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| Song | Home |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Tim Simenon |
| Recorded at | Abbey Road Eastcote Westside Strongroom RAK (London) Electric Lady (New York City) Larrabee West (Los Angeles) |
| Length (mm:ss) | 5:40 (album version) 5:45 (single version) 3:59 (radio edit) |
| Tempo | 151 BPM |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Key | D♭ Major |
| Programmed by | Kerry Hopwood |
| Engineered by | Q |
| Engineering assistance | Paul Hicks Guy Massey Lee Fitzgerald Tom Rixton Gary Forde Lee Phillips Jamie Campbell Jim Greg Audie Chamberlain Robbie Kazandjian |
| Mixed by | Tim Simenon Q |
| Mastered by | Mike Marsh |
| Keyboards | Dave Clayton |
| String arrangements | Dave Clayton |
| Score, conducting | Richard Niles |
| String coordination | Graeme Perkins |
| Additional vocal engineering | Gareth Jones |
| Vocal coach | Evelyn Halus |
| Art direction | Anton Corbijn |
| Colour prints | Brian Dowling |
| Sleeve design | Area |
| Recorded | January 1996–February 1997 |
| Originally released | 16 June 1997 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 572 times * |
| Total live performances | 576 times * |
"Home" is a song from the 1997 album Ultra by Depeche Mode. It was released as a single on 16 June 1997.
Notes
The string section of the song was recorded in one day in early June 1996 at Westside Studios, the same studio where a great portion of the album Black Celebration was recorded.
Martin Gore in Bong magazine issue no. 37, 1998: "It's got a great atmosphere and a great string arrangement."
Gore says in a Mexican magazine called Revolution in early 2010:
"To be honest that song was written at a pretty dark period in my life when I was recognising the amount that I was depending on alcohol to fill my daily existence. I saw that my whole lifestyle was being affected by that fact and I think the song was a way of recording my "resignation" at the situation."
During a 'TimesTalks' conference in March 2017, an audience member asked Martin Gore about this song:
Q: A very special song to me is 'Home'. Could you talk a little bit about how that came about, [and] what's behind it, the meaning?
Martin Gore: ... ehm...
Andy Fletcher: I know what he's gonna say.
Martin: Do you? Do you want- please!
Andy: Well I always thought it was about home, going home, etcetera etcetera, and then Martin said, "It's not about that, it's about death." Is that true?
Martin: Kind of, yeah. I mean, I was going through a very dark period at that time, and I had just imagined that I was heading for an early grave, and kind of accepting that at that point.
Lyrics
Home
Here is a song
From the wrong side of town
Where I'm bound
To the ground
By the loneliest sound
That pounds from within
And is pinning me down
Here is a page
From the emptiest stage
A cage or the heaviest cross ever made
A gauge of the deadliest trap ever laid
And I thank you
For bringing me here
For showing me home
For singing these tears
Finally I've found
That I belong here
The heat and the sickliest
Sweet smelling sheets
That cling to the backs of my knees
And my feet
But I'm drowning in time
To a desperate beat
And I thank you
For bringing me here
For showing me home
For singing these tears
Finally I've found
That I belong
Feels like home
I should have known
From my first breath
God send the only true friend
I call mine
Pretend that I'll make amends
The next time
Befriend the glorious end of the line
And I thank you
For bringing me here
For showing me home
For singing these tears
Finally I've found
That I belong here
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1997 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Music video
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Home"
- Main article: List of dates where "Home" was played
Live versions
This section provides an example of a live version of Home from each tour that it was played.
- Play 1997 Ultra Parties: 1997-05-16 Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Play 1998 The Singles Tour: 1998-10-05 Cologne Arena, Cologne, Germany
- Play 2001 Exciter Tour: 2001-10-11 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
- Play 2003 A Night With Martin L. Gore: 2003-05-06 Mayan Theater, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Play 2005-2006 Touring The Angel: 2006-06-04 Rock Am Ring, Nurburgring, Germany
- Play 2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe (Regular): 2009-11-23 Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
- Play 2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe (With additional live strings): 2010-02-17 Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK
- Play 2013-2014 Delta Machine Tour: 2013-07-11 BBK Festival, Bilbao, Spain
- Play 2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour: 2017-09-09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
- Play 2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour: 2023-11-05 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada
