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{{Song infobox
|title=Fly On The Windscreen
|screen=hd
|screenshot=Album-Black.jpg
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|album=[[Black Celebration (album)|Black Celebration]]
|songwriter=[[Martin L. Gore]]
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Gareth Jones]]<br>[[Daniel Miller]]
|studio=Westside<br>Genetic (London)<br>Hansa Mischraum
|label=[[Mute Records]]
|length=5:18
|tempo=93
|timesignature={{music|time|4|4}}
|key=B Minor
|engineeringassistance=Richard Sullivan<br>Peter Schmidt
|masteredby=Tim Young
|recordingby=Dave Allen
|design=Martin Atkins<br>David A. Jones<br>Mark Higenbottam
|photographyby=Brian Griffin
|photographyassistance=Stuart Graham
|additionalmixing=Kevin Paul
|masteringengineer=Tim Young
|remasteringengineer=Simon Heyworth
|assistantengineer=Richard Sullivan<br>Pete Schmidt
|additionalengineering=Kevin Paul<br>Kevin Vanbergen<br>Roger Johnson
|programmedby=[[Martin L. Gore]]
|recordingengineer=David M. Allen
|recordingassistance=Phil Tennant
|recordingdate=November 1985 - January 1986
|releasedate=17 March 1986
|colorscheme=Celebration
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{{S|Fly On The Windscreen}} is a song from the 1986 album <i>[[Black Celebration (album)|Black Celebration]]</i> by [[Depeche Mode]].
== Notes ==
== Notes ==


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"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."
"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."
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[http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmblack.htm From Shunt Q&A:]
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From: Richard Blomqvist<br />
<blockquote>
What is the most unusual thing that you ever have sampled?
</blockquote>
Dan Miller saying 'Horse' repeatedly very fast (as used in 'Fly On The Windscreen').
</blockquote>
This "horse" sample is the "breath sample noise" that Gareth Jones mentions above.


Martin Gore told [http://noyzelab.blogspot.com/2014/09/modes-of-operation-depeche-mode.html Electronics and Music Magazine] in 1986:
Martin Gore told [http://noyzelab.blogspot.com/2014/09/modes-of-operation-depeche-mode.html Electronics and Music Magazine] in 1986:
<blockquote>"There's a Black & Decker drill in the opening of 'Fly on the Windscreen' [...]."</blockquote>
<blockquote>"There's a Black & Decker drill in the opening of 'Fly on the Windscreen' [...]."</blockquote>


{{Template:Song86|Fly On The Windscreen}}
{{Template: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
|Martin L. Gore|©1985 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.}}
 
== Live performances ==
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Revision as of 17:07, 25 January 2021

1. Black Celebration
2. Fly On The Windscreen
List of Black Celebration songs
3. A Question Of Lust
Fly On The Windscreen
Album-Black.jpg
Song Fly On The Windscreen
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 Shunt Q&A:

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