The Bottom Line
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10. The Bottom Line List of Ultra songs |
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The Bottom Line
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| Song | The Bottom Line |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Tim Simenon |
| Recorded at | Abbey Road Eastcote Westside Strongroom RAK (London) Electric Lady (New York City) Larrabee West (Los Angeles) |
| Length (mm:ss) | 4:26 |
| Tempo | 134 BPM |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Key | D♭ Major |
| Programmed by | Kerry Hopwood |
| Engineered by | Q |
| Engineering assistance | Paul Hicks Guy Massey Lee Fitzgerald Tom Rixton Gary Forde Lee Phillips Jamie Campbell Jim Greg Audie Chamberlain Robbie Kazandjian |
| Mixed by | Tim Simenon Q |
| Mastered by | Mike Marsh |
| Keyboards | Dave Clayton |
| Pedal steel guitar | B.J. Cole |
| Vocal coach | Evelyn Halus |
| Art direction | Anton Corbijn |
| Colour prints | Brian Dowling |
| Sleeve design | Area |
| Recorded | January 1996 – February 1997 |
| Originally released | 14 April 1997 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 22 times * |
| Total live performances | 22 times * |
"The Bottom Line" is a song from the 1997 album Ultra by Depeche Mode.
Notes
English session and solo musician B. J. Cole performed the guitar part on this track. Martin Gore commented on this in an interview in the "Ultra Sounds" article for Guitar World magazine in 1997:
That's not me! I think pedal steel is one of the most difficult instruments to learn. I wouldn't even try. No, we got in one of the best pedal steel players in England to do that. Somebody called B. J. Coles [sic]. He's really good. An experimental pedal steel player as well. He doesn't only do country. You're very pigeonholed if you're a pedal steel player. But he's actually done an avant garde pedal steel album. I think he’s pretty open-minded.
Lyrics
The Bottom Line
Like a cat dragged in from the rain
Who goes straight back out
To do it all over again
I'll be back for more
It's something that is out of our hands
Something we will never understand
It's a hidden law
The apple falls
Destiny calls
I follow you
Like a pawn on the eternal board
Who's never quite sure
What he's moved towards
I walk blindly on
And heaven is in front of me
Your heaven beckons me enticingly
When I arrive, it's gone
The river flows
The wise man knows
I follow you
I'm yearning
I'm burning
I feel love's wheels turning
Like a moth on love's bright light
I will get burned each and every night
I'm dying to(o)
The sun will shine
The bottom line
I follow you
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1997 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "The Bottom Line"
- Main article: List of dates where "The Bottom Line" was played
