Higher Love

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9. One Caress
10. Higher Love
List of Songs of Faith and Devotion songs

 

Higher Love
Album-SOFAD.jpg
Song Higher Love
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Produced by Depeche Mode
Flood
Recorded at Madrid, Spain
Chateau du Pape (Hamburg, Germany)
Length (mm:ss) 5:56
Tempo 99 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key G Major
Recorded February 1992 – January 1993
Originally released 22 March 1993
Live performances as Depeche Mode 127 times *
Total live performances 127 times *

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

Notes

Alan Wilder confirms "Higher Love" was included on the short-list for potential Songs Of Faith And Devotion singles:

We would usually reach a consensus to form a short-list of potential singles. For example, "Higher Love" was on this list for the SOFAD singles but never made it and there were differences of opinion about in which order they should appear. Dave felt very strongly that "Condemnation" should have been the first single but he was out-voted. I wanted "Walking In My Shoes" as a second single and got my way but I really wanted the original version of "In Your Room" [instead of the Zephyr mix]. This is all a good example of the problems of democracy - somebody usually ends up disappointed.[1]

Q&A from Alan Wilder's Shunt:

What can you tell me about the drum track on "Higher Love" that is so similar to the one in "So Cruel" by U2 (Achtung Baby).

Wilder: Didn't Flood work on both LP's?.....

Lyrics


Higher Love

I can taste more than feel

This burning inside is so real

I can almost lay my hands upon

The warm glow that lingers on


Moved, lifted higher

Moved, my soul's on fire

Moved, by a higher love


I surrender all control

To the desire that consumes me whole

And leads me by the hand to infinity

That lies in wait at the heart of me


Moved, lifted higher

Moved, my soul's on fire

Moved, by a higher love


Heaven bound on the wings of love

There's so much that you can rise above


Moved, lifted higher

Moved, by a higher love

By a higher love


I surrender heart and soul

Sacrificed to a higher goal


Moved, by a higher love

By a higher 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 "Higher Love"
Main article: List of dates where "Higher Love" was played

References