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Speak to Me (Depeche Mode song)

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Gahan struggled with the idea of recording another Depeche Mode album, and commented that the song was partially an imagined conversation he had with a "larger force" about that question. He says, "Because I felt really torn between jumping into making another Depeche Mode record or, as I had been
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mentioned, "...closer 'Speak to Me', a gorgeous bit of Gahan-shaped melancholia that begins like some beatific church hymn but exits beneath a barrage of cursed noise. It's a devoted love song hamstrung by self-loathing, Gahan worried he's not good enough for anyone but himself."
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wrote, "The whole album summons its own finale with closer 'Speak to Me', which pulses towards discordancy, reminding you that with the flip-side of bittersweetness comes the inevitable ends that we all must face."
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Salogni also explained how the song was created in just one day, completely distorting Gahan's initial demo to the point that he wanted to include her and Ford as actual composers.
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for the last couple of years for the first time in my life, home with friends and family and my animals. And just living a life and really enjoying that."
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in collaboration with the band's historic session player Christian Eigner and producers
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All tracks are written by Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, James Ford and Marta Salogni
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The song is the final, 12th track of the album. It was composed by frontman
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Index


Single
Depeche Mode
Memento Mori
Genre
Dark wave
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Dave Gahan
James Ford
Marta Salogni
Producer(s)
Depeche Mode
Wagging Tongue
My Favourite Stranger
"Speak to Me"
YouTube
"Speak to Me" (HI-LO Remix)
YouTube
electronic music
Depeche Mode
Memento Mori
Oliver Heldens
Dave Gahan
James Ford
Marta Salogni
Martin Gore
Andy Fletcher
The Quietus

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