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Ghosts Again
Song	Ghosts Again
By	Depeche Mode
Songwriter	Martin L. Gore Richard Butler
Produced by	James Ford Marta Salogni
Recorded at	Electric Ladyboy (Santa Barbara) Shangri-La (Malibu)
Length (mm:ss)	3:58
Time signature	4 4
Programmed by	James Ford Marta Salogni
Engineered by	Marta Salogni
Engineering assistance	Gregg White Francine Perry Grace Banks
Mixed by	Marta Salogni
Mix engineering	Marta Salogni
Mastering engineer	Matt Colton
Keyboards	James Ford
Piano	James Ford
Solo cello	Davide Rossi
Strings	Davide Rossi
Percussion	James Ford
Drums	James Ford
Additional vocal engineering	Adrian Hierholzer
Art direction	Anton Corbijn
Recorded	July–October 2022
Originally released	9 February 2023
Live performances as Depeche Mode	121 times *
Total live performances	121 times *

"Ghosts Again" is a song from the 2023 album Memento Mori by Depeche Mode. The song's music video premiered on YouTube on 9 February 2023 at 4:00PM GMT.

Notes

Initial snippets of the song were heard as part of the Berlin press conference to announce Memento Mori on 4 October 2022.

On 8 February 2023, the day prior to the song's music video debut, the song leaked on the internet as a 256kbps MP3 file, with a duration of 3:31 compared to the album version’s 3:58.

Lyrics

Ghosts Again

Wasted feelings

Broken meanings

Time is fleeting

See what it brings

Helloes, goodbyes

A thousand midnights

Lost in sleepless lullabies

Heaven's dreaming

Thoughtless thoughts, my friends

We know we'll be ghosts again

Sunday's shining

Silver linings

Weightless hours

All my flowers

A place to hide

The tears that you cried

Everybody says goodbye

Faith is sleeping

Lovers, in the end

Whisper we'll be ghosts again

Heaven's dreaming

Thoughtless thoughts, my friends

We know we'll be ghosts again

Faith is sleeping

Lovers, in the end

Whisper we'll be ghosts again

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore and Richard Butler
Publishing Information: EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) o/b/o / Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. and / EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS) / Universal - Songs Of Polygram Int., Inc. (BMI)

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Ghosts Again"

Main article: List of dates where "Ghosts Again" was played

Depeche Mode songs released as singles 1981-1985: Dreaming Of Me • New Life • Just Can't Get Enough • See You • The Meaning Of Love • Leave In Silence • Get The Balance Right • Everything Counts • Love In Itself • People Are People • Master And Servant • Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody • Shake The Disease • It's Called A Heart 1986-1989: Stripped • But Not Tonight • A Question Of Lust • A Question Of Time • Strangelove • Never Let Me Down Again • Behind The Wheel • Little 15 • Personal Jesus 1990-1998: Enjoy The Silence • Policy Of Truth • World In My Eyes • I Feel You • Walking In My Shoes • Condemnation • In Your Room • Barrel Of A Gun • It's No Good • Home • Useless • Only When I Lose Myself 2001-2009: Dream On • I Feel Loved • Freelove • Goodnight Lovers • Precious • A Pain That I'm Used To • Suffer Well • John The Revelator / Lilian • Martyr • Wrong • Peace • Fragile Tension / Hole To Feed 2013-2017: Heaven • Soothe My Soul • Should Be Higher • Where's The Revolution • Going Backwards • Cover Me 2023: Ghosts Again Recoil songs released as singles 1992-1998: Faith Healer • Drifting • Stalker / Missing Piece 2000-2008: Strange Hours • Jezebel • Prey • Allelujah Dave Gahan songs released as singles 2003-2008: Dirty Sticky Floors • I Need You • Bottle Living / Hold On • A Little Piece • Kingdom • Saw Something / Deeper And Deeper 2012-2015: Longest Day • Take Me Back Home • All Of This And Nothing • Shine Martin Gore solo songs released as singles 1989-2003: Compulsion • Stardust • Loverman 2012-2015: Spock • Single Blip • Aftermaths • Europa Hymn • "Pinking" (Christoffer Berg Remix) Official releases Studio albums • Live albums • Compilation albums • Video albums • Singles