A Question Of Time
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6. A Question Of Time List of Black Celebration songs |
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A Question Of Time
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| Song | A Question Of Time |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Gareth Jones Daniel Miller |
| Recorded at | Westside Studios (London) Genetic (London) Hansa Mischraum (Berlin) |
| Length (mm:ss) | 4:13 |
| Tempo | 140 BPM |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Key | D♭ Major |
| Programmed by | Martin L. Gore |
| Engineering assistance | Richard Sullivan Peter Schmidt |
| Additional engineering | Kevin Paul Kevin Vanbergen Roger Johnson |
| Additional mixing | Kevin Paul |
| Mastering engineer | Tim Young |
| Remastering engineer | Simon Heyworth |
| Recording | Dave Allen |
| Recording assistance | Phil Tennant |
| Design | Martyn Atkins David A. Jones Mark Higenbottam |
| Photography | Peter Ashworth |
| Photography assistance | Stuart Graham |
| Recorded | 1985–1986 |
| Originally released | 11 August 1986 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 766 times * |
| Total live performances | 837 times * |
"A Question Of Time" is a song from the 1986 album Black Celebration by Depeche Mode. It was released as a single on 11 August 1986.
Notes
Dave told Gear Magazine in 1998:
"You're a teenager, and this is quite possibly the best time of your life, so get ready, it's all downhill from there. 'I've got to get to you first before they do.' I guess Martin thought he could influence people with honesty. It's like warning people, throwing out a big red light."
Excerpt from Electronics and Music Magazine, 1986:
Gore admits to being particularly proud of one Black Celebration sample. "It's not that audible, though. It's a sample from a record called 'She Wants to Mambo', an old doo-wop disc. At the end of each verse, the woman who sings sort of moans. We sampled this moan and played it up a few notes, which made it sound like a girl moaning. We used it on the chorus section of 'A Question of Time'."
Lyrics
A Question Of Time
I've got to get to you first
Before they do
It's just a question of time
Before they lay their hands on you
And make you just like the rest
I've got to get to you first
It's just a question of time
Well now you're only fifteen
And you look good
I'll take you under my wing
Somebody should
They've persuasive ways
And you'll believe what they say
It's just a question of time
It's running out for you
It won't be long
Until you do
Exactly what they want you to
I can see them now
Hanging around
To mess you up
To strip you down
And have their fun
With my little one
It's just a question of time
It's running out for you
It won't be long
Until you do
Exactly what they want you to
It won't be long
Until you do
Exactly what they want you to
Sometimes I don't blame them
For wanting you
You look good
And they need something to do
Until I look at you
And then I condemn them
I know my kind
What goes on in our minds
It's just a question of time
It should be better
It's just a question of time
It should be better with you
It's just a question of time
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1986 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Music video
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "A Question Of Time"
- Main article: List of dates where "A Question Of Time" was played
Live versions
This section provides an example of a live version of A Question Of Time from each tour that it was played.
- Play 1986 Black Celebration Tour: 1986-04-10 N.E.C., Birmingham, England, UK
- Play 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour: 1988-04-29 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, CA, USA
- Play 1990 World Violation Tour: 1990-07-21 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Play 1994 Exotic Tour: 1994-05-14 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Play 1998 The Singles Tour: 1998-10-05 Cologne Arena, Cologne, Germany
- Play 2003 Paper Monsters Tour: 2003-06-12 Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred, Sweden
- Play 2005-2006 Touring The Angel: 2006-06-04 Rock Am Ring, Nurburgring, Germany
- Play 2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe: 2009-05-06 Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Play 2013-2014 Delta Machine Tour: 2013-10-11 Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, TX, USA
- Play 2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour: 2018-07-23 Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
