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{{Song infobox
| title = Now, This Is Fun
| screen = hd
| screenshot = Single-SeeYou.jpg
| artist = [[Depeche Mode]]
| songwriter = [[Martin L. Gore]]
| workingtitle = "Reason For Fun"
| producer = [[Daniel Miller]]<br>[[Depeche Mode]]
| studio = Blackwing Studios (London)
| length = 3:27 <small>(7"/single version)</small><br>4:45 <small>(extended version)</small>
| tempo = 101
| timesignature = {{music|time|4|4}}
| key = F♯ Minor
| engineeredby = John Fryer<br>Eric Radcliffe
| design = Martyn Atkins
| photographyby = Brian Griffin
| calligraphy = Ching Ching Lee
| recordingdate = December 1981
| releasedate = 29 January 1982
| colorscheme = SeeYou
}}
{{S|Now, This Is Fun}} is a song recorded by [[Depeche Mode]] during the production of the 1982 album ''[[A Broken Frame]]''. It was released as a B-side on the {{S|See You}} single on 29 January 1982.
== Notes ==
== Notes ==
In the 1982-01-21 issue of Smash Hits, Andy Fletcher says:
 
[[File:Now_This_Is_Fun_master_tape.jpg|300px|thumb|right|On [https://www.facebook.com/depechemode/photos/pcb.10157561796495329/10157561792115329/?type=3&theater this photo of the mastertape], its title was originally 'Reason For Fun'.]]
 
[[Andrew Fletcher]] in the 1982-01-21 issue of ''Smash Hits'':
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
"On the new B-side, 'Reason To Be' [working title, ed.], we tried to sound… really… mean! Didn't work though."
"On the new B-side, 'Reason To Be' [working title, ed.], we tried to sound… really… mean! Didn't work though."
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
On [https://www.facebook.com/depechemode/photos/pcb.10157561796495329/10157561792115329/?type=3&theater this photo of the mastertape], its title was originally 'Reason For Fun'.


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== Live performances ==
{{Live section}}
 
{{B-sides}}


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Latest revision as of 16:05, 25 February 2023

Now, This Is Fun
Single-SeeYou.jpg
Song Now, This Is Fun
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Working title "Reason For Fun"
Produced by Daniel Miller
Depeche Mode
Recorded at Blackwing Studios (London)
Length (mm:ss) 3:27 (7"/single version)
4:45 (extended version)
Tempo 101 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key F♯ Minor
Engineered by John Fryer
Eric Radcliffe
Photography Brian Griffin
Calligraphy Ching Ching Lee
Recorded December 1981
Originally released 29 January 1982
Live performances as Depeche Mode 87 times *
Total live performances 87 times *

"Now, This Is Fun" is a song recorded by Depeche Mode during the production of the 1982 album A Broken Frame. It was released as a B-side on the "See You" single on 29 January 1982.

Notes

On this photo of the mastertape, its title was originally 'Reason For Fun'.

Andrew Fletcher in the 1982-01-21 issue of Smash Hits:

"On the new B-side, 'Reason To Be' [working title, ed.], we tried to sound… really… mean! Didn't work though."

Lyrics


Now, This Is Fun

Here speaks the voice of reason

It's talking to me

Loud and clearly

And obviously

It's something to say


Here comes another sentence

It is relentless

It tries my patience

But nevertheless

It's for our concern


We can't see the benefits

So we'll ignore it

Or disobey it

And then we'll say that

This is fun


This is real fun

This is fun


Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1982 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Now, This Is Fun"
Main article: List of dates where "Now, This Is Fun" was played


1981-1985: Ice Machine • Shout • Any Second Now • Now, This Is Fun • Oberkorn (It's A Small Town) • The Great Outdoors • Work Hard • Fools • In Your Memory • (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me • Flexible • Fly On The Windscreen
1986-1989: But Not Tonight • Breathing In Fumes • Black Day • Christmas Island • Agent Orange • Pimpf • Pleasure, Little Treasure • Route 66 • Stjärna • Sonata No. 14 in C • Dangerous
1990-1998: Memphisto • Sibeling • Kaleid • Happiest Girl (Jack Mix) • Sea Of Sin (Tonal Mix) • My Joy • Death's Door • Painkiller • Slowblow • Surrender • Headstar
2001-2009: Easy Tiger • Dirt • Zenstation • Free • Newborn • Better Days • Oh Well
2013-2017: All That's Mine
2000-2008: New York Nights • Don't Look Back
2003-2008: Stand Up • Maybe • Closer • Tomorrow • Love Will Leave
2003-2015: Life Is Strange • Left Hand Luke And The Beggar Boys • De Nada • Gifting

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