I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead

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I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
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Song I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Vince Clarke
Produced by Depeche Mode
Daniel Miller
Recorded at Blackwing Studios (London)
Length (mm:ss) 2:16
Tempo 129 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key D Major
Engineered by Eric Radcliffe
John Fryer
Originally released 6 November 1981
Live performances as Depeche Mode 55 times *
Total live performances 55 times *

"I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead" is a song from the 1981 album Speak & Spell by Depeche Mode.

Notes

This song was put on a Flexidisc for the 1981-09-11 issue of Flexipop magazine, and was reissued in 2018 as part of the 12" singles vinyl boxsets, sourced from the master tape. The Flexipop version is different from the album version, which was released later in 1981 as part of "Speak & Spell". On the Flexidisc, the song is titled Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead (the positions of the first two words are swapped).

Lyrics


I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead

New sound all around

You can hear it too

Getting hot, never stop

Just for me and you

Playing on my radio and saying that you had to go


New day turn away

Wipe away the tear

New night, feel right

Knowing that you're here

Dancing with you all the time, and don't you think that it's a crime


Back street never meet

Never say goodbye

I know where you go

But I don't know why

You say that it's from above, and I say this is modern love


Songwriter: Vince Clarke
Publishing Information: ©1981 Musical Moments Ltd./Sony Music Publishing Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead"
Main article: List of dates where "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead" was played