“It was constructed using an unusual method for us, i.e. With human frailty and judgement as its principal themes, this brooding second single is widely considered one of Martin Gore’s finest creations. It’s clear the Depeche Mode of old had left the room. The song reached No.8 in the UK and was the group’s highest-charting single worldwide. “We hoped it would surprise people and make them curious about the rest of the album.” And so it did. “The main reason for the choice was that the track had attitude and was radically different to what we had done before,” stated Alan Wilder. Alan Wilder’s live drums were sampled, channelled through synthesizers and finally aligned into sequenced loops to exhilarating effect. From the ear-piercing synth that introduces the whole shebang to the grinding, ever-present blues-rock riff around which the track circles, this exhibited the new performance-weighted manifesto. Read more: Making Depeche Mode’s Speak & Spell Read more: Top 40 Depeche Mode songsĪ clear statement of intent, first single and album opener I Feel You initiated a new chapter for the band. Not only had the musical climate shifted considerably with the scuzzy guitars of grunge cranked up in their absence but, far more importantly, here stood four altered souls who’d barely crossed paths since emerging from the tour bus. For one, they faced a wall of intimidating proportions with the need to follow up – or even equal – the success of Violator. Understandably, the four human beings at the centre of the maelstrom had been run ragged by the whole affair.Īlmost two years later, when Martin Gore, Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder and Andy Fletcher reconvened in a London bar shortly before they were due to kick-start the whole process all over again, circumstances had changed considerably. The album won triple platinum status and cemented the group as major-league stars.
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