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5. Judas List of Songs of Faith and Devotion songs |
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Judas
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| Song | Judas |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Flood |
| Recorded at | Madrid, Spain Chateau du Pape (Hamburg, Germany) |
| Length (mm:ss) | 5:14 |
| Tempo | 126 BPM |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Key | D♭ Major |
| Recorded | February 1992 – January 1993 |
| Originally released | 22 March 1993 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 96 times * |
| Total live performances | 96 times * |
"Judas" is a song from the 1993 album Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode.
Notes
Martin Gore tells Australian newspaper In Press:
"'Judas' is an arrogant love song. We are not condoning unsafe sex. It is about wanting one hundred percent of someone in a relationship – the ultimate arrogance."
Alan Wilder also told author Jonathan Miller for his book Stripped:
"[O]n 'Judas', for example, we actually recorded the track in three or four different ways — and I think [Martin] was generally less enthusiastic about the style changes than, say, Dave was. [The final version of 'Judas' wasn't completed until] very late in the day, and Martin didn't say much about it, which is his way of indicating he doesn't like something."
Alan Wilder said in the May 1993 issue of Keyboard magazine:
"[T]he beginning of "Judas" has Uillean pipes recorded straight, with backwards reverb mixed in."
Lyrics
Judas
Is simplicity best
Or simply the easiest
The narrowest path
Is always the holiest
So walk on barefoot for me
Suffer some misery
If you want my love
If you want my love
Man will survive
The harshest conditions
And stay alive
Through difficult decisions
So make up your mind for me
Walk the line for me
If you want my love
If you want my love
Idle talk
And hollow promises
Cheating Judases
Doubting Thomases
Don't just stand there and shout it
Do something about it
You can fulfill
Your wildest ambitions
And I'm sure you will
Lose your inhibitions
So open yourself for me
Risk your health for me
If you want my love
If you want my love
If you want my love
If you want my love
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1992 Grabbing Hands Music Overseas/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Judas"
- Main article: List of dates where "Judas" was played
