This song races to grab you by the throat, pin you to the wall, and demand that you listen to it. There's something indefinable about it - the mixture of arrogance, confession, urgency, and the sheer rush of adrenalin the songs breakneck pace has, alongside some of the best production the band has had yet - makes it compelling. This is simply one of the best Depeche songs there is. I'll make no bones about it, and apologise to no one. It's much better and I give that 3/5Īre we ready for one of the best Depeche songs of all time? At least, in my opinion. well, that, and it is immediately followed by the untitled Interlude No.4, which is a truncated edit of the Swamp mix of I Feel You, and used as the intro to I Feel You when played live in 1993-1994. But as soon as they came into the studio and started singing, the song was given a whole new dimension."īest thing about the song is the fact that it ends. Which was actually quite good! It sounded a bit like Beatles circa 66-67. I was very suspicious, I thought we would lose what we’d already achieved. In POP magazine in 1993, Martin said " We had already done the vocal tracks on all the songs, but Flood had this idea about a gospel choir. 1/5Īccording Daryl Bamonte in the 86>98 Singles Tour programme, "Never one to resist challenging himself, Dave insisted on singing this track, even though it was penciled in for Martin, and showed another dimension to his voice." Probably the most prominent element of this song is the snare drum sound, which later appeared on Massive Attack's 1998 Mezzanine LP, which was also mixed by Flood. The production is sublime - with a call-and-answer bass part, some glorious textures, Martin's whispered " Get Right With Me" in the introduction, and the emphasis on drama provided by (in this case, wholly unnecessary) backing vocals from Hildia Campbell and Samantha Smith. Wilder does his best to breathe life into a stillborn atrocity, and almost succeeds. That said, the production here is fantastic. It just kind of starts, circles the verse a bit, goes for a dull chorus, then repeats itself and finally limps to nothing. OK, so it's no No Disco, What's Your Name, Boys Say Go or A Photograph Of You, but it is the worst Depeche song in at least a decade. As songs go, it's one of the worst songs on any Depeche album up to 1993. I listened to this twice today, in the hope that I could find. Are we ready for the worst song on Songs Of Faith & Devotion?