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{{Song infobox
| title = So Much Love
| screen = hd
| screenshot = Album-Spirit.jpg
| artist = [[Depeche Mode]]
| songwriter = [[Martin L. Gore]]
| producer = [[James Ford]]
| studio = Sound Design (Santa Barbara)<br>Jungle City (New York)
| length = 4:29
| tempo = 140
| timesignature = {{music|time|4|4}}
| key = C Major
| programmedby = Matrixxman<br>Kurt Uenala
| engineeredby = Jimmy Robertson
| mixingby = [[James Ford]]
| mixingassistance = Brendan Morawski
| masteredby = Brian Lucey
| studioassistance = Connor Long<br>Óscar Muñoz<br>David Schaeman<br>Brendan Morawski
| drumsby = [[James Ford]]
| artdirection = [[Anton Corbijn]]
| designby = SMEL
| recordingdate = April–August 2016
| releasedate = 17 March 2017
| colorscheme = Spirit
}}
 
{{S|So Much Love}} is a song from the 2017 album ''[[Spirit]]'' by [[Depeche Mode]].
 
== Notes ==
{{MLG}} told [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWTPNuzYst8 Rolling Stone France]:
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
"Sounds really influence the composition of a song. An example of this would be the song 'So Much Love'. At the beginning there was a driving main sound, which I programmed on a Eurorack synthesizer. Ultimately it is this sound that helped the track to its somewhat punky feel."
"[...] the very last song that I wrote for the album [''Spirit''] was 'So Much Love', because I felt that I had to write something positive. I felt that I had to say that, with all this going, it doesn't matter what you do to me, there is still a lot of love in me."
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


Martin told [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWTPNuzYst8 Rolling Stone France]:
Gore told Keys Magazine (translated from German):
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
"[...] the very last song that I wrote for the album [Spirit] was 'So Much Love', because I felt that I had to write something positive. I felt that I had to say that, with all this going, it doesn't matter what you do to me, there is still a lot of love in me."
"Sounds really influence the composition of a song. An example of this would be the song 'So Much Love'. At the beginning there was a driving main sound, which I programmed on a Eurorack synthesizer. Ultimately it is this sound that helped the track to its somewhat punky feel."
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


Dave Gahan told [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/depeche-modes-dave-gahan-on-urgent-new-lp-bowie-influence-w462560 Rolling Stone] about 'So Much Love':
[[Dave Gahan]] told [[2017-04-09 Gaydio 88.4FM, Manchester, UK|Phil Marriott]] that for 'So Much Love', Depeche Mode wanted "a vintage, kind of broken, busted up drum-sound."
 
Gahan also told {{EL|https://web.archive.org/web/20171121105311/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/depeche-modes-dave-gahan-on-urgent-new-lp-bowie-influence-w462560 Rolling Stone}} (archived):
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
"It's like we have so much love here, we really do, but we're afraid to use it and access it. It's the old John Lennon thing, like, 'love and peace, man.' [...] ['So Much Love'] also reminds me of early electronic stuff, like Tuxedomoon and Cabaret Voltaire, who did kind of punky, distorted songs."
"It's like we have so much love here, we really do, but we're afraid to use it and access it. It's the old John Lennon thing, like, 'love and peace, man.' [...] ['So Much Love'] also reminds me of early electronic stuff, like Tuxedomoon and Cabaret Voltaire, who did kind of punky, distorted songs."
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


[[2017-03-27 Paradiso, RTS La Première, Lausanne, Switzerland|Paradiso]] asked if 'So Much Love' would not have been better as the final track on 'Spirit' since it would have ended it on a happy note, to which Dave Gahan replied:
[[2017-03-27 Paradiso, RTS La Première, Lausanne, Switzerland|Paradiso]] asked if 'So Much Love' would not have been better as the final track on ''Spirit'' since it would have ended it on a happy note, to which Gahan replied:
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
"Well, funnily enough, there was one tracklisting on the album where 'So Much Love' was the final song. I did feel like it should be the final song on the album. And Martin felt that we should end the album in a different way, so I was pretty much outvoted. And that's the way it goes, we are a democracy, it doesn't mean I have to be right. I understand what you are saying because I felt that the songs, all the songs on the album, are all leading in a certain direction, and I felt like this was the song that says we all still have so much love in us. Let's have some hopefulness at the end of this dark tunnel. [But] it worked: it would always have worked no matter where it is [on the album]."
"Well, funnily enough, there was one tracklisting on the album where 'So Much Love' was the final song. I did feel like it should be the final song on the album. And Martin felt that we should end the album in a different way, so I was pretty much outvoted. And that's the way it goes, we are a democracy, it doesn't mean I have to be right. I understand what you are saying because I felt that the songs, all the songs on the album, are all leading in a certain direction, and I felt like this was the song that says we all still have so much love in us. Let's have some hopefulness at the end of this dark tunnel. [But] it worked: it would always have worked no matter where it is [on the album]."
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


{{Template:Song17|So Much Love}}
Gore told [[2017-04-28 Backstage Mit Depeche Mode, Amazon Music Unlimited, Germany|Amazon]]:
<blockquote>"[...] One of the suggestions was for us to finish [the album] on that song, but it didn't really work. It worked thematically: it would have been great. But it was the only really fast song that we had. And to end on that, people would have to get through all the slow songs before getting to, you know, faster than, I don't know what it is, 110 [BPM] or something."
</blockquote>
 
{{Template:Lyrics|So Much Love|
I can't lie
 
I can't fake
 
I can't act
 
My hands shake
 
There's disclosure
 
I must make
 
 
There is so much love in me
 
 
I can't run
 
I have tried
 
There's a thorn
 
In my side
 
There is something
 
I can't hide
 
 
There is so much love in me
 
 
You can forsake me
 
Try to break me
 
But you can't shake me
 
No
 
You can despise me
 
Demonise me
 
It satisfies me
 
So
 
 
There's a fire
 
In my veins
 
The desire
 
Causes pain
 
I will say it
 
Again
 
 
There is so much love in me
 
 
You can forsake me
 
Try to break me
 
But you can't shake me
 
No
 
You can despise me
 
Demonise me
 
It satisfies me
 
So
 
 
There is so much love in me
|Martin L. Gore|©2016 Sony ATV Music Corp. and Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. All rights on behalf of itself and Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. admin. by Sony ATV Music Corp. (BMI). (USA).
Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing Ltd Licensed by Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. (Rest Of The World)}}
 
== Live performances ==
{{Live section}}
 
[[Category:Depeche Mode songs]]
[[Category:Spirit songs]]
[[Category:Songs in C Major]]
[[Category:Songs between 140-144 BPM]]
[[Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore]]
 
<metadesc>"So Much Love" is a song from the 2017 album Spirit by Depeche Mode.</metadesc><nowiki/>

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So Much Love
Album-Spirit.jpg
Song So Much Love
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Produced by James Ford
Recorded at Sound Design (Santa Barbara)
Jungle City (New York)
Length (mm:ss) 4:29
Tempo 140 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key C Major
Programmed by Matrixxman
Kurt Uenala
Engineered by Jimmy Robertson
Mixed by James Ford
Mixing assistance Brendan Morawski
Mastered by Brian Lucey
Studio assistance Connor Long
Óscar Muñoz
David Schaeman
Brendan Morawski
Drums James Ford
Art direction Anton Corbijn
Design SMEL
Recorded April–August 2016
Originally released 17 March 2017
Live performances as Depeche Mode 64 times *
Total live performances 64 times *

"So Much Love" is a song from the 2017 album Spirit by Depeche Mode.

Notes

Martin Gore told Rolling Stone France:

"[...] the very last song that I wrote for the album [Spirit] was 'So Much Love', because I felt that I had to write something positive. I felt that I had to say that, with all this going, it doesn't matter what you do to me, there is still a lot of love in me."

Gore told Keys Magazine (translated from German):

"Sounds really influence the composition of a song. An example of this would be the song 'So Much Love'. At the beginning there was a driving main sound, which I programmed on a Eurorack synthesizer. Ultimately it is this sound that helped the track to its somewhat punky feel."

Dave Gahan told Phil Marriott that for 'So Much Love', Depeche Mode wanted "a vintage, kind of broken, busted up drum-sound."

Gahan also told Rolling Stone (archived):

"It's like we have so much love here, we really do, but we're afraid to use it and access it. It's the old John Lennon thing, like, 'love and peace, man.' [...] ['So Much Love'] also reminds me of early electronic stuff, like Tuxedomoon and Cabaret Voltaire, who did kind of punky, distorted songs."

Paradiso asked if 'So Much Love' would not have been better as the final track on Spirit since it would have ended it on a happy note, to which Gahan replied:

"Well, funnily enough, there was one tracklisting on the album where 'So Much Love' was the final song. I did feel like it should be the final song on the album. And Martin felt that we should end the album in a different way, so I was pretty much outvoted. And that's the way it goes, we are a democracy, it doesn't mean I have to be right. I understand what you are saying because I felt that the songs, all the songs on the album, are all leading in a certain direction, and I felt like this was the song that says we all still have so much love in us. Let's have some hopefulness at the end of this dark tunnel. [But] it worked: it would always have worked no matter where it is [on the album]."

Gore told Amazon:

"[...] One of the suggestions was for us to finish [the album] on that song, but it didn't really work. It worked thematically: it would have been great. But it was the only really fast song that we had. And to end on that, people would have to get through all the slow songs before getting to, you know, faster than, I don't know what it is, 110 [BPM] or something."

Lyrics


So Much Love

I can't lie

I can't fake

I can't act

My hands shake

There's disclosure

I must make


There is so much love in me


I can't run

I have tried

There's a thorn

In my side

There is something

I can't hide


There is so much love in me


You can forsake me

Try to break me

But you can't shake me

No

You can despise me

Demonise me

It satisfies me

So


There's a fire

In my veins

The desire

Causes pain

I will say it

Again


There is so much love in me


You can forsake me

Try to break me

But you can't shake me

No

You can despise me

Demonise me

It satisfies me

So


There is so much love in me


Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©2016 Sony ATV Music Corp. and Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. All rights on behalf of itself and Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. admin. by Sony ATV Music Corp. (BMI). (USA). Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing Ltd Licensed by Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. (Rest Of The World)

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "So Much Love"
Main article: List of dates where "So Much Love" was played

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