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{{Song infobox
|title=Two Minute Warning
|screen=hd
|screenshot=Album-CTA.jpg
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|album=[[Construction Time Again]]
|songwriter=[[Alan Wilder]]
|producer=[[Daniel Miller]]<br>[[Depeche Mode]]
|studio=The Garden (London)
|label=[[Mute Records]]
|length=4:13
|tempo=111
|timesignature={{music|time|4|4}}
|key=G Minor
|mixedat=Hansa Mischraum
|engineeredby=[[Gareth Jones]]
|masteredby=Christian Stegmaier
|masteredat=Teldec-Studio (Berlin)
|tonmeister=[[Gareth Jones]]
|designby=Martyn Atkins<br>Town & Country Planning
|photography=Brian Griffin
|illustrationsby=Ian Wright
|releasedate=22 August 1983
|colorscheme=CTA
}}
 
{{S|Two Minute Warning}} is a song from the 1983 album <i>[[Construction Time Again]]</i> by [[Depeche Mode]].
 
== Notes ==
 
Alan Wilder said in [http://www.recoil.co.uk/evidence/qa-vault/qa-depeche-mode/qa-depeche-mode-construction-time-again/ the Q&A on Shunt]: "It was about the nuclear arms race of the eighties."
 
In the 1983-08-20 issue of Sounds Magazine, he also said:
<blockquote>It's almost surreal – the possibility of a nuclear holocaust is so terrifying, but to actually turn it round and try to make it beautiful – and the tune is very light and bouncy – is more of a challenge than making it doomy. I really like the idea of people humming "Two Minute Warning" without realising what it's about.
</blockquote>
 
{{Template:Lyrics|Two Minute Warning|
We're lying by the orange sky
 
Two million miles across the land
 
Scattered to the highest high
 
Expect they'll either laugh or cry
 
No sex, no consequence, no sympathy
 
You're good enough to heat
 
 
Two minute warning
 
Two minutes later
 
When time has come
 
My days are numbered
 
 
The dawning of another year
 
Marks time for those who understand
 
One in four still here
 
While you and I go hand in hand
 
No radio, no sound, no sin, no sanctuary
 
So welcome to your last
 
 
The sun, the solitude, the cemetary
 
So welcome to your last
|Alan Wilder|©1983 RCA Music Ltd. All rights reserved.}}
 
== Live performances ==
{{Live section}}
 
[[Category:Depeche Mode songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Alan Wilder]]
[[Category:Construction Time Again songs]]
[[Category:Songs in G Minor]]
[[Category:Songs between 110-114 BPM]]
 
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Latest revision as of 15:19, 22 August 2024

4. Everything Counts
5. Two Minute Warning
List of Construction Time Again songs
6. Shame
Two Minute Warning
Album-CTA.jpg
Song Two Minute Warning
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Alan Wilder
Produced by Daniel Miller
Depeche Mode
Recorded at The Garden (London)
Length (mm:ss) 4:13
Tempo 111 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key G Minor
Engineered by Gareth Jones
Tonmeister Gareth Jones
Mixed at Hansa Mischraum
Mastered by Christian Stegmaier
Design Martyn Atkins
Town & Country Planning
Illustrations Ian Wright
Originally released 22 August 1983
Live performances as Depeche Mode 125 times *
Total live performances 125 times *

"Two Minute Warning" is a song from the 1983 album Construction Time Again by Depeche Mode.

Notes

Alan Wilder said in the Q&A on Shunt: "It was about the nuclear arms race of the eighties."

In the 1983-08-20 issue of Sounds Magazine, he also said:

It's almost surreal – the possibility of a nuclear holocaust is so terrifying, but to actually turn it round and try to make it beautiful – and the tune is very light and bouncy – is more of a challenge than making it doomy. I really like the idea of people humming "Two Minute Warning" without realising what it's about.

Lyrics


Two Minute Warning

We're lying by the orange sky

Two million miles across the land

Scattered to the highest high

Expect they'll either laugh or cry

No sex, no consequence, no sympathy

You're good enough to heat


Two minute warning

Two minutes later

When time has come

My days are numbered


The dawning of another year

Marks time for those who understand

One in four still here

While you and I go hand in hand

No radio, no sound, no sin, no sanctuary

So welcome to your last


The sun, the solitude, the cemetary

So welcome to your last


Songwriter: Alan Wilder
Publishing Information: ©1983 RCA Music Ltd. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Two Minute Warning"
Main article: List of dates where "Two Minute Warning" was played