New Life (song)

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"New Life"
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Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Speak & Spell
B-side"Shout!"
Released13 June 1981
RecordedMay 1981 Blackwing Studios, London
GenreSynthpop[1]
Length3:43 (album version)
3:58 (12" remix)
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)Vince Clarke
Producer(s)
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Dreaming of Me"
(1981) 		"New Life"
(1981) 		"Just Can't Get Enough"
(1981)

"New Life" is the second UK single by Depeche Mode recorded at Blackwing Studios, originally released on 13 June 1981.[2] It was not commercially released in the United States.

Background[]

Vince Clarke wrote the song.[3] There were two versions of the song available. The 7" version would later become the "album version", as it would eventually appear on the UK version of Speak & Spell, released in October 1981, and a 12" "remix", which differs from the album version, in that it has a different intro, intensely percussive and harder, and an added synth part in the "solo" vocal section in the middle of the song, which is not present on the 7" mix. The "remix" would later appear on the US version of Speak & Spell.

The single became Depeche Mode's breakthrough hit in the UK, peaking at #11.[4][5] On 25 June 1981, the band performed "New Life" during their debut on the BBC's Top of the Pops. The band would perform the song twice more on the show, on 16 July and 30 July 1981.

The B-side, "Shout!", is the first Depeche Mode song to get a 12" extended remix, called the "Rio Mix". This mix would later appear on the remix compilation Remixes 81–04, released in 2004. It is the earliest recorded song available on the compilation.

Formats and track listings[]

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "New Life":

7": Mute / 7Mute14 (UK)

  1. "New Life" – 3:43
  2. "Shout!" – 3:44

12": Mute / 12Mute14 (UK)

  1. "New Life" (Remix) – 3:58
  2. "Shout!" (Rio Mix) – 7:31

CD: Mute / CDMute14 (UK)1

  1. "New Life" (Remix) – 3:58
  2. "Shout!" – 3:44
  3. "Shout!" (Rio Mix) – 7:31

CD: Sire / 40290-2 (US)1

  1. "New Life" (Remix) – 3:58
  2. "Shout!" – 3:44
  3. "Shout!" (Rio Mix) – 7:31

Notes

Weekly charts[]

Chart Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 11

References[]

  1. ^ Freeman, John (4 March 2011). "A Question Of Lust: Depeche Mode's Black Celebration Revisited". The Quietus. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. ^ Miller, Jonathan (5 November 2009). Stripped: Depeche Mode. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-026-7. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ^ Music, BBC Radio 6 (13 October 2014). BBC Radio 6 Music's Alternative Jukebox: 500 Extraordinary Tracks That Tell the Story of Alternative Music. Octopus. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-84403-814-5. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. ^ Bernhardt, Tonia (21 November 2007). Depeche Mode: A Band, Its Music, and the Cult. GRIN Verlag. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-638-76757-6. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. ^ Christopher, Michael (28 December 2020). Depeche Mode FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the World's Finest Synth-Pop Band. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4930-5400-8. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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