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Slow
Song Artist Depeche Mode Album Delta Machine Songwriter Martin L. Gore Produced by Ben Hillier Recorded at Sound Design (Santa Barbara) Jungle City (New York) Label Columbia Mute Records Length (mm:ss) 3:45 Tempo 94 BPM Time signature 3/4 Key D Minor Programming Christoffer Berg Engineering Ferg Peterkin Engineering assistance Tomas del Toro-Diaz Will Loomis Dan Tobiason Mixing assistance Drew Smith Vocal recording Kurt Uenala Mastering Bunt Stafford-Clark Design Anton Corbijn Recorded March - October, 2012 Originally released March 22, 2013 Played live 27 times * Total live plays 27 times *

Notes

This is the first known time that Martin Gore rehashed an old song. Daryl Bamonte told HOME in 2006:

"[...] Then when Martin recorded his demo's for SOFAD there was a really good song called 'Slow', which was excellent, had a sort of 'Dressed In Black' feel to it, I don't think the band even recorded that track."

Steffen Rüth asked Dave Gahan about this song in 2013, and he replied:

"I think it was a song from even earlier than that maybe. Maybe it was a song that was written for Songs of Faith and Devotion. I don’t really remember. It might be Songs of Faith and Devotion it was written for. But at the time... as soon as I heard it, I said to Martin: That’s an old song. And he said: "Yeah, I needed to reinterpret it. He'd kind of reworked it. When Martin was demoing before, I seem to remember sitting in a meeting when we listened to the demos, and Alan kind of not getting it, just kind of... well, out of songs that we were going to record it just wasn't chosen at that particular time. So I guess Martin put it away, and it fits really well with everything we’re doing now. Because of its blues influence, and I think Martin pulled from that school a lot more on this record."

Steffen Rüth also interviewed Martin Gore, and asked about this song:

Steffen Rüth: It is the case in a song like 'Slow' [that a positive sounding song is put together with blues]. Stylistically it is a blues song, but lyrically it's about...

Martin Gore: ... sex. [laughs] Let's call it like it is. 'Slow' is a sensitive, erotic song about the joy of sex. Sometimes, things are very simple.

Andy Fletcher told Exclaim!:

"That, believe it or not, was a song that was written for Songs of Faith and Devotion and for some bizarre reason never got recorded. Martin was going through his demos and came across it and said "Actually, this is quite good" so he did a new demo and it's a great song."

Lyrics

Slow

Slow, slow

As slow as you can go

So I can feel all I want to know

Slow, slow

I'll go with your flow

Let the world keep its carnival pace

I prefer to look into your beautiful face

What a waste

Let the stars continue to fly by

I don't have one desire to understand why

I don't try

Slow, slow

As slow as you can go

I want my senses to overflow

Slow, slow

And doesn't it show

I don't need a race in my bed

When speed's in my heart

And speed's in my head

Instead

It's tempting for fools to rush in

When something's so good

Why should we rush a thing

It's a sin

Slow, slow

As slow as you can go

That's how I like it

I like it

I don't need a race in my bed

When speed's in my heart

And speed's in my head

Instead

Slow, slow

As slow as you can go

That's how I like it

I like it

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©2013 EMI Blackwood Music Inc. o/b/o itself and / Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. (BMI). All rights reserved.

Dates with available recordings of Slow

There is currently 1 recording of Slow available.

• 2014-01-27 LG Arena, Birmingham, England, UK/Source 1

Dates where Slow was played

2013-2014 Delta Machine Tour

Slow was played 27 times during this tour.

• 2013-12-05 König-Pilsener-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany
• 2013-12-07 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2013-12-09 Arena, Malmö, Sweden
• 2013-12-11 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 2013-12-13 Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
• 2013-12-15 Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
• 2014-01-15 Palau Saint Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
• 2014-01-17 Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain
• 2014-01-21 Park & Suites Arena, Montpellier, France
• 2014-01-23 Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
• 2014-01-25 Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
• 2014-01-27 LG Arena, Birmingham, England, UK
• 2014-01-29 Bercy, Paris, France
• 2014-02-02 Zénith de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
• 2014-02-06 Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2014-02-08 Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
• 2014-02-10 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
• 2014-02-12 Messehalle, Dresden, Germany
• 2014-02-14 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2014-02-18 Palaolimpico Isozaki, Torino, Italy
• 2014-02-20 Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy
• 2014-02-22 Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
• 2014-02-24 Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland
• 2014-02-28 Minsk Arena, Minsk, Belarus
• 2014-03-02 Arena, Riga, Latvia
• 2014-03-04 SKK Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2014-03-07 Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia

2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour

• Slow was not played during this tour.