrote:
love the lyrics, love everything about it!
-
Leoexu wrote:
so beautiful!!! hauahau..
Listeners
-
dafevara
Listening now
-
BENZOCAINE
Listening now
-
SweetestPerfec
Top Listener
-
Axykins
Top Listener
-
marheva
Top Listener
-
strezovski
Top Listener
Recent Activity
- FunkyLilith added Strangelove to the playlist. 1 hour ago
- FunkyLilith and aderbalmaia loved Depeche Mode – Strangelove. 1 hour ago
- myssst added Strangelove to myssst’s library. 3 hours ago
- burwellian, KoibitoZombie and mariocarrion loved Depeche Mode – Strangelove. 7 hours ago
- riderlegacy and lpumama added Depeche Mode – Strangelove to their libraries. yesterday evening
- jyin42 loved Strangelove. yesterday evening
- ricardolemke added Strangelove to the playlist ricardolemke’s playlist. yesterday evening
- ricardolemke, reklamation and MagicJhonson loved Depeche Mode – Strangelove. yesterday evening
- celticeuropean added Strangelove to celticeuropean’s library. yesterday afternoon
- goyka loved Strangelove. yesterday afternoon
Related Journals
-
summer Sunday my Winamp your Wii
by petrol |
18 Aug 2008 | 
2 comments
-
Top 5 artists
by mancer_ |
4 Aug 2008 | Add comment
-
Letter Game
by ToxicAbi |
4 Apr 2008 | 1 comment
