Told You So
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Told You So
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| Song | Told You So |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Daniel Miller Depeche Mode |
| Recorded at | The Garden (London) |
| Length (mm:ss) | 4:26 |
| Tempo | 130 BPM |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Key | A♭ Minor |
| Engineered by | Ferg Peterkin Gareth Jones |
| Tonmeister | Gareth Jones |
| Mixed at | Hansa Mischraum |
| Mastered by | Christian Stegmaier |
| Design | Martyn Atkins Town & Country Planning |
| Illustrations | Ian Wright |
| Originally released | 22 August 1983 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 130 times * |
| Total live performances | 130 times * |
"Told You So" is a song from the 1983 album Construction Time Again by Depeche Mode.
Martin Gore's 1983 home demo
'Told You So' is one of several song demos prepared by Martin Gore for the 1983 Construction Time Again album. Notably, the second verse has a different lyric compared to the album version. It sounds like Gore sings "I've gone to shoot the eyelet in the tall church spire" (it is very hard to understand that line, accuracy not guaranteed); the album version says "sights set higher than the tall church spire".
Live versions
This section provides examples of live versions of Told You So from each tour that it was played. The recording from 1984-12-09 Hamburg is generally regarded as the best sounding version out of these examples.
1983-1984 Construction Time Again Tour
- Play 1983-10-08 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK (pre-FM broadcast)
- Play 1983-12-06 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (FM broadcast)
1984-1985 Some Great Reward Tour
- Play 1984-11-02 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK (Soundboard)
- Play 1984-12-09 Alsterdorf Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany (pre-FM broadcast)
2010-2011 Selected Events Tour
Lyrics
Told You So
And do those feet in modern times
Walk upon the flowers
And walk upon their brothers
While their heads are busy lying low
Trying to keep to cover
Something went wrong
Along the way
Everybody's waiting for
Judgment day
So they can go
Told you so
Bring me my gun of itching desire
Bring me my bullets and I will fire
Sights set higher than the tall church spire
Something went wrong
Along the way
Everybody's waiting for
Judgment day
So they can go
Told you so
So they can go
Told you so
Standing in line
The blind lead the blind
Waiting and waiting
For an overdue sign
Brothers and sisters
Playing Chinese whispers
If things aren't suited
Then they'll get diluted
There's one more dead with a hole in his head
He shouldn't have said all the things he said
Many tears were shed for the blood he bled
Something went wrong
Along the way
Everybody's waiting for
Judgment day
So they can go
Told you so
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1983 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Told You So"
- Main article: List of dates where "Told You So" was played
