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{{Song infobox
|title=Sometimes
|screen=hd
|screenshot=Album-Black.jpg
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|album=[[Black Celebration (album)|Black Celebration]]
|songwriter=[[Martin L. Gore]]
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Gareth Jones]]<br>[[Daniel Miller]]
|studio=Westside<br>Genetic (London)<br>Hansa Mischraum
|label=[[Mute Records]]
|length=1:53
|tempo=125
|timesignature={{music|time|4|4}}
|key=G Major
|engineeringassistance=Richard Sullivan<br>Peter Schmidt
|masteredby=Tim Young
|recordingby=Dave Allen
|design=Martin Atkins<br>David A. Jones<br>Mark Higenbottam
|photographyby=Brian Griffin
|additionalmixing=Kevin Paul
|masteringengineer=Tim Young
|remasteringengineer=Simon Heyworth
|assistantengineer=Richard Sullivan<br>Pete Schmidt
|additionalengineering=Kevin Paul<br>Kevin Vanbergen<br>Roger Johnson
|programmedby=[[Martin L. Gore]]
|recordingengineer=David M. Allen
|photographyassistance=Stuart Graham
|recordingassistance=Phil Tennant
|recordingdate=November 1985 - January 1986
|releasedate=17 March 1986
|colorscheme=Celebration
}}
{{S|Sometimes}} is a song from the 1986 album <i>[[Black Celebration (album)|Black Celebration]]</i> by [[Depeche Mode]].
== Notes ==
== Notes ==


Vince Clarke wrote an eponymous song for his band Erasure. In June 2017, he told The Quietus:
Martin Gore said in the 1986-02-22 issue of No.1 magazine:
<blockquote>"There is one quite funny song [on Black Celebration] called 'Sometimes' which is about someone who questions their surroundings and ends up becoming tiring and over apologetic."
</blockquote>
 
Vince Clarke wrote an eponymous song for his band Erasure. In June 2017, he [http://thequietus.com/articles/22592-erasure-interview told The Quietus]:
<blockquote>"Originally the lyric in the chorus wasn't "sometimes" it was "ooh baby". The guy who mixed it said "you can't use 'ooo baby', come up with something else". It was a Mute studio, they had a record cupboard with all their releases in, and I was looking at lyrics on the backs of all these records. Depeche Mode had a song called 'Sometimes' and I thought 'ah well that'll work'. That's how it came about - you're the first person that I've told that to."
<blockquote>"Originally the lyric in the chorus wasn't "sometimes" it was "ooh baby". The guy who mixed it said "you can't use 'ooo baby', come up with something else". It was a Mute studio, they had a record cupboard with all their releases in, and I was looking at lyrics on the backs of all these records. Depeche Mode had a song called 'Sometimes' and I thought 'ah well that'll work'. That's how it came about - you're the first person that I've told that to."
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
{{Template:Lyrics|Sometimes|
Sometimes
Only sometimes
I question everything
And I'm the first to admit
If you catch me in a mood like this
I can be tiring
Even embarassing
But you must
Feel the same
When you look around
You can't tell me honestly
You're happy with what you see
Oh sometimes
Only sometimes
You must be
You must be
As embarassing as me
Sometimes
|Martin L. Gore|©1986 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.}}
== Trivia ==
* At 1:53 in length, [[Sometimes]] is the shortest non-instrumental [[Depeche Mode]] song with vocals.


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Latest revision as of 17:52, 26 May 2020

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Sometimes
Album-Black.jpg
Song Sometimes
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Produced by Depeche Mode
Gareth Jones
Daniel Miller
Recorded at Westside
Genetic (London)
Hansa Mischraum
Length (mm:ss) 1:53
Tempo 125 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key G Major
Programmed by Martin L. Gore
Engineering assistance Richard Sullivan
Peter Schmidt
Additional engineering Kevin Paul
Kevin Vanbergen
Roger Johnson
Additional mixing Kevin Paul
Mastered by Tim Young
Mastering engineer Tim Young
Remastering engineer Simon Heyworth
Recording Dave Allen
Recording assistance Phil Tennant
Recording engineer David M. Allen
Photography Brian Griffin
Photography assistance Stuart Graham
Recorded November 1985 - January 1986
Originally released 17 March 1986
Live performances as Depeche Mode 0 times *
Total live performances 0 times *

"Sometimes" is a song from the 1986 album Black Celebration by Depeche Mode.

Notes

Martin Gore said in the 1986-02-22 issue of No.1 magazine:

"There is one quite funny song [on Black Celebration] called 'Sometimes' which is about someone who questions their surroundings and ends up becoming tiring and over apologetic."

Vince Clarke wrote an eponymous song for his band Erasure. In June 2017, he told The Quietus:

"Originally the lyric in the chorus wasn't "sometimes" it was "ooh baby". The guy who mixed it said "you can't use 'ooo baby', come up with something else". It was a Mute studio, they had a record cupboard with all their releases in, and I was looking at lyrics on the backs of all these records. Depeche Mode had a song called 'Sometimes' and I thought 'ah well that'll work'. That's how it came about - you're the first person that I've told that to."

Lyrics


Sometimes

Sometimes

Only sometimes

I question everything

And I'm the first to admit

If you catch me in a mood like this

I can be tiring

Even embarassing


But you must

Feel the same

When you look around

You can't tell me honestly

You're happy with what you see

Oh sometimes

Only sometimes

You must be

You must be

As embarassing as me

Sometimes


Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1986 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Trivia

Dates where Sometimes was played

Sometimes has never been played live.

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