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{{Song infobox
|title=Mother Me
|title=Mother Me
|screen=hd
|screen=hd
|screenshot=Album-Violator.jpg
|screenshot=Album-Violator.jpg
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|workingtitle=Mother Me, Smother Me<ref name="HOME">Source: [http://web.archive.org/web/20070206071804/http://www2.depeche-mode.com/home/article.php?article_id=96 Depeche-mode.com - "INSIGHT: Daryl Bamonte ... part 1"], 2006.</ref>
|album=[[Violator]]
|album=[[Violator]]
|songwriter=[[Martin L. Gore]]
|songwriter=[[Martin L. Gore]]
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Flood]]<br>[[François Kevorkian]]
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Flood]]<br>[[François Kevorkian]]
|tempo=106.458
|timesignature=3/4 (verses)<br>7/8 (choruses)
|key=A Minor
|recordingdate=1989-1990
|recordingdate=1989-1990
|releasedate=Not released
|releasedate=Unreleased
|colorscheme=Violator
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
}}
"[[Mother Me]]" is the working title of an unfinished and unreleased song produced during the recording of 1990 album ''[[Violator]]'' by [[Depeche Mode]]. Due to its nature as an unreleased song, it is unclear if "Mother Me" was intended to be the final song title.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==


[[Mother Me]] is an unfinished and unreleased [[Depeche Mode]] song recorded during the production of [[Violator]]. The real 'Mother Me' demo has vocals and [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore's]] demo exists on the [[Demos & Studio Outtakes#"Perversion" Demo Tape|"Perversion" demo tape]], but it does not circulate and its lyrics are not known.
The demo for "Mother Me" appears on the [[Demos & Studio Outtakes#"Perversion" Demo Tape|''Perversion'']] demo tape and features [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]] performing lead vocals. The unreleased song is often erroneously confused by fans with the instrumental song "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN_EznvY0JU Monghi]" by Vienna, which appears on the ''Rarities Of Mode'' CD bootleg mislabeled as "Mother Me".<ref name="rom">[https://www.discogs.com/Depeche-Mode-Rareties-Of-Mode/release/1245686 Discogs info page for the CD bootleg ''Rarities Of Mode''.]</ref>
 
The song commonly appears as an instrumental track misattributed to [[Depeche Mode]]; it is truly [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN_EznvY0JU Monghi by Vienna] and appears on the "Rarities Of Mode" CD bootleg<ref name="rom">[https://www.discogs.com/Depeche-Mode-Rareties-Of-Mode/release/1245686 Discogs info page for the CD bootleg "Rarities Of Mode".]</ref> in dreadful quality.
 
== Alan Wilder's comments ==
[[Alan Wilder]] reveals a bit of info on Shunt Q&A about this track:<ref>Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmviol.htm Shunt Q&A: Violator], toward the bottom of the page</ref>
 
<blockquote>
*From: Eddie
 
<blockquote>The song you mentioned for 'Violator' called 'Mother Me', will you please give a description of what it sounded like, any possible lyrics, whether this song was ever actually recorded and who sang it, Dave or Martin?</blockquote>
 
'''Alan Wilder:''' It sort of got started with some drums, bass + a couple of other parts but was shelved quite quickly. It was medium tempo and if I remember correctly it slipped into 7/8 time signature for the chorus - oops. I think Dave would have sung it.
</blockquote>
 
Wilder also says in [http://shunt3.0.recoil.co.uk/editorials/8698/violator/violator_13.html his editorial on Violator]: "There was a song called 'Mother Me' which we also recorded during this period but never finished."


== Daryl Bamonte's comments ==
[[Alan Wilder]] recalls the composition of "Mother Me" on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website: "There was a song called 'Mother Me' which we also recorded during this period but never finished<ref>Source: {{EL|http://shunt3.0.recoil.co.uk/editorials/8698/violator/violator_13.html A Recoil RETROSPECTIVE > Violator}} - {{Shunt}}</ref> [...] It sort of got started with some drums, bass [and] a couple of other parts but was shelved quite quickly. It was medium tempo and if I remember correctly it slipped into {{music|time|7|8}} time signature for the chorus - oops. I think [[Dave Gahan|Dave [Gahan]]] would have sung it."<ref>Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmviol.htm Shunt Q&A: Violator], toward the bottom of the page</ref> Based on that quote, it can be inferred that a "work-in-progress" version of "Mother Me" exists in the vaults.


[[Daryl Bamonte]] said regarding this track:
[[Daryl Bamonte]] said regarding 'Mother Me': "I remember a track called 'Mother Me, Smother Me' that I believe was recorded for ''Violator'', but didn't make the final cut for some reason. It was a really good song, but I don't think it was even used for a B-side."<ref name="HOME"></ref></blockquote>
'''Daryl Bamonte:''' "I remember a track called 'Mother Me, Smother Me' that I believe was recorded for Violator, but didn't make the final cut for some reason. It was a really good song, but I don't think it was even used for a b-side."<ref name="HOME">Source: [http://web.archive.org/web/20070206071804/http://www2.depeche-mode.com/home/article.php?article_id=96 Depeche-mode.com - "INSIGHT: Daryl Bamonte ... part 1"], 2006.</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore]]
[[Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore]]
[[Category:Violator songs]]
[[Category:Violator songs]]
[[Category:Songs between 105-109 BPM]]
 
[[Category:Songs in A Minor]]
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Revision as of 20:57, 15 April 2021

Mother Me
Album-Violator.jpg
Song Mother Me
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Working title Mother Me, Smother Me[1]
Produced by Depeche Mode
Flood
François Kevorkian
Recorded 1989-1990
Originally released Unreleased
Live performances as Depeche Mode 0 times *
Total live performances 0 times *

"Mother Me" is the working title of an unfinished and unreleased song produced during the recording of 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. Due to its nature as an unreleased song, it is unclear if "Mother Me" was intended to be the final song title.

Notes

The demo for "Mother Me" appears on the Perversion demo tape and features Martin Gore performing lead vocals. The unreleased song is often erroneously confused by fans with the instrumental song "Monghi" by Vienna, which appears on the Rarities Of Mode CD bootleg mislabeled as "Mother Me".[2]

Alan Wilder recalls the composition of "Mother Me" on Shunt, the official Recoil website: "There was a song called 'Mother Me' which we also recorded during this period but never finished[3] [...] It sort of got started with some drums, bass [and] a couple of other parts but was shelved quite quickly. It was medium tempo and if I remember correctly it slipped into 7
8
time signature for the chorus - oops. I think Dave [Gahan] would have sung it."[4] Based on that quote, it can be inferred that a "work-in-progress" version of "Mother Me" exists in the vaults.

Daryl Bamonte said regarding 'Mother Me': "I remember a track called 'Mother Me, Smother Me' that I believe was recorded for Violator, but didn't make the final cut for some reason. It was a really good song, but I don't think it was even used for a B-side."[1]

References