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{{Song infobox
|title=Judas
|screen=hd
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|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|album=[[Songs Of Faith And Devotion]]
|songwriter=[[Martin L. Gore]]
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Flood]]
|studio=Madrid, Spain<br>Chateau du Pape (Hamburg, Germany)
|tempo=126
|timesignature={{music|time|4|4}}
|key=D♭ Major
|label=[[Mute Records]]
|length=5:14
|recordingdate=February 1992 – January 1993
|releasedate=22 March 1993
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{{S|Judas}} is a song from the 1993 album <i>[[Songs Of Faith And Devotion]]</i> by [[Depeche Mode]].
 
== Notes ==
 
Martin Gore tells Australian newspaper In Press:
<blockquote>"'Judas' is an arrogant love song. We are not condoning unsafe sex. It is about wanting one hundred percent of someone in a relationship – the ultimate arrogance."
</blockquote>
 
Alan Wilder said in the May 1993 issue of Keyboard magazine:
<blockquote>
"[T]he beginning of "Judas" has Uillean pipes recorded straight, with backwards reverb mixed in."
</blockquote>
 
{{Template:Lyrics|Judas|
Is simplicity best
 
Or simply the easiest
 
The narrowest path
 
Is always the holiest
 
So walk on barefoot for me
 
Suffer some misery
 
If you want my love
 
If you want my love
 
 
Man will survive
 
The harshest conditions
 
And stay alive
 
Through difficult decisions
 
So make up your mind for me
 
Walk the line for me
 
If you want my love
 
If you want my love
 
 
Idle talk
 
And hollow promises
 
Cheating Judases
 
Doubting Thomases
 
Don't just stand there and shout it
 
Do something about it
 
 
You can fulfill
 
Your wildest ambitions
 
And I'm sure you will
 
Lose your inhibitions
 
So open yourself for me
 
Risk your health for me
 
If you want my love
 
If you want my love
 
If you want my love
 
If you want my love
|Martin L. Gore|©1992 Grabbing Hands Music Overseas/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.}}
 
== Live performances ==
{{Live section}}
 
[[Category:Depeche Mode songs]]
[[Category:Songs of Faith and Devotion songs]]
[[Category:Songs in D♭ Major]]
[[Category:Songs between 125-129 BPM]]
[[Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore]]
 
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Latest revision as of 15:46, 30 June 2020

4. Mercy In You
5. Judas
List of Songs of Faith and Devotion songs
6. In Your Room
Judas
Album-SOFAD.jpg
Song Judas
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Produced by Depeche Mode
Flood
Recorded at Madrid, Spain
Chateau du Pape (Hamburg, Germany)
Length (mm:ss) 5:14
Tempo 126 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key D♭ Major
Recorded February 1992 – January 1993
Originally released 22 March 1993
Live performances as Depeche Mode 96 times *
Total live performances 96 times *

"Judas" is a song from the 1993 album Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode.

Notes

Martin Gore tells Australian newspaper In Press:

"'Judas' is an arrogant love song. We are not condoning unsafe sex. It is about wanting one hundred percent of someone in a relationship – the ultimate arrogance."

Alan Wilder said in the May 1993 issue of Keyboard magazine:

"[T]he beginning of "Judas" has Uillean pipes recorded straight, with backwards reverb mixed in."

Lyrics


Judas

Is simplicity best

Or simply the easiest

The narrowest path

Is always the holiest

So walk on barefoot for me

Suffer some misery

If you want my love

If you want my love


Man will survive

The harshest conditions

And stay alive

Through difficult decisions

So make up your mind for me

Walk the line for me

If you want my love

If you want my love


Idle talk

And hollow promises

Cheating Judases

Doubting Thomases

Don't just stand there and shout it

Do something about it


You can fulfill

Your wildest ambitions

And I'm sure you will

Lose your inhibitions

So open yourself for me

Risk your health for me

If you want my love

If you want my love

If you want my love

If you want my love


Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1992 Grabbing Hands Music Overseas/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Judas"
Main article: List of dates where "Judas" was played