Fly On The Windscreen
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Fly On The Windscreen
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| Song | Fly On The Windscreen |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Gareth Jones Daniel Miller |
| Recorded at | Westside Genetic (London) Hansa Mischraum |
| Length (mm:ss) | 5:18 |
| Tempo | 93 BPM |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Key | B Minor |
| Programmed by | Martin L. Gore |
| Engineering assistance | Richard Sullivan Peter Schmidt |
| Additional engineering | Kevin Paul Kevin Vanbergen Roger Johnson |
| Additional mixing | Kevin Paul |
| Mastered by | Tim Young |
| Mastering engineer | Tim Young |
| Remastering engineer | Simon Heyworth |
| Recording | Dave Allen |
| Recording assistance | Phil Tennant |
| Recording engineer | David M. Allen |
| Photography | Brian Griffin |
| Photography assistance | Stuart Graham |
| Recorded | November 1985 - January 1986 |
| Originally released | 17 March 1986 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 221 times * |
| Total live performances | 221 times * |
"Fly On The Windscreen" is a song from the 1986 album Black Celebration by Depeche Mode.
Notes
Gareth Jones said in this interview:
"In this track, you can hear a rather young sounding Daniel [Miller] saying "over and done with." The breath sample noise at the start is interesting too. I can't remember who it was - really it could have been anyone."
From: Richard Blomqvist
E-mail: [email protected]What is the most unusual thing that you ever have sampled?
Dan Miller saying 'Horse' repeatedly very fast (as used in 'Fly On The Windscreen').
This "horse" sample is the "breath sample noise" that Gareth Jones mentions above.
Martin Gore told Electronics and Music Magazine in 1986:
"There's a Black & Decker drill in the opening of 'Fly on the Windscreen' [...]."
Lyrics
Fly On The Windscreen
Death is everywhere
There are flies on the windscreen
For a start
Reminding us
We could be torn apart
Tonight
Death is everywhere
There are lambs for the slaughter
Waiting to die
And I can sense
The hours slipping by
Tonight
Come here
Kiss me
Now
Come here
Kiss me
Now
Death is everywhere
The more I look
The more I see
The more I feel
A sense of urgency
Tonight
Come here
Touch me
Kiss me
Touch me
Now
Touch me
Touch me
There are flies on the windscreen
There are lambs for the slaughter
There are flies on the windscreen
Come here
Touch me
Kiss me
Touch me
Now
Touch me
Touch me
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1985 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Fly On The Windscreen"
- Main article: List of dates where "Fly On The Windscreen" was played
