Christmas Island
Christmas Island
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| Song | Christmas Island |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore Alan Wilder |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Gareth Jones Daniel Miller |
| Recorded at | Westside Genetic (London) Hansa Mischraum |
| Length (mm:ss) | 3:50 |
| Tempo | 162 BPM |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Key | G Major |
| 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 |
| Photography | Jamie Long Peter Ashworth |
| Recorded | Early 1986 |
| Originally released | 14 April 1986 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 74 times * |
| Total live performances | 74 times * |
"Christmas Island" is an instrumental song recorded by Depeche Mode during the production of the 1986 album Black Celebration. It was released as a B-side on the "A Question Of Lust" single on 14 April 1986.
Notes
Andy Fletcher told Swiss fanzine 'New Life' (translated from German):
"We're very proud of [this song], it's so special, so unique. When Martin wrote it, he wanted to capture the atmosphere that must have prevailed on the islands. You know, the British conducted their nuclear tests there. The somewhat oriental melody is meant to emphasize the exotic nature of the islands, and the eerie, dark underlying theme, the spreading radioactivity; the wailing sounds, the voices of the displaced, resettled natives. Martin, and all of us, have been thinking a lot about these nuclear tests lately, especially because of the Greenpeace affair [recent Chernobyl disaster]. We think it's one of our best songs ever!"
He told the same fanzine in a later interview (translated from German):
"'Christmas Island' only took us two days to record! It was because it was a B-side and we didn't have much time because we were in the middle of tour rehearsals when we recorded it."
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Christmas Island"
- Main article: List of dates where "Christmas Island" was played
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