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{{Song
{{Song infobox
|title=Memphisto
|title=Memphisto
|screen=hd
|screen=hd
|screenshot=Album-Violator.jpg
|screenshot=Single-ETS.jpg
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|album=[[Violator]]
|album=[[Violator]]
|songwriter=[[Martin L. Gore]]
|songwriter=[[Martin L. Gore]]
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]] [[Flood]]
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Flood]]
|studio=Puk Studios, Denmark and Logic Studios, Milan
|studio=Puk Studios, Denmark<br>Logic Studios, Milan
|tempo=109.936
|tempo=109.936
|timesignature=N/A
|timesignature={{music|time|3|4}}
|key=G Major
|key=G Major
|label=[[Mute]]
|mixingby=[[François Kevorkian]]
|engineeringby=Pino Pischetola<br>Peter Iversen<br>[[Steve Lyon]]<br>Goh Hotoda<br>Alan Gregorie<br>Dennis Mitchell<br>Phil Legg
|engineeringassistance=[[Daryl Bamonte]]<br>Dick Meaney<br>David Browne<br>Mark Flannery
|sleevedesignby=[[Anton Corbijn]]<br>Area
|label=[[Mute Records]]
|length=4:02
|length=4:02
|recordingdate=1989
|recordingdate=1989
|releasedate=January 16, 1990
|releasedate=16 January 1990
|colorscheme=Violator
|colorscheme=Enjoy
}}
}}
"[[Memphisto]]" is an [[:Category:Instrumental songs|instrumental]] song produced during the recording of 1990 album ''[[Violator]]'' by [[Depeche Mode]]. It was released as a B-side to the single "[[Enjoy The Silence]]" on 16 January 1990.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==


An uncredited band member tells Poster Seductores magazine in 1990 (translated from Spanish):
An uncredited band member tells ''Poster Seductores'' magazine in 1990: "We like cinema and we like to create special [atmospheres] with our music. In a way, 'Memphisto' is our homage to that esoteric cinema."
<blockquote>
 
"We like cinema and we like to create special climates with our music. In a way, 'Memphisto' is our homage to that esoteric cinema."
[[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]] clarifies the origin of the song's title in an April 1993 interview for ''Bong'' magazine: "It was the name of a make-believe film I invented about Elvis as the devil."<ref>Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303183428/http://www.sacreddm.net/fanclub/bongmag/bong18/text1.htm Bong 18, April 1993 ASK MARTIN]</ref>
</blockquote>


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{{B-sides}}
== References ==
[[Category:Depeche Mode songs]]
[[Category:Violator songs]]
[[Category:Violator songs]]
[[Category:Depeche Mode instrumental songs]]
[[Category:Instrumental songs]]
[[Category:Songs in G Major]]
[[Category:Songs between 105-109 BPM]]
[[Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore]]
[[Category:Depeche Mode B-sides]]
<metadesc>"Memphisto" is an instrumental song produced during the recording of 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. It was released as a B-side to the single "Enjoy The Silence" on 16 January 1990.</metadesc><nowiki/>

Latest revision as of 10:00, 22 June 2020

Memphisto
Single-ETS.jpg
Song Memphisto
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Produced by Depeche Mode
Flood
Recorded at Puk Studios, Denmark
Logic Studios, Milan
Length (mm:ss) 4:02
Tempo 109.936 BPM
Time signature 3
4
Key G Major
Engineering assistance Daryl Bamonte
Dick Meaney
David Browne
Mark Flannery
Mixed by François Kevorkian
Recorded 1989
Originally released 16 January 1990
Live performances as Depeche Mode 0 times *
Total live performances 0 times *

"Memphisto" is an instrumental song produced during the recording of 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. It was released as a B-side to the single "Enjoy The Silence" on 16 January 1990.

Notes

An uncredited band member tells Poster Seductores magazine in 1990: "We like cinema and we like to create special [atmospheres] with our music. In a way, 'Memphisto' is our homage to that esoteric cinema."

Martin Gore clarifies the origin of the song's title in an April 1993 interview for Bong magazine: "It was the name of a make-believe film I invented about Elvis as the devil."[1]

Dates where Memphisto was played

Memphisto has never been played live.


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