Here Is The House

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Here Is The House
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Song Here Is The House
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) 4:15
Tempo 126 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key C 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
Photography Brian Griffin
Photography assistance Stuart Graham
Recorded November 1985 - January 1986
Originally released 17 March 1986
Live performances as Depeche Mode 23 times *
Total live performances 23 times *

"Here Is The House" is a song from the 1986 album Black Celebration by Depeche Mode.

Notes

Martin Gore told Electronics and Music Magazine in 1986:

[...] "Then there’s the mandolin-like part on 'Here is the House'. That was an acoustic guitar sampled twice — once on a down-stroke and once on an upstroke. We used them on alternate notes, so every other note was a downstroke and all the in-between notes were up-strokes. It sounded very funny — almost like a real player."

Martin Gore's 1985 home demo

"Martin Gore 1985 home demos" second generation cassette tape.

'Here Is The House' is one of several song demos prepared by Martin Gore for the 1986 Black Celebration album. Notably, Martin's demo has a different chorus vocal. Instead of "Body and soul come together, as we come closer together" as on the album version, the line in the demo is "Colors and shapes merge together, as we come closer together". Furthermore, the line "With or without words I'll confide everything" is instead "Without words I'll confide everything" on the demo.

Lyrics


Here Is The House

Here is the house

Where it all happens

Those tender moments

Under this roof

Body and soul come together

As we come closer together

And as it happens

It happens here

In this house


And I feel your warmth

And it feels like home

And there's someone

Calling on the telephone

Let's stay home

It's cold outside

And I have so much

To confide to you


With or without words

I'll confide everything


Here is the house

Where it all happens

Those tender moments

Under this roof

Body and soul come together

As we come closer together

And as it happens

It happens here

In this house


So we stay at home

And I'm by your side

And you know

What's going on inside

Inside my heart

Inside this house

And I just want to

Let it out for you


And I feel your warmth

And it feels like home

And I feel your warmth

And it feels like home


Here is the house

Where it all happens

Those tender moments

Under this roof

Body and soul come together

As we come closer together


Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1986 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Here Is The House"
Main article: List of dates where "Here Is The House" was played

Live versions

This section provides examples of live versions of Here Is The House from each tour that it was played. The recording from 1990-07-21 San Francisco is generally regarded as the best sounding version out of these examples.

1986 Black Celebration Tour

1990 World Violation Tour