Memphisto

Memphisto
Song	Memphisto
By	Depeche Mode
Songwriter	Martin L. Gore
Produced by	Depeche Mode Flood
Recorded at	The Church, London
Length (mm:ss)	4:02
Tempo	109.936 BPM
Time signature	3 4
Key	G Major
Engineered by	Pino Pischetola Peter Iversen Steve Lyon Goh Hotoda Alan Gregorie Dennis Mitchell Phil Legg
Engineering assistance	Daryl Bamonte Dick Meaney David Browne Mark Flannery
Mixed by	François Kevorkian
Mixed at	The Church, London
Recorded	1989
Originally released	16 January 1990
Live performances as Depeche Mode	0 times *
Total live performances	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 16 January 1990.

Notes

An uncredited band member tells Poster Seductores magazine in 1990: "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