Told You So

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Told You So
Song	Told You So
By	Depeche Mode
Songwriter	Martin L. Gore
Produced by	Daniel Miller Depeche Mode
Recorded at	The Garden (London)
Length (mm:ss)	4:26
Tempo	130 BPM
Time signature	4 4
Key	A♭ Minor
Engineered by	Ferg Peterkin Gareth Jones
Tonmeister	Gareth Jones
Mixed at	Hansa Mischraum
Mastered by	Christian Stegmaier
Design	Martyn Atkins Town & Country Planning
Illustrations	Ian Wright
Originally released	22 August 1983
Live performances as Depeche Mode	130 times *
Total live performances	130 times *

"Told You So" is a song from the 1983 album Construction Time Again by Depeche Mode.

Martin Gore's 1983 home demo

'Told You So' is one of several song demos prepared by Martin Gore for the 1983 Construction Time Again album. Notably, the second verse has a different lyric compared to the album version. It sounds like Gore sings "I've gone to shoot the eyelet in the tall church spire" (it is very hard to understand that line, accuracy not guaranteed); the album version says "sights set higher than the tall church spire".

Live versions

This section provides an example of a live version of Told You So from each tour that it was played.

• Play 1983 - 1984 "Construction Time Again" Tour: 1983-10-08 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK
• Play 1984 - 1985 "Some Great Reward" Tour: 1984-11-02 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK
• Play 2010 - 2011 "Selected Events" Tour: 2010-03-19 Meistersaal, Hansa Tonstudios, Berlin, Germany

Live versions

This section provides examples of live versions of Told You So from each tour that it was played. The recording from 1984-12-09 Hamburg is generally regarded as the best sounding version out of these examples.

1983-1984 Construction Time Again Tour

• Play 1983-10-08 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK (pre-FM broadcast)
• Play 1983-12-06 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (FM broadcast)

1984-1985 Some Great Reward Tour

• Play 1984-11-02 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK (Soundboard)
• Play 1984-12-09 Alsterdorf Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany (pre-FM broadcast)

2010-2011 Selected Events Tour

• Play 2010-03-19 Meistersaal, Hansa Tonstudios, Berlin, USA (Audience)

Lyrics

Told You So

And do those feet in modern times

Walk upon the flowers

And walk upon their brothers

While their heads are busy lying low

Trying to keep to cover

Something went wrong

Along the way

Everybody's waiting for

Judgment day

So they can go

Told you so

Bring me my gun of itching desire

Bring me my bullets and I will fire

Sights set higher than the tall church spire

Something went wrong

Along the way

Everybody's waiting for

Judgment day

So they can go

Told you so

So they can go

Told you so

Standing in line

The blind lead the blind

Waiting and waiting

For an overdue sign

Brothers and sisters

Playing Chinese whispers

If things aren't suited

Then they'll get diluted

There's one more dead with a hole in his head

He shouldn't have said all the things he said

Many tears were shed for the blood he bled

Something went wrong

Along the way

Everybody's waiting for

Judgment day

So they can go

Told you so

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1983 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Told You So"

Main article: List of dates where "Told You So" was played