Tora! Tora! Tora!
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
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| Song | Tora! Tora! Tora! |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Daniel Miller |
| Recorded at | Blackwing Studios (London) |
| Length (mm:ss) | 4:34 |
| Tempo | 120 BPM |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Key | D Major |
| Engineered by | Eric Radcliffe John Fryer |
| Originally released | 6 November 1981 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 115 times * |
| Total live performances | 115 times * |
"Tora! Tora! Tora!" is a song from the 1981 album Speak & Spell by Depeche Mode.
Live versions
This section provides examples of live versions of Tora! Tora! Tora! from each tour that it was played. The recording from 1981-06-11 Richard Skinner Session is generally regarded as the best sounding version 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 1981-06-11 Richard Skinner Session, BBC Radio 1, London, England, UK (Soundboard)
- Play 1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK (Soundboard)
- Play 1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France (pre-FM broadcast)
1982 See You Tour
- Play 1982-02-21 Tiffany's, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (FM broadcast)
1982-1983 A Broken Frame Tour
- Play 1982-10-25 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK (Soundboard)
- Play 1983-05-28 Euro Festival, Vechtewiese, Schüttorf, Germany (Audience)
Lyrics
Tora! Tora! Tora!
They were raining from the sky
Exploding in my heart
Is this a love in disguise
Or just a form of modern art
From the skies you could almost hear them cry
Tora! Tora! Tora!
In the town they were going down
Tora! Tora! Tora!
I had a nightmare only yesterday
You played a skeleton
You took my love then died that day
I played an American
From the skies you can almost hear them cry
Tora! Tora! Tora!
In the town they were going down
Tora! Tora! Tora!
I played an American
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1981 Musical Moments Ltd./Sony Music Publishing Ltd.. All rights reserved.
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Tora! Tora! Tora!"
- Main article: List of dates where "Tora! Tora! Tora!" was played
