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Never Let Me Down Again
Song	Never Let Me Down Once again
By	Depeche Fashion
Songwriter	Martin L. Gore
Produced by	Depeche Manner Dave Bascombe Daniel Miller
Recorded at	Guillaume Tell (Paris) Konk (London) Puk Studios, Denmark
Length (mm:ss)	4:47 (album version) 4:20 (radio edit)
Tempo	106 BPM
Time signature	four 4
Key	C Major
Recorded	Feb - July, 1987
Originally released	24 August 1987
Live performances as Depeche Manner	963 times *
Full live performances	1033 times *

"Never Let Me Down Once more" is a song from the 1987 album Music For The Masses by Depeche Way. Information technology was released as a unmarried on 24 August 1987.

Notes

In this 1988 radio interview, Andy Fletcher says that, although he can't give too much away well-nigh the meanings of Martin Gore'south songs, he does reveal that 'Never Permit Me Down Again' is "but about innocence."

Martin Gore was quoted in issue #44/1987 of Bravo Magazine:

"I wrote this song final March. And it was such a long fourth dimension agone that I cannot say much about it anymore. Merely yous're incorrect [about the song considering about my girlfriend], the song has nothing to do with relationships. It's well-nigh the concept of fleeing from reality and the evil enkindling afterwards. Any kind of fleeing. Drugs, alcohol, or whatever."

Martin Gore in Rolling Stone magazine, 1993:

"There was i example regarding 'Never Let Me Downward Once again' when ii dissever people came upward to me after a show 1 nighttime and said, "I really similar that song". One of them thought it was a gay anthem and the other one thought it was a drug anthem. They both loved the song, and so that's fine past me."

Martin Gore in Bong effect no. 37, 1998:

"I think that 'Never Let Me Down Once again' is i of our classic old fourth dimension tracks."

Depeche Mode also said in the 2006 Music For The Masses Remaster DVD documentary:

Martin Gore: "'Never Let Me Down Again' was a stand-out track. It was specially constructive when we played live."

Dave Gahan: "'Never Let Me Down Again' was a big song for us, and it yet is live."

Andy Fletcher: "That was not a large hit, notwithstanding it became a existent legendary Depeche Fashion song."

Dave Bascombe: "'Never Permit Me Down Again' was the one I was really, actually pleased with. I was very involved with the drum sounds on that. The guitar intro, actually, was an blow. It was just down to the sequencers we were using in those days. That guitar was sampled, and it ran on the counting. That was the kickoff of the runway, simply it wasn't supposed to be, and we simply all went, "Oh, that'southward great!". So that was a happy accident. And I have ever liked the track, and I was actually pleased with the fashion it turned out."

Alan Wilder told Electricity Society in 2011:

Q: There was an commodity featuring producer Dave Bascombe which said that you used an EDP Wasp on 'Music For The Masses'?

A: Yes, that'south true, information technology was used to create the famous bass sequencer parts in the Aggro mix of 'Never Let Me Downwardly Once again'. I call back nosotros used the Wasp and Spider sequencer and then probably sampled the result, as it isn't MIDI controllable. We may accept been able to sequence it using cv/gate – I can't quite call up.

When Depeche Mode was interviewed well-nigh the songs on the '101' CD for the April 1989 effect of French magazine 'Best', Dave Gahan said (translated from French):

"For me, this is one of the about intense moments during the concert, firstly because this track has a very strong emotional charge, and every time I play information technology the waving goes well with the crowd. In add-on, we were heading towards the end of the bear witness and during this song, the stadium was on burn down. When I saw the number of people there, I felt like crying. It was very moving."

Alan Wilder besides wrote in his 86-98 editorial in 1998:

"Primarily programmed at Alan'due south house, the basic demo was restructured to emphasise the chorus in an attempt to improve the overall menses of the rail. It displays a blend of distinctive musical components and devices - some old Style and some making their debut. Most notably, 'Never Let Me Down' illustrated the inaugural use of sections of live performance as opposed to merely single notes being sampled and manipulated - best demonstrated past the distinctive opening guitar riff, which was originally played by Martin and so heavily processed using a number of furnishings. There was as well significant employ of existent orchestral sounds such as strings and horns as well equally Led Zeppelin drum samples to flesh out the backing. Says Alan: "It besides stood out as an obvious single and suggested a 'Stripped'-similar experience. It has a very definite anthemic quality which is especially demonstrated when the song is performed alive and the whole audition wave their hands in unison at the end - a Depeche high-signal I retrieve.""

Dave Bascombe told Super Palatial Edition in July 2019:

"That's the one [song] that hitting me when I first heard that demo, I idea that's just fantastic. My sole contribution, well not my sole contribution – this is before nosotros got to Paris, nosotros were round at Alan's house – and I said "Right, I want to use 'When The Levee Breaks' [Led Zeppelin] drums on this." I know that it's been used 10 billion times now, but they were nevertheless quite new and so and I'd ever loved those drum sounds and every bit I say they weren't a cliched thing then, and so I suggested using them for the main kicking and snare. But I really loved that track, still practise."

He also told Vaughn George (role 1, part 2) in April 2020:

"I think [samples at the terminate of 'Never Let Me Down Again' were] sampled from Carmina Burana. We'll probably become sued, though, for saying that. I'm pretty sure it was sampled from that. [...] The tom-toms are a combination of the toms from Stripped, mixed with some other samples. [...] The guitar [intro] we did at PUK [Studios]. Information technology was probably [beginning] a synth part, and then we idea, "Let's just do it on guitar. I think I went out and set the amp up and messed around with a few consequence pedals. I was just mucking about, and I remember them and Daniel [Miller] going "Aye!" And so we put it through a synth, Daniel's ARP 2600, and altered it a bit more than. But the happy accident was: Martin had played this [guitar function] a few times, and we picked the all-time one, and then we put information technology in the Synclavier because that was the best quality sampler we had. And then you record it dorsum into the runway by triggering information technology. And the way you lot have to do it is, there is a flashing low-cal, and you have to press it right before you want it, and so it would trigger the affair in time. And then I was prepared to do this in all the diverse spots where it was supposed to happen in the vocal. But what I had forgotten was that this matter would trigger by itself right at the starting time of the song automatically. And off information technology went. And that was obviously meant to be. It was a lovely moment, because we all looked, "Wow, just perfect"."

Fan Peter Harper wrote on the HOME forum in 2003:

"I once asked Martin Gore about the fact that [Never Allow Me Down Again's] guitar intro was borrowed by the band 'Third Bass' on their track "Wordz Of Wizdom, Pt. ii". Later on Depeche Manner heard information technology they were impressed with the way that it had been reversed and distorted the way '3rd Bass' did. So Depeche Mode knicked it back off the 'Third Bass' tape, and the new distorted and reversed sample was added to the version of 'Never Allow Me Down Again' that was performed in 1990 [on the World Violation bout], and it works really well. To those who don't know what to look for: its in the aggro part of the song, information technology's quite loud in the mix - it'due south very staggered. You probably need to hear the 'Third Bass' track to really notice, it'south very prominent on that."

Lyrics

Never Permit Me Down Once again

I'm taking a ride

With my all-time friend

I hope he never lets me down again

He knows where he's taking me

Taking me where I want to exist

I'1000 taking a ride

With my all-time friend

Nosotros're flying high

We're watching the world pass the states past

Never desire to come down

Never desire to put my feet back down

On the ground

I'm taking a ride

With my best friend

I hope he never lets me down again

Promises me I'thou safe as houses

As long as I recall who'southward wearing the trousers

I hope he never lets me down again

We're flying high

We're watching the world laissez passer united states of america by

Never desire to come downwardly

Never want to put my feet back down

On the footing

We're flight high

Nosotros're watching the world laissez passer the states past

Never desire to come downward

Never want to put my anxiety back downward

On the basis

Never let me downwardly

Never let me down

Never let me down

Never allow me down

Run across the stars, they're shining bright (Never let me downwards)

Everything'southward alright tonight (Never allow me down)

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1987 Grabbing Easily Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Music video

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Never Let Me Down Again"

Main article: List of dates where "Never Let Me Down Again" was played

Depeche Mode songs released every bit singles
1981-1985:	Dreaming of Me • New Life • Just Tin can't Get Enough • See You • The Meaning Of Love • Get out in Silence • Get The Residuum Correct! • Everything Counts • Love In Itself • People Are People • Principal And Retainer • Cursing Rumours • Somebody • Milkshake The Disease • It's Called A Heart
1986-1989:	Stripped • But Non Tonight • A Question Of Lust • A Question Of Time • Strangelove • Never Permit Me Down Again • Behind The Wheel • Little 15 • Route 66 • Personal Jesus
1990-1999:	Savour The Silence • Policy of Truth • World In My Optics • I Feel You • Walking In My Shoes • Condemnation • In Your Room • Barrel Of A Gun • It's No Good • Home • Useless • Only When I Lose Myself
2000-2009:	Dream On • I Experience Loved • Freelove • Goodnight Lovers • Precious • A Pain That I'm Used To • Suffer Well • John the Revelator • Lilian • Martyr • Wrong • Peace • Delicate Tension • Hole To Feed
2010-2017:	Heaven • Soothe My Soul • Should Exist Higher • Where's The Revolution • Going Backwards • Cover Me
Recoil songs released every bit singles
1992-1998:	Faith Healer • Drifting • Stalker • Missing Piece
2000-2008:	Strange Hours • Jezebel • Prey • Allelujah
Dave Gahan songs released as singles
2003-2008:	Dirty Sticky Floors • I Need You • Bottle Living • Hold On • A Little Piece • Kingdom • Saw Something • Deeper And Deeper
2012-2015:	Longest Twenty-four hour period • Accept Me Back Domicile • All Of This And Nothing • Polish
Martin Gore solo songs released as singles
1989-2003:	Coercion • Stardust • Loverman
2012:	Spock • Single Blip • Aftermaths
Official Releases
Studio albums • Live albums • Compilation albums • Video albums • Singles

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