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{{MLG}} told {{EL|https://web.archive.org/web/20170307195630/http://www.trackrecord.net/features/articles/depeche-mode-fletch-martin-gore-spirit-interview/4674 TrackRecord}} (archived): | |||
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"'Where's The Revolution' was written at some point in 2015. I think, there was a sense of things going wrong and the world wasn't in a great place then. That was pre-Brexit, but you know there were awful problems going on. The Syrian crisis had been dragging on for years... I live in America, and around that time there were blacks getting shot on a kind of weekly basis by the police and rioting, you | "'Where's The Revolution' was written at some point in 2015. I think, there was a sense of things going wrong and the world wasn't in a great place then. That was pre-Brexit, but you know there were awful problems going on. The Syrian crisis had been dragging on for years... I live in America, and around that time there were blacks getting shot on a kind of weekly basis by the police and rioting, you know — the whole Middle East, is just a big mess. I can't believe the West has sat back and watched Syria get worse and worse and worse. It's a very difficult problem to solve, especially when the Russians and the rest of the world are on different pages, but you know on a humanitarian level it's just—I can't believe people can sit back and let it happen." | ||
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Gore and [[Dave Gahan]] told [[2017-04-28 Backstage Mit Depeche Mode, Amazon Music Unlimited, Germany|Amazon]]: | |||
<blockquote> | <blockquote>'''Gahan''': "It always felt like, right from when I heard the demo of 'Where's The Revolution', it seemed like the obvious single. It's kind of got this hook. But what was interesting to me about it was the lyrical content. I liked the way the songs kind of points the finger at everybody else and asking the question 'Where is it?' And it also slides into the title of the album, "Spirit". To me, that revolution comes from within. I don't know if Martin wrote the song with that in mind, but I heard the song this way, like, 'Where is the revolution?' It comes from each of us, it comes from within, it takes guts, it's like a call to arms or something. And it's also scattered with this sort of imagery of all these sort of failed idealistic Marxism, the big business, the band, all these ideas of these things that we follow and latch ourselves onto, but we know what's right within. One of the essences in life is choice: we do have a choice in what we do in the end, and they can be bad choices." | ||
'''Gore''': "It's always good if you have a track that kind of sums up the album, and it's even better if that song is hymnistic, and it's kind of powerful. So fortunately this time around we had 'Where's The Revolution'. We felt that was a great statement to make and should definitely be the first track to be released to bring us back with a statement. I think that if the album had been released months ago, we probably would have gone with that as the first single, because it is representative and powerful like I said." | |||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
Gore also told [[2017-03-20/24 Album Der Woche, Radio Eins, Berlin, Germany|Radio Eins in 2017]]: | |||
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"It was one of the first songs that I wrote for the album [Spirit] that kind of started this social commentary." | "It was one of the first songs that I wrote for the album [''Spirit''] that kind of started this social commentary." | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
Gahan 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): | |||
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"Martin wrote [this song] in a very sarcastic, English way." | "Martin wrote [this song] in a very sarcastic, English way." | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
Depeche Mode have said in interviews (like during the [[2016-10-11 Press Conference, Teatro dell'Arte, La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy|2016-10-11 press conference]]) that producer James Ford taught himself to play Martin's pedal steel guitar within one day while in the studio, and thus this guitar was used in some songs including 'Where's The Revolution'. | Depeche Mode have said in interviews (like during the [[2016-10-11 Press Conference, Teatro dell'Arte, La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy|2016-10-11 press conference]]) that producer [[James Ford]] taught himself to play Martin's pedal steel guitar within one day while in the studio, and thus this guitar was used in some songs including 'Where's The Revolution'. | ||
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Where's The Revolution
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| Song | Where's The Revolution |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | James Ford |
| Recorded at | Sound Design (Santa Barbara) Jungle City (New York) |
| Length (mm:ss) | 4:59 |
| Tempo | 105 BPM |
| Time signature | 3 4 |
| Key | F Minor |
| 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 | 3 February 2017 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 124 times * |
| Total live performances | 124 times * |
"Where's The Revolution" is a song from the 2017 album Spirit by Depeche Mode. It was released as a lead single on 3 February 2017.
Notes
Martin Gore told TrackRecord (archived):
"'Where's The Revolution' was written at some point in 2015. I think, there was a sense of things going wrong and the world wasn't in a great place then. That was pre-Brexit, but you know there were awful problems going on. The Syrian crisis had been dragging on for years... I live in America, and around that time there were blacks getting shot on a kind of weekly basis by the police and rioting, you know — the whole Middle East, is just a big mess. I can't believe the West has sat back and watched Syria get worse and worse and worse. It's a very difficult problem to solve, especially when the Russians and the rest of the world are on different pages, but you know on a humanitarian level it's just—I can't believe people can sit back and let it happen."
Gore and Dave Gahan told Amazon:
Gahan: "It always felt like, right from when I heard the demo of 'Where's The Revolution', it seemed like the obvious single. It's kind of got this hook. But what was interesting to me about it was the lyrical content. I liked the way the songs kind of points the finger at everybody else and asking the question 'Where is it?' And it also slides into the title of the album, "Spirit". To me, that revolution comes from within. I don't know if Martin wrote the song with that in mind, but I heard the song this way, like, 'Where is the revolution?' It comes from each of us, it comes from within, it takes guts, it's like a call to arms or something. And it's also scattered with this sort of imagery of all these sort of failed idealistic Marxism, the big business, the band, all these ideas of these things that we follow and latch ourselves onto, but we know what's right within. One of the essences in life is choice: we do have a choice in what we do in the end, and they can be bad choices."
Gore: "It's always good if you have a track that kind of sums up the album, and it's even better if that song is hymnistic, and it's kind of powerful. So fortunately this time around we had 'Where's The Revolution'. We felt that was a great statement to make and should definitely be the first track to be released to bring us back with a statement. I think that if the album had been released months ago, we probably would have gone with that as the first single, because it is representative and powerful like I said."
Gore also told Radio Eins in 2017:
"It was one of the first songs that I wrote for the album [Spirit] that kind of started this social commentary."
Gahan told Rolling Stone (archived):
"Martin wrote [this song] in a very sarcastic, English way."
Depeche Mode have said in interviews (like during the 2016-10-11 press conference) that producer James Ford taught himself to play Martin's pedal steel guitar within one day while in the studio, and thus this guitar was used in some songs including 'Where's The Revolution'.
Lyrics
Where's The Revolution
You've been kept down
You've been pushed 'round
You've been lied to
You've been fed truths
Who's making your decisions
You or your religion
Your government, your countries
You patriotic junkies
Where's the revolution
Come on people
You're letting me down
Where's the revolution
Come on people
You're letting me down
You've been pissed on
For too long
Your rights abused
Your views refused
They manipulate and threaten
With terror as a weapon
Scare you til you're stupefied
Wear you down until you're on their side
Where's the revolution
Come on people
You're letting me down
Where's the revolution
Come on people
You're letting me down
The train is coming, the train is coming
The train is coming, the train is coming
So get on board, get on board
Get on board, get on board
The engine's humming, the engine's humming
The engine's humming, the engine's humming
So get on board, get on board
Get on board, get on board
Where's the revolution
Come on people
You're letting me down
Where's the revolution
Come on people
You're letting me down
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©2015 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)
Music video
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Where's The Revolution"
- Main article: List of dates where "Where's The Revolution" was played
