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Revision as of 21:39, 18 September 2019

Memphisto
Single-ETS.jpg
Song
Artist
Depeche Mode
Album
Songwriter
Produced by
Recorded at
Puk Studios, Denmark
Logic Studios, Milan
Label
Length (mm:ss)
4:02
Tempo
109.936 BPM
Time signature
3/4
Key
G Major
Engineering assistance
Daryl Bamonte
Dick Meaney
David Browne
Mark Flannery
Mixing
Recorded
1989
Originally released
January 16, 1990
Played live
0 times *
Total live plays
0 times *

'Memphisto' is an instrumental song produced during the recording of 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. It was released as a B-side to the single 'Enjoy The Silence' on January 16, 1990.

Notes

An uncredited band member tells Poster Seductores magazine in 1990 (translated from Spanish):

"We like cinema and we like to create special [atmospheres] with our music. In a way, 'Memphisto' is our homage to that esoteric cinema."

Martin Gore clarifies the origin of the song's title in an April 1993 interview for Bong magazine:

"It was the name of a make believe film I invented about Elvis as the devil."[1]

Dates where Memphisto was played

Memphisto has never been played live.


1981-1985: Ice MachineShoutAny Second NowNow, This Is FunOberkorn (It's A Small Town)The Great OutdoorsWork HardFoolsIn Your Memory(Set Me Free) Remotivate MeFlexibleFly On The Windscreen
1986-1989: But Not TonightBreathing In FumesBlack DayChristmas IslandAgent OrangePimpfPleasure, Little TreasureRoute 66StjärnaSonata No. 14 in CDangerous
1990-1998: MemphistoSibelingKaleidHappiest Girl (Jack Mix)Sea Of Sin (Tonal Mix)My JoyDeath's DoorPainkillerSlowblowSurrenderHeadstar
2001-2009: Easy TigerDirtZenstationFreeNewbornBetter DaysOh Well
2013-2017: All That's Mine
2000-2008: New York NightsDon't Look Back
2003-2008: Stand UpMaybeCloserTomorrowLove Will Leave
2003-2015: Life Is StrangeLeft Hand Luke And The Beggar BoysDe NadaGifting


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