It Doesn't Matter

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It Doesn't Matter
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Song It Doesn't Matter
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Working title "Nothing Lasts Forever"[1]
Produced by Depeche Mode
Daniel Miller
Gareth Jones
Recorded at Music Works (Highbury, London)
Hansa Mischraum (Berlin)
Length (mm:ss) 4:45
Tempo 75 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key D Major
Engineering assistance Ben Ward
Stefi Marcus
Colin McMahon
Design Martyn Atkins
David A. Jones
Marcx
Photography Brian Griffin
Photography assistance Stuart Graham
Recorded January - August 1984
Originally released 24 September 1984
Live performances as Depeche Mode 8 times *
Total live performances 8 times *

"It Doesn't Matter" is a song from the 1984 album Some Great Reward by Depeche Mode.

Lyrics


It Doesn't Matter

I am happy

That I have you

Even though you're not here now

I know somewhere

You are dreaming

Though it's definitely not of me


It doesn't matter

If all this shatters

Nothing lasts forever

But I'm praying

That we're staying

Together


I am warmed

By your friendship

Even when you're far away

And I'm happy

In the knowledge

We may never see the day


When I kiss you

And you kiss me

Don't pretend you miss me

The worst kind

Of diseased mind

Is one filled with jealousy


If we should meet again

Don't try to solve the puzzle

Just lay down next to me

And please don't move a muscle


I will thank you

Most of all for

The respect you have for me

I'm embarrassed

It overwhelms me

Because I don't deserve any


It doesn't matter

If all this shatters

Nothing lasts forever

But I'm praying

That we're staying

Together


Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1984 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "It Doesn't Matter"
Main article: List of dates where "It Doesn't Matter" was played

Live versions

This section provides examples of live versions of It Doesn't Matter from each tour that it was played. The recording from 1988-01-12 London is generally regarded as the best sounding version out of these examples.

1984-1985 Some Great Reward Tour

1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour

References