Love In Itself
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Love In Itself
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| Song | Love In Itself |
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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) | 4:00 (7"/single version) 7:18 (12" version) 4:29 (album version) |
| Tempo | 101 BPM |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Key | D 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 | 19 September 1983 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 47 times * |
| Total live performances | 47 times * |
"Love, In Itself" is a song from the 1983 album Construction Time Again by Depeche Mode. It was released as a single on 19 September 1983.
Notes
Dave Gahan and Andrew Fletcher recalled the recording of Love In Itself in an October 1985 interview with British magazine No. 1:
Dave Gahan: "This is the s-s-s-s’s track. It had a very soft vocal, with a lot of s’s, it sounded awful. I was a bit disappointed with this, it could have been brilliant."
Andrew Fletcher: "We had a lot of problems with the equipment with this one, just trying to get that softness of sound we wanted without it all blurring was a real nightmare. It’s one that’s always good live, though."[1]
In this video in which the mastering process for the 2019 Singles box sets is explained, a test pressing can be seen that lists the song title 'Cocktail' but is crossed out and replaced by the title 'Love in Itself (4)'.
Lyrics
Love, In Itself
All of these insurmountable tasks
That lay before me
All of the firsts
And the definite lasts
That lay in store for me
There was a time
When all on my mind was love
Now I find
That most of the time
Love's not enough
In itself
Consequently
I've a tendency
To be unhappy, you see
The thoughts in my head
All the words that were said
All the blues and the reds
Get to me
All of the absurdities
That lay before us
All of the doubts
And the uncertainties
That lay in store for us
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1983 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Music video
Martin Gore 1983 home demos
'Love In Itself' is one of several song demos prepared by Martin Gore for the 1983 Construction Time Again album.
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Love In Itself"
- Main article: List of dates where "Love In Itself" was played
References
