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Sacred
Song Artist Depeche Mode Album Music For The Masses Songwriter Martin L. Gore Produced by Depeche Mode David Bascombe Daniel Miller Recorded at Guillaume Tell (Paris) Konk (London) Label Mute Records Length (mm:ss) 4:47 Tempo 120 BPM Time signature 4/4 Key F♯ Major Recorded February - July, 1987 Originally released September 28, 1987 Played live 101 times * Total live plays 101 times *

Notes

Andy Fletcher told Képes 7 magazine (translated from Hungarian):

"Sacred is about love, about love as a creed."

When Depeche Mode was interviewed about the songs on the '101' CD for the April 1989 issue of French magazine 'Best', Alan Wilder said (translated from French):

"It was not one of the tracks that worked best on stage. We could have improved it by working on it in the studio, but we preferred to mixing the live version quickly due to wanting to mix one song a day. Our goal was that the live version matches exactly what was performed at the concert. Hearing the audience throughout the songs was done deliberately. We did not want a live album like that of the Simple Minds, for example, which has been almost entirely redone in the studio. The only sounds of atmosphere that they kept were a few applauses, and some shouts left at the beginnings and ends of the songs. That's not live, it's studio-live."

Lyrics

Sacred

Sacred

Holy

To put it in words

To write it down

That is walking on hallowed ground

But it's my duty

I'm a missionary

So here is my confession

It's an obsession

I'm a firm believer

And a warm receiver

And I've made my decision

This is religion

There's no doubt

I'm one of the devout

Trying to sell the story

Of love's eternal glory

Spreading the news around the world

Taking the word to boys and girls

I'm a firm believer

And a warm receiver

And I will go down on my knees

When I see beauty

There's no doubt

I'm one of the devout

Trying to sell the story

Of love's eternal glory

Sacred

Holy

To put it in words

To write it down

That is walking on hallowed ground

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

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