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{{Song infobox
|title=Judas
|screen=hd
|screenshot=Album-SOFAD.jpg
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|album=[[Songs Of Faith And Devotion]]
|songwriter=[[Martin L. Gore]]
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Flood]]
|studio=Madrid, Spain<br>Chateau du Pape (Hamburg, Germany)
|tempo=126
|timesignature={{music|time|4|4}}
|key=D♭ Major
|label=[[Mute Records]]
|length=5:14
|recordingdate=February 1992 – January 1993
|releasedate=22 March 1993
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{{S|Judas}} is a song from the 1993 album <i>[[Songs Of Faith And Devotion]]</i> by [[Depeche Mode]].
== Notes ==
== Notes ==


Martin Gore tells Australian newspaper In Press:
Martin Gore tells Australian newspaper In Press:
<blockquote>"'Judas' is an arrogant love song. We are not condoning unsafe sex. It is about wanting one hundred percent of someone in a relationship – the ultimate arrogance."
<blockquote>"'Judas' is an arrogant love song. We are not condoning unsafe sex. It is about wanting one hundred percent of someone in a relationship – the ultimate arrogance."
</blockquote>
Alan Wilder was asked by a fan [http://www.recoil.co.uk/evidence/qa-vault/qa-depeche-mode/qa-depeche-mode-songs-of-faith-and-devotion/ on his site] if it is true that recording Judas resulted in a hige fight between him and Martin:
<blockquote>
"Huge fight? No, but true to say that Martin and I didn't really see eye to eye on that one. We actually recorded that track in 3 or 4 different ways, the reggae-ish version being the second incarnation I think. There was also the original demo style as well as a sort of blues / country version. The final version was completed very late in the day and Martin didn't say much about it which is his way of indicating he doesn't like something."
</blockquote>
And when asked [http://www.recoil.co.uk/evidence/qa-vault/qa-depeche-mode/qa-depeche-mode-songs-of-faith-and-devotion/ on the same site] how the crowd section at the end of Judas was recorded, he replied:
<blockquote>
"15 people (tape op's, studio secretaries, the cook etc...) multitracked 6 times making a total of 90 voices + delays and reverbs. Then we eq'ed the sound to make it seem like it was sung in a deep southern church hall in the 1960's, rather than Wembley stadium."
</blockquote>
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"[T]he beginning of "Judas" has Uillean pipes recorded straight, with backwards reverb mixed in."
"[T]he beginning of "Judas" has Uillean pipes recorded straight, with backwards reverb mixed in."
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= Lyrics =


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== Live performances ==
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 19 September 2024

4. Mercy In You
5. Judas
List of Songs of Faith and Devotion songs
6. In Your Room
Judas
Album-SOFAD.jpg
Song Judas
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Produced by Depeche Mode
Flood
Recorded at Madrid, Spain
Chateau du Pape (Hamburg, Germany)
Length (mm:ss) 5:14
Tempo 126 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key D♭ Major
Recorded February 1992 – January 1993
Originally released 22 March 1993
Live performances as Depeche Mode 96 times *
Total live performances 96 times *

"Judas" is a song from the 1993 album Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode.

Notes

Martin Gore tells Australian newspaper In Press:

"'Judas' is an arrogant love song. We are not condoning unsafe sex. It is about wanting one hundred percent of someone in a relationship – the ultimate arrogance."

Alan Wilder was asked by a fan on his site if it is true that recording Judas resulted in a hige fight between him and Martin:

"Huge fight? No, but true to say that Martin and I didn't really see eye to eye on that one. We actually recorded that track in 3 or 4 different ways, the reggae-ish version being the second incarnation I think. There was also the original demo style as well as a sort of blues / country version. The final version was completed very late in the day and Martin didn't say much about it which is his way of indicating he doesn't like something."

And when asked on the same site how the crowd section at the end of Judas was recorded, he replied:

"15 people (tape op's, studio secretaries, the cook etc...) multitracked 6 times making a total of 90 voices + delays and reverbs. Then we eq'ed the sound to make it seem like it was sung in a deep southern church hall in the 1960's, rather than Wembley stadium."

Alan Wilder said in the May 1993 issue of Keyboard magazine:

"[T]he beginning of "Judas" has Uillean pipes recorded straight, with backwards reverb mixed in."

Lyrics


Judas

Is simplicity best

Or simply the easiest

The narrowest path

Is always the holiest

So walk on barefoot for me

Suffer some misery

If you want my love

If you want my love


Man will survive

The harshest conditions

And stay alive

Through difficult decisions

So make up your mind for me

Walk the line for me

If you want my love

If you want my love


Idle talk

And hollow promises

Cheating Judases

Doubting Thomases

Don't just stand there and shout it

Do something about it


You can fulfill

Your wildest ambitions

And I'm sure you will

Lose your inhibitions

So open yourself for me

Risk your health for me

If you want my love

If you want my love

If you want my love

If you want my love


Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1992 Grabbing Hands Music Overseas/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Judas"
Main article: List of dates where "Judas" was played