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1. World In My Eyes
List of Violator songs
2. Sweetest Perfection
World In My Eyes
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Song World In My Eyes
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Produced by Depeche Mode
Flood
Recorded at Logic Studios, Milan
Puk Studios, Denmark
The Church, London
Length (mm:ss) 4:26 (album version)
4:00 (single edit)
Tempo 122 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key B♭ Minor
Engineered by Pino Pischetola
Peter Iversen
Steve Lyon
Goh Hotoda
Alan Gregorie
Dennis Mitchell
Phil Legg
Engineering assistance Daryl Bamonte
Dick Meaney
David Browne
Mark Flannery
Mixed by François Kevorkian
Design Anton Corbijn
Area
Recorded 1989–1990
Originally released 17 September 1990
Live performances as Depeche Mode 709 times *
Total live performances 709 times *

"World In My Eyes" is a song from the 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. It was released as a single on 17 September 1990.

Notes

Martin Gore says in the 17 February 1990 issue of NME:

Interviewer: On the opening track 'World In My Eyes' you seem to be saying 'Just for this moment pleasure and gratification are all that matters'. It's almost like (deep breath) existentialism.

Gore: Yes, and it’s a very positive song. It's saying that love and sex and pleasure are positive things.

Gore described the evolution of the studio recording of 'World In My Eyes' in BONG magazine issue no. 37, 1998:

I remember the original demo of 'World In My Eyes' being slightly faster and maybe slightly more obvious. While we were recording it in Milan, Dave was going away for a couple of days, so we worked on it and turned it into this really moody piece. I can remember Dave arriving back in the studio, slightly jet-lagged and being totally shocked, thinking that we just ruined the song, but half a day later he came back and said 'That's really good, the way it's turned out.' It always takes a while to get used to things.

Alan Wilder explains in an editorial on Shunt, the official Recoil website:

'World In My Eyes' had in fact been recorded very early on during the Milan session and, perhaps for this reason, displayed familiar Depeche elements linking it with previous albums. It was completed in London and with its 'drop' 3rd verse and use of vocal double-tracking to fill out and build the later choruses, was probably the most 'electro' sounding track on the LP — something of a homage to Kraftwerk, in a rhythmical sense at least. Laughing in the face of criticism that electronic music was 'soulless' and would only appeal to a small eclectic audience, its success exhibited one of Depeche Mode's most fundamental philosophies.[1]

2006 remaster engineer Kevin Paul explained in a November 2007 interview for Sound On Sound magazine:

I had about 20 or 30 different tapes for 'World In My Eyes' and I had to get them all to sync up and try to find the missing sounds. There is a snare-drum drop which is reversed — completely flipped. It wasn't on any of the tapes and it turned out it was most likely to have been done on an Akai with an Atari, run wild, so that was something Roger [Johnson] had to do. He had to find the sample and flip it and get the sound back. Everything then was backed up on floppy disks which now no-one can ever work. It is nigh-on an impossibility to get them to work as they did back then.[2]

Andrew Fletcher explains in a 2017 interview for Hotmix Radio:

"For me, ['World In My Eyes'] really shows how we've managed to have all these people from different countries all over the world together, liking Depeche Mode."[3]

Live versions

This section provides an example of a live version of World In My Eyes from each tour that it was played.

Lyrics


World In My Eyes

Let me take you on a trip

Around the world and back

And you won't have to move

You just sit still


Now let your mind do the walking

And let my body do the talking

Let me show you the world in my eyes


I'll take you to the highest mountain

To the depths of the deepest sea

And we won't need a map

Believe me


Now let my body do the moving

And let my hands do the soothing

Let me show you the world in my eyes


That's all there is

Nothing more than you can feel now

That's all there is


Let me put you on a ship

On a long, long trip

Your lips close to my lips


All the islands in the ocean

All the heaven's in motion

Let me show you the world in my eyes


That's all there is

Nothing more than you can touch now

That's all there is


Let me show you the world in my eyes


Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1990 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Composition

Sample sources

"World In My Eyes"
Depeche Mode
1990
Self-made samples
Sample Notes Audio
Synthesizer elements The origin of the bass is a combination of a series of unique synthesized parts. According to Wilder, the bass parts are likely to have originated from the Minimoog and Flood's ARP 2600.[4]
Vocal elements A series of solo vocal "ahh" samples likely derived from vocals by Martin Gore play an oscillating melody during the outro of "World In My Eyes".[footnotes 1]

Sample sources
Sample Source Status Notes Audio
Drum, snare drum elements Fad Gadget - Fireside Favourites - "Newsreel" - 7 November 1980
Confirmed
A manipulated snare derived from the opening moments of "Newsreel" from the 1980 Fad Gadget album Fireside Favourites is utilised throughout "World In My Eyes". Notably, this sample would also see use in the outro of "Personal Jesus". Former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder recalled the snare drum sound of "World In My Eyes" in an undated Q&A on Shunt, the official Recoil project site: "[...] I think we made it from scratch or it could be a combination of analogue and a sample."[4]

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Guitar elements Fleetwood Mac - "Black Magic Woman" - 29 March 1968
Confirmed
A guitar chord featured in the intro of Fleetwood Mac's 1968 single "Black Magic Woman" is utilised sporadically throughout "World In My Eyes". The guitar sound was performed by Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green, who achieved its distinct shimmering effect by playing a D minor triad on the 17th fret with vibrato. A manipulated copy of the sample is played with an oscillating pitch bend layered with a separate sample (derived from Emulator II factory library disk #37: Electric Guitar) to produce a wavering verse section riff. A second copy of the sample appears on the first beat after each chorus section.[footnotes 2]

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Drum elements Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls - "Don't Stop The Dance" - 1985
Confirmed
A drum element derived from the album version of Bryan Ferry's "Don't Stop The Dance" is utilised throughout "World In My Eyes" as a drum fill.

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Synthesizer elements Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless - "She Blinded Me with Science" - 1982
Confirmed
A synth hit derived from the final moments of Thomas Dolby's 1982 single "She Blinded Me with Science" is utilised as an orchestral hit during the final bar of each chorus section of "World In My Eyes".

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Drum elements Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine - "The Man-Machine" ("Die Mensch-Maschine") - May 1978
Confirmed
"World In My Eyes" utilises a timestretched "clicking" percussion rhythm throughout its verse, chorus, and outro sections that is derived from the opening moments of Kraftwerk's "The Man-Machine".

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Drum elements Kraftwerk - Computer World - "Home Computer" ("Heimcomputer") - 1981
Confirmed
"World In My Eyes" employs a manipulated sample derived from the latter half of Kraftwerk's "Home Computer".[footnotes 3]

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Bass elements Sound Ideas - Series 1000 General Effects Library - CD #1018 Naval Boats, Ships, Motorcycles - Track #35 "SHIP, HORN" (filename "ShipHorn 1018_35") - 1983[footnotes 4]
Confirmed
A truncated sample of a naval ship horn derived from Sound Ideas's 1983 sound effects library Series 1000 General Effects Library CD #1018 Naval Boats, Ships, Motorcycles is utilised throughout the chorus sections of "World In My Eyes" as a bass layer. The library is notable for debuting as the first commercially available sound effects library of its kind on compact disc.

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Orchestral elements E-mu Systems - Emulator III Factory Library Vol. 1 > Groupo Sinfonia > Monotto Strings - "Strings E2", "Strings A#2", "Strings E3", "Strings C4"
Confirmed
A series of orchestral string riffs audible during the verse, chorus, and outro sections of "World In My Eyes" are performed using Emulator III Factory Library Vol. 1 voice "Monotto Strings".
Ambient elements E-mu Systems - Emulator II factory library disk #36: Lead Guitar
Confirmed
An electric guitar sample derived from Emulator II factory library disk #36 "Lead Guitar" is played in reverse with an oscillating pitch bend and layered with a separate sample (derived from Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman") to produce the "whirl" effect that occurs during the verse sections.
Organ elements E-mu Systems - Emax I factory library disk #ZD703: Rock Organ - SAMPLE 4
Confirmed
A manipulated sample of an organ derived from Emax I factory library disk #ZD703 "Rock Organ" is utilized throughout the chorus sections of "World In My Eyes".
Drum elements, rimshot, open hi-hat, closed hi-hat Roland Corporation - Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer - 1980
Confirmed
A series of processed drum elements audible throughout "World In My Eyes" are derived from the Roland TR-808 drum machine.

Music video

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "World In My Eyes"
Main article: List of dates where "World In My Eyes" was played

Trivia

  • In a change of pace from how the song was performed earlier in the tour, a keyboard part was played in the intro of "World In My Eyes" beginning with the 1990-10-14 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany concert til the end of the tour
  • The sampled snare drums featured in "World In My Eyes" (as sampled by Depeche Mode from "Newsreel" by Fad Gadget and "Don't Stop The Dance" by Bryan Ferry) are featured in "Diving", a piece of music released for the soundtrack of the 1995 Super Nintendo video game Waterworld by Ocean Software.
  • 'World In My Eyes' has been sampled in the following songs by other artists:
    • 'Don't You Wanna Come?' – Kyper (1992)
    • 'Versatylin' Stylin' – The Next School (1990)
  • 'World In My Eyes' has been covered by Simbolo, The Cure, China-Touch, Inscape feat. DJ Worlock, Ákos, Sonata Arctica, Running With Scissors, Mikro, Insular, Acylum, Rockabye Baby!, and Chateau Pop.

Notes

  1. Other songs to feature these vocal elements include "Enjoy The Silence", "Policy Of Truth" (as a layer mixed in with the lead melody), "Memphisto", as well as the sustained choir chords heard during the second verse of "In Your Room" as it was performed on the Devotional, Exotic, and Global Spirit tours.
  2. Credit to Christopher Baird for this discovery.
  3. Credit to fan Heiko Brune for this discovery.
  4. Originally available on reel-to-reel tape, 1979.

References

  1. Source: A Recoil Retrospective > ViolatorShunt.
  2. Source: Remixing Depeche Mode In SurroundSound On Sound, November 2007.
  3. Source: Les Instants PrivilégiésHotmix Radio.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Wilder, Alan. "Shunt Q&A: ARCHIVES : DEPECHE MODE : VIOLATOR". recoil.co.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20181128152225/http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmviol.htm. Archived 28 November 2018, p. 1.


1981-1985: Dreaming Of MeNew LifeJust Can't Get EnoughSee YouThe Meaning Of Love
Leave In SilenceGet The Balance RightEverything CountsLove In ItselfPeople Are PeopleMaster And ServantBlasphemous Rumours / SomebodyShake The DiseaseIt's Called A Heart
1986-1989: StrippedBut Not TonightA Question Of LustA Question Of TimeStrangelove
Never Let Me Down AgainBehind The WheelLittle 15Personal Jesus
1990-1998: Enjoy The SilencePolicy Of TruthWorld In My EyesI Feel YouWalking In My ShoesCondemnationIn Your RoomBarrel Of A GunIt's No GoodHomeUseless
Only When I Lose Myself
2001-2009: Dream OnI Feel LovedFreeloveGoodnight LoversPreciousA Pain That I'm Used To
Suffer WellJohn The Revelator / LilianMartyrWrongPeaceFragile Tension / Hole To Feed
2013-2017: HeavenSoothe My SoulShould Be HigherWhere's The RevolutionGoing Backwards
Cover Me
2023: Ghosts Again
1992-1998: Faith HealerDriftingStalker / Missing Piece
2000-2008: Strange HoursJezebelPreyAllelujah
2003-2008: Dirty Sticky FloorsI Need YouBottle Living / Hold OnA Little PieceKingdomSaw Something / Deeper And Deeper
2012-2015: Longest DayTake Me Back HomeAll Of This And NothingShine
1989-2003: CompulsionStardustLoverman
2012-2015: SpockSingle BlipAftermathsEuropa Hymn • "Pinking" (Christoffer Berg Remix)
Official releases