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''If You Want'' is the penultimate track on the 1984 album "Some Great Reward" and is the second track on [[Alan Wilder's 1984 "Some Great Reward" Demo Tape]], which consists of four tracks. You can stream the entire demo track below, or download the entire four-track demo tape [[Alan Wilder's 1984 "Some Great Reward" Demo Tape|here]].
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|title=If You Want
|screen=hd
|screenshot=Album-SGR.jpg
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|album=[[Some Great Reward]]
|songwriter=[[Alan Wilder]]
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Daniel Miller]]<br>[[Gareth Jones]]
|studio=Music Works (Highbury, London)<br>Hansa Mischraum (Berlin)
|label=[[Mute Records]]
|length=4:40
|tempo=137
|timesignature={{music|time|4|4}}
|key=E♭ Major
|engineeringassistance=Ben Ward<br>Stefi Marcus<br>Colin McMahon
|photographyby=Brian Griffin
|photographyassistance=Stuart Graham
|designby=[[Martyn Atkins]]<br>David A. Jones<br>Marcx
|recordingdate=January - August 1984
|releasedate=24 September 1984
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== Lyrics ==
{{S|If You Want}} is a song from the 1984 album <i>[[Some Great Reward]]</i> by [[Depeche Mode]].


Note that these are lyrics for the '''demo''' version of ''If You Want''. There is a single change in lyrics between the demo and the album versions at the last line of the song: "still" and "may" are reversed between the two.
== Notes ==
From the November 1984 issue of International Musician And Recording World:
<blockquote>
Alan: "We were doing this combination with Martin doing his Indian voice combined with a bassoon type sound."


<poem style="border: 2px solid #d6d2c5; background-color: #f9f4e6; padding: 1em;">
Martin: [launches into his Indian voice] "It was pretty ethnic."
</blockquote>
 
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Working week's come to its end
Working week's come to its end
Party time is here again
Party time is here again
Everyone can come if they want to
Everyone can come if they want to
If you want to be with me
If you want to be with me
If you want to be with me
If you want to be with me
You can come with me if you want to
You can come with me if you want to


Exercise your basic right
Exercise your basic right
We could build a building site
We could build a building site
From the bricks of shame is built the hope
From the bricks of shame is built the hope
If you want to be with me
If you want to be with me
If you want to be with me
If you want to be with me
Even though you may still not want to
Even though you may still not want to


Let tomorrow and today
Let tomorrow and today
Bring a life of ecstasy
 
Bring a life of ecstacy
 
Wipe away your tears of confusion
Wipe away your tears of confusion
If you want to be with me
If you want to be with me
If you want to be with me
If you want to be with me
You can come with me if you want to
You can come with me if you want to


Even though you still may not want to
Even though you may still not want to / Even though you still may not want to<ref>There is a single change in lyrics between the album and the demo versions in the last line of the song. The placement of the words "still" and "may" appear in sequence in the demo version, and are reversed in the album version.</ref>
</poem>
|Alan Wilder|©1984 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.}}
 
== Demo version ==
 
''If You Want'' is the penultimate track on the 1984 album ''Some Great Reward'' and is the second track on [[Alan Wilder's 1984 "Some Great Reward" demo tape]], which consists of four tracks. You can stream the entire demo track below, or download the entire four-track demo tape [[Alan Wilder's 1984 "Some Great Reward" demo tape|here]].
 
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== Live performances ==
{{Live section}}
 
= References =


[[Category:Depeche Mode songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Alan Wilder]]
[[Category:Some Great Reward songs]]
[[Category:Songs in E♭ Major]]
[[Category:Songs between 135-139 BPM]]


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Latest revision as of 09:33, 26 July 2023

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If You Want
Album-SGR.jpg
Song If You Want
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Alan Wilder
Produced by Depeche Mode
Daniel Miller
Gareth Jones
Recorded at Music Works (Highbury, London)
Hansa Mischraum (Berlin)
Length (mm:ss) 4:40
Tempo 137 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key E♭ Major
Engineering assistance Ben Ward
Stefi Marcus
Colin McMahon
Design Martyn Atkins
David A. Jones
Marcx
Photography Brian Griffin
Photography assistance Stuart Graham
Recorded January - August 1984
Originally released 24 September 1984
Live performances as Depeche Mode 81 times *
Total live performances 81 times *

"If You Want" is a song from the 1984 album Some Great Reward by Depeche Mode.

Notes

From the November 1984 issue of International Musician And Recording World:

Alan: "We were doing this combination with Martin doing his Indian voice combined with a bassoon type sound."

Martin: [launches into his Indian voice] "It was pretty ethnic."

Lyrics


If You Want

Working week's come to its end

Party time is here again

Everyone can come if they want to

If you want to be with me

If you want to be with me

You can come with me if you want to


Exercise your basic right

We could build a building site

From the bricks of shame is built the hope

If you want to be with me

If you want to be with me

Even though you may still not want to


Let tomorrow and today

Bring a life of ecstacy

Wipe away your tears of confusion

If you want to be with me

If you want to be with me

You can come with me if you want to

Even though you may still not want to / Even though you still may not want to[1]


Songwriter: Alan Wilder
Publishing Information: ©1984 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Demo version

If You Want is the penultimate track on the 1984 album Some Great Reward and is the second track on Alan Wilder's 1984 "Some Great Reward" demo tape, which consists of four tracks. You can stream the entire demo track below, or download the entire four-track demo tape here.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "If You Want"
Main article: List of dates where "If You Want" was played

References

  1. ↑ There is a single change in lyrics between the album and the demo versions in the last line of the song. The placement of the words "still" and "may" appear in sequence in the demo version, and are reversed in the album version.
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