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.
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
Live versions
This section provides examples of live versions of Tora! Tora! Tora! from each tour that it was played. The recordings from 1981-09-29 Paris, 1982-02-21 Glasgow and 1982-10-25 London are generally regarded as the best sounding versions 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 1981-06-27 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)
- Play 1982-03-28 De Lantaren, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (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)
