Dreaming Of Me

Dreaming Of Me
Song	Dreaming Of Me
By	Depeche Mode
Songwriter	Vince Clarke
Working title	"Dreams Of Me"
Produced by	Depeche Mode Daniel Miller
Recorded at	Blackwing Studios (London)
Length (mm:ss)	3:46 (fade-out version) 4:03 (cold end version)
Tempo	134 BPM
Time signature	4 4
Key	F♯ Minor
Engineered by	Eric Radcliffe John Fryer
Photography	Brian Griffin
Recorded	December 1980
Originally released	20 February 1981
Live performances as Depeche Mode	103 times *
Total live performances	103 times *

"Dreaming Of Me" is a song from the US pressing of the 1981 album Speak & Spell by Depeche Mode. It was released as the group's debut single on 20 February 1981.

Notes

In May/June 2020, someone named Adam Spector claimed that his brother Paul had written the lyrics to 'New Life' (you can read that here). In July 2020, a former bandmate of Paul Spector, named Jeff McCall, uploaded a song titled 'Do I Know You' on YouTube, of which its verses carry the same melody as those in Depeche Mode's song 'Dreaming Of Me'. Jeff wrote the following:

"Here is a recording of my former Malicieux Garde bandmate Adam Spector, jamming with his cousin Vince Clarke. Vince is playing drums and singing whilst Adam plays the synths. This was recorded before Composition Of Sound changed their name to Depeche Mode. The Song 'Do I Know You' was written by Adam and was later performed by Malicieux Garde and became a fixture of our live set. You can watch a performance of it here."

Dave Gahan said in the 1985-10-26 issue of Melody Maker:

"This was an obvious first single. We had about 20 songs but Daniel Miller, as an outsider at the time, helped us choose one. I don't think it sounds old-fashioned – I think it's a classic pop song."

Lyrics

Dreaming Of Me

Light switch

Man switch

Film was broken only then

All the night

Fused tomorrow

Dancing with a distant friend

Filming and screening

I picture the scene

Filming and dreaming

Dreaming of me

So we left

Understanding

Clean-cut, so we're sounding fast

Talked of sad

I talked of war

I laughed and climbed the rising cast

Filming and screening

I picture the scene

Filming and dreaming

Dreaming of me

Quickly I remembered

Fused and saw a face before

Timing reason

Understanding

Like association hall

Filming and screening

I picture the scene

Filming and dreaming

Dreaming of me

Just dreaming of me

It's only me

Just me

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

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Dreaming Of Me"

Main article: List of dates where "Dreaming Of Me" was played

Live versions

This section provides examples of live versions of Dreaming Of Me from each tour that it was played. The recordings from 1981-08-26 London, 1982-02-21 Glasgow and 1982-03-06 Madrid are generally regarded as the best sounding versions out of these examples.

1980 Tour

• Play 1980-10-30 Bridge House, London, England, UK (Audience)
• Play 1980-11-14 Technical College, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England, UK (Audience)

1981 Tour

• Play 1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK (Soundboard)
• Play 1981-08-26 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, UK (FM broadcast)

1982 See You Tour

• Play 1982-02-21 Tiffany's, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (FM broadcast)
• Play 1982-03-06 Rockola, Madrid, Spain (FM broadcast)

1982-1983 A Broken Frame Tour

• Play 1982-10-27 Apollo, Manchester, England, UK (Audience)
• Play 1982-11-28 Zeche, Bochum, Germany (Audience)

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