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{{Song | |||
|title=So Cruel | |||
|screen=hd | |||
|screenshot=Album-Achtung.jpg | |||
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]] | |||
|album=AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered | |||
|songwriter=Paul David Hewson (Bono) | |||
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]] | |||
|label=Mercury<br>Interscope<br>Universal | |||
|length=6:02 | |||
|tempo=N/A | |||
|timesignature=N/A | |||
|key=N/A | |||
|releasedate=October 26, 2011 | |||
|colorscheme=SoCruel | |||
}} | |||
'[[So Cruel]]' is a cover of the U2 song of the same name recorded by [[Depeche Mode]] for the tribute album <i>[[AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered]]</i>. The tribute album was released in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2011, and was subsequently released via iTunes as an album-only track. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Martin Gore: "We first heard Achtung Baby working on Songs Of Faith And Devotion with Flood. It was the closest our bands ever got: U2 had become more electronic while Depeche Mode were working on a new rock vision. But there was never a rivalry. Bono used reverse psychology in his email, saying he totally understood why we'd say no. We just thought, Why not? 'So Cruel' is Bono at his best, words-wise. And we couldn't tackle One - that would be almost sacrilegious." | Martin Gore: "We first heard Achtung Baby working on <i>[[Songs Of Faith And Devotion]]</i> with [[Flood]]. It was the closest our bands ever got: U2 had become more electronic while Depeche Mode were working on a new rock vision. But there was never a rivalry. Bono used reverse psychology in his email, saying he totally understood why we'd say no. We just thought, Why not? 'So Cruel' is Bono at his best, words-wise. And we couldn't tackle 'One' - that would be almost sacrilegious." | ||
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[[Category:Songs covered by Depeche Mode]] | [[Category:Songs covered by Depeche Mode]] | ||
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'So Cruel' is a cover of the U2 song of the same name recorded by Depeche Mode for the tribute album AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered. The tribute album was released in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2011, and was subsequently released via iTunes as an album-only track.
Notes
Martin Gore: "We first heard Achtung Baby working on Songs Of Faith And Devotion with Flood. It was the closest our bands ever got: U2 had become more electronic while Depeche Mode were working on a new rock vision. But there was never a rivalry. Bono used reverse psychology in his email, saying he totally understood why we'd say no. We just thought, Why not? 'So Cruel' is Bono at his best, words-wise. And we couldn't tackle 'One' - that would be almost sacrilegious."
Dates where So Cruel was played
So Cruel has never been played live.
