Never Let Me Down Again

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"Never Let Me Down Again"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Music for the Masses
B-side
  • "Pleasure, Little Treasure"
  • "To Have and to Hold (Spanish Taster)"
  • Remixes
Released24 August 1987
RecordedFebruary–July 1987
Studio
  • Guillaume Tell, Paris[1]
  • Konk, London
  • Puk, Denmark
Genre
Length
  • 4:47 (album version)
  • 4:20 (radio edit)
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)Martin Gore
Producer(s)
  • David Bascombe
  • Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Strangelove"
(1987)
"Never Let Me Down Again"
(1987)
"Behind the Wheel"
(1987)

Never Let Me Down Again is a 1987 song by British band Depeche Mode and is the second single from their sixth studio album Music for the Masses. It went to number 22 in the United Kingdom, number 63 in the United States, number 1 in Denmark, number 7 in Switzerland and Sweden, number 12 in Ireland, number 5 in South Africa and Finland, number 82 in Australia and number 2 in Germany.

Track listings[change | change source]

All songs written by Martin Gore.

7": Mute / Bong14 (UK)

  1. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:20
  2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure" – 2:52

12": Mute / 12Bong14 (UK)

  1. "Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
  2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
  3. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

12": Mute / L12Bong14 (UK)

  1. "Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix)" – 4:22 (Remixed by Chris Tsangarides)
  2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53 (Remixed by John Fryer & Paul Kendall)
  3. "To Have and to Hold (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33

Cassette: Mute / CBong14 (UK)

  1. "Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
  2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
  3. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (UK)

  1. "Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
  2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
  3. "To Have and to Hold (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33
  4. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53
  • Originally released in Cardsleeve [1987]
  • Rereleased as 4track CD single in Slim Jewel Case in 1991.

CD: Mute / CDBong14 (UK)

  1. "Never Let Me Down Again" – 4:20
  2. "Pleasure, Little Treasure" – 2:52
  3. "Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)" – 9:34
  4. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)" – 5:34
  5. "Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)" – 4:53
  6. "Never Let Me Down Again (Tsangarides Mix)" – 4:22
  7. "Pleasure, Little Treasure (Join Mix)" – 4:53
  8. "To Have and To Hold (Spanish Taster)" – 2:33
  • The second CD is the 1992 re-release.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Studio Guillaume Tell". Guillaumetell.com (in French). Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Terich, Jeff (5 March 2013). "Celebrate the Catalog : Depeche Mode". Treble. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  3. DiGravina, Tim. "Depeche Mode - Barrel of a Gun". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.