I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead

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I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
Song	I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
By	Depeche Mode
Songwriter	Vince Clarke
Produced by	Depeche Mode Daniel Miller
Recorded at	Blackwing Studios (London)
Length (mm:ss)	2:16
Tempo	129 BPM
Time signature	4 4
Key	D Major
Engineered by	Eric Radcliffe John Fryer
Originally released	6 November 1981
Live performances as Depeche Mode	56 times *
Total live performances	56 times *

"I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead" is a song from the 1981 album Speak & Spell by Depeche Mode.

Notes

This song was put on a Flexidisc for the 1981-09-11 issue of Flexipop magazine, and was reissued in 2018 as part of the 12" singles vinyl boxsets, sourced from the master tape. The Flexipop version is different from the album version, which was released later in 1981 as part of "Speak & Spell". On the Flexidisc, the song is titled Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead (the positions of the first two words are swapped).

Lyrics

I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead

New sound all around

You can hear it too

Getting hot, never stop

Just for me and you

Playing on my radio and saying that you had to go

New day turn away

Wipe away the tear

New night, feel right

Knowing that you're here

Dancing with you all the time, and don't you think that it's a crime

Back street never meet

Never say goodbye

I know where you go

But I don't know why

You say that it's from above, and I say this is modern love

Songwriter: Vince Clarke
Publishing Information: ©1981 Musical Moments Ltd./Sony Music Publishing Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead"

Main article: List of dates where "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead" was played