Radio News

Notes

Radio News is an unreleased Depeche Mode song that appears on the Summer 1980 Demo Tape. The song is written by Vince Clarke. It was played at several early live concerts, with the only confirmed performance so far at 1980-09-20 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK. You can listen to the entire track below:

A lossless version is also available for download at the Summer 1980 Demo Tape page.

The track was mentioned by Daryl Bamonte in Bong Magazine, Issue 24, Page 18 to have never been recorded, but that is clearly not the case.

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  Bong Magazine Issue 24, Page 18

Lyrics

I heard it on
The radio news
The mass decision
The mass view

Concealing
Concentration
We spoke then
Of a nation

They seem to be
In my doorway
In my stairway
And in my hallway
In my head
And in my action
The self-inflicted
Contraction

And I can speak
And I can walk
And I can move
And I can talk
And I can speak
And I can walk
And I can move
And I can talk
Yes I can talk
I can talk
I can talk
I can talk
Talk
Talk
Talk
Talk