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See You
Song	See You
By	Depeche Mode
Songwriter	Martin L. Gore
Produced by	Daniel Miller Depeche Mode
Recorded at	Blackwing Studios (London)
Length (mm:ss)	4:34 (album version) 3:55 (7"/single version) 4:50 (12" version)
Tempo	140 BPM
Time signature	4 4
Key	A Minor
Engineered by	John Fryer Eric Radcliffe
Photography	Brian Griffin
Calligraphy	Ching Ching Lee
Recorded	December 1981
Originally released	29 January 1982
Live performances as Depeche Mode	212 times *
Total live performances	212 times *

"See You" is a song from the 1982 album A Broken Frame by Depeche Mode. It was released as a lead single on 29 January 1982.

Notes

You can read more about the inspiration and creation of 'See You' here.

Daniel Miller wrote in the sleeve notes for the A Broken Frame 2006 remaster:

"Martin [Gore] had brought a PPG, one of the first digital keyboards. It was called a wave table synth and was pretty advanced for its time, but very unreliable. We got some sounds on it that we wouldn't have otherwise got — the choir sound on 'See You' came from that."

The magazine Electronics & Music Maker wrote in their May 1982 issue:

"'See You' [...] features a great melodic sequencer bass line (using a Roland MC4 Microcomposer) and some truly wonderful vocal and bell sounds courtesy of the newly acquired PPG Wave 2 digital/analogue synth."

Martin Gore told Kingsize magazine in May 2001:

"Do I feel any affection for things like 'See You'? Not really, no. It was the first song I wrote after Vince left, and I think I was just trying to copy his style. It was a nightmare recording because we still lived in Basildon and caught the last train back from London. It was always a dodgy train, full of drunkards, and we always got into fights, sometimes because we were recognised, but usually it was just pure Essex violence!"

Lyrics

See You

All I want to do is see you again

Is that too much to ask for

I just want to see your sweet smile

Smiled the way it was before

Well I'll try not to hold you

And I'll try not to kiss you

And I won't even touch you

All I want to do is see you

Don't you know that it's true

I remember the days when we walked through the woods

We'd sit on a bench for a while

I treasure the way we used to laugh and play

And look in each others eyes

You can keep me at a distance if you don't trust my resistance

But I swear I won't touch you

All I want to do is see you

Don't you know that it's true

Well I know five years is a long time and that times change

But I think that you'll find people are basically the same

If the water's still flowing we can go for a swim

And do the things we used to do

And if I'm reluctant you can pull me in

We can relive our youth

But we'll just stay friendly like sister and brother

Though I think I still love you

All I want to do is see you

Don't you know that it's true

All I want to do is see you

Don't you know that it's true

All I want to do is

See you

All I want to do is

See you

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1982 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "See You"

Main article: List of dates where "See You" was played

Depeche Mode songs released as singles 1981-1985: Dreaming Of Me • New Life • Just Can't Get Enough • See You • The Meaning Of Love • Leave In Silence • Get The Balance Right • Everything Counts • Love In Itself • People Are People • Master And Servant • Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody • Shake The Disease • It's Called A Heart 1986-1989: Stripped • But Not Tonight • A Question Of Lust • A Question Of Time • Strangelove • Never Let Me Down Again • Behind The Wheel • Little 15 • Personal Jesus 1990-1998: Enjoy The Silence • Policy Of Truth • World In My Eyes • I Feel You • Walking In My Shoes • Condemnation • In Your Room • Barrel Of A Gun • It's No Good • Home • Useless • Only When I Lose Myself 2001-2009: Dream On • I Feel Loved • Freelove • Goodnight Lovers • Precious • A Pain That I'm Used To • Suffer Well • John The Revelator / Lilian • Martyr • Wrong • Peace • Fragile Tension / Hole To Feed 2013-2017: Heaven • Soothe My Soul • Should Be Higher • Where's The Revolution • Going Backwards • Cover Me 2023: Ghosts Again Recoil songs released as singles 1992-1998: Faith Healer • Drifting • Stalker / Missing Piece 2000-2008: Strange Hours • Jezebel • Prey • Allelujah Dave Gahan songs released as singles 2003-2008: Dirty Sticky Floors • I Need You • Bottle Living / Hold On • A Little Piece • Kingdom • Saw Something / Deeper And Deeper 2012-2015: Longest Day • Take Me Back Home • All Of This And Nothing • Shine Martin Gore solo songs released as singles 1989-2003: Compulsion • Stardust • Loverman 2012-2015: Spock • Single Blip • Aftermaths • Europa Hymn • "Pinking" (Christoffer Berg Remix) Official releases Studio albums • Live albums • Compilation albums • Video albums • Singles