Memphisto

Memphisto
Song Artist Depeche Mode Album Violator Songwriter Martin L. Gore Produced by Depeche Mode Flood Recorded at Puk Studios, Denmark Logic Studios, Milan Label Mute Records Length (mm:ss) 4:02 Tempo 109.936 BPM Time signature 3/4 Key G Major Engineering assistance Daryl Bamonte Dick Meaney David Browne Mark Flannery Mixing François Kevorkian Recorded 1989 Originally released January 16, 1990 Played live 0 times * Total live plays 0 times *

'Memphisto' is an instrumental song produced during the recording of 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. It was released as a B-side to the single 'Enjoy The Silence' on January 16, 1990.

Notes

An uncredited band member tells Poster Seductores magazine in 1990 (translated from Spanish):

"We like cinema and we like to create special [atmospheres] with our music. In a way, 'Memphisto' is our homage to that esoteric cinema."

Martin Gore clarifies the origin of the song's title in an April 1993 interview for Bong magazine:

"It was the name of a make believe film I invented about Elvis as the devil."

Dates where Memphisto was played

Memphisto has never been played live.

Depeche Mode B-sides 1981-1985: Ice Machine • Shout • Any Second Now • Now, This Is Fun • Oberkorn (It's A Small Town) • The Great Outdoors • Work Hard • Fools • In Your Memory • (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me • Flexible • Fly On The Windscreen 1986-1989: But Not Tonight • Breathing In Fumes • Black Day • Christmas Island • Agent Orange • Pimpf • Pleasure, Little Treasure • Route 66 • Stjärna • Sonata No. 14 in C • Dangerous 1990-1998: Memphisto • Sibeling • Kaleid • Happiest Girl (Jack Mix) • Sea Of Sin (Tonal Mix) • My Joy • Death's Door • Painkiller • Slowblow • Surrender • Headstar 2001-2009: Easy Tiger • Dirt • Zenstation • Free • Newborn • Better Days • Oh Well 2013-2017: All That's Mine Recoil B-sides 2000-2008: New York Nights • Don't Look Back Dave Gahan solo B-sides 2003-2008: Stand Up • Maybe • Closer • Tomorrow • Love Will Leave Martin Gore solo B-sides 2003-2015: Life Is Strange • Left Hand Luke And The Beggar Boys • De Nada • Gifting