Just Can't Get Enough

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Just Can't Get Enough
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Song Just Can't Get Enough
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Vince Clarke
Produced by Depeche Mode
Daniel Miller
Recorded at Blackwing Studios (London)
Length (mm:ss) 3:41 (7" version)
6:46 (12" version)
Tempo 128 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key C Major
Engineered by Eric Radcliffe
John Fryer
Photography Brian Griffin
Recorded Summer 1981
Originally released 18 September 1981
Live performances as Depeche Mode 720 times *
Total live performances 790 times *

"Just Can't Get Enough" is a song from the 1981 album Speak & Spell by Depeche Mode. It was released as a single on 18 September 1981.

Notes

Author Jonathan Miller reported: "According to Deb Danahay, the song is about Vince's infatuation from afar with a particularly striking young lady who was often seen around Basildon at the time - not that the reserved songwriter ever made his feelings known to the girl in question."

When Depeche Mode was interviewed about the songs on the '101' CD for the April 1989 issue of French magazine 'Best', Dave Gahan said (translated from French):

"It's a perpetual subject of discussion in the band. Every time we go on tour, we're wondering if we should play 'Just Can't Get Enough.' Since it's a Vince Clarke song - who is no longer in the band - and it is so different from what we're doing now, we're still hesitant about it. But at the same time, it was our very first hit and the audience would be disappointed if we did not play it. I do not want to appear to be ignoring it, because it's a good pop song, but I do have to admit that it does not really excite me anymore to sing it."

Dave Gahan discussed 'Just Can't Get Enough' and its music video in an interview with Entertainment Weekly in 2017:

Dave Gahan: I was maybe 18, almost 19. The punk thing had just kind of ended, but there were still a few people who were hanging out in the clubs in London, who were trying to play music that you could dance to a bit more that wasn’t so violent, and “Just Can’t Get Enough” became one of those. We had a group of friends at the time who would go to these different clubs, dressed like we were in the video, sort of leather-y stuff.

EW: Was that your first real music video? It’s hard to tell if those are your real girl friends, or just good casting.

Dave Gahan: I think it was, yeah. The girls, one was Budgie’s girlfriend from Siouxsie and the Banshees, then a couple were models, and they were a little older than us, so it was kind of exciting to have them dance around us. The video leaves a lot to be desired. When I look at it I’m like, [covering his eyes] “Oh my God.” But that’s kind of what videos were then — low budget. And the little performance parts are kind of cool. The acting stuff’s terrible of course. [Laughs]

EW: How did you feel when the Gap used the song for that ad in the late ’90s?

Dave Gahan: The thing is, the song is written by Vince Clarke, who was in the band for like five minutes, and went on to be part of Yaz and Erasure. But that album [Speak & Spell] was very much a Vince Clarke album, and he owns the rights to that song of course, so it’s been in so many commercials and it pops up. I remember we went to his publisher’s at the time and they sat us all down and they said, “You know, Vince, you’re going to be driving a Rolls Royce when these lot are still on a tandem,” pointing to me and [bandmates] Martin [Gore] and Fletch [Andy Fletcher]. And it probably was true! I think that song has kept him in cornflakes for many years. [Laughs][1]

Lyrics


Just Can't Get Enough

Hand-written lyrics by Vince Clarke, as seen in BONG magazine, issue 24, page 18

When I'm with you baby

I go out of my head

And I just can't get enough

And I just can't get enough


All the things you do to me

And everything you said

I just can't get enough

I just can't get enough


We slip and slide as we fall in love

And I just can't seem to get enough of


We walk together

We're walking down the street

And I just can't get enough

And I just can't get enough


Every time I think of you

I know we have to meet

And I just can't get enough

I just can't get enough


It's getting hotter

It's a burning love

And I just can't seem to get enough of


And when it rains

You're shining down for me

And I just can't get enough

And I just can't get enough


Just like a rainbow

You know you set me free

And I just can't get enough

And I just can't get enough


You're like an angel

And you give me your love

And I just can't seem to get enough of


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

Music video

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Just Can't Get Enough"
Main article: List of dates where "Just Can't Get Enough" was played

Live versions

This section provides an example of a live version of Just Can't Get Enough from each tour that it was played.

Trivia

References


1981-1985: Dreaming Of MeNew LifeJust Can't Get EnoughSee YouThe Meaning Of Love
Leave In SilenceGet The Balance RightEverything CountsLove In ItselfPeople Are PeopleMaster And ServantBlasphemous Rumours / SomebodyShake The DiseaseIt's Called A Heart
1986-1989: StrippedBut Not TonightA Question Of LustA Question Of TimeStrangelove
Never Let Me Down AgainBehind The WheelLittle 15Personal Jesus
1990-1998: Enjoy The SilencePolicy Of TruthWorld In My EyesI Feel YouWalking In My ShoesCondemnationIn Your RoomBarrel Of A GunIt's No GoodHomeUseless
Only When I Lose Myself
2001-2009: Dream OnI Feel LovedFreeloveGoodnight LoversPreciousA Pain That I'm Used To
Suffer WellJohn The Revelator / LilianMartyrWrongPeaceFragile Tension / Hole To Feed
2013-2017: HeavenSoothe My SoulShould Be HigherWhere's The RevolutionGoing Backwards
Cover Me
2023: Ghosts Again
1992-1998: Faith HealerDriftingStalker / Missing Piece
2000-2008: Strange HoursJezebelPreyAllelujah
2003-2008: Dirty Sticky FloorsI Need YouBottle Living / Hold OnA Little PieceKingdomSaw Something / Deeper And Deeper
2012-2015: Longest DayTake Me Back HomeAll Of This And NothingShine
1989-2003: CompulsionStardustLoverman
2012-2015: SpockSingle BlipAftermathsEuropa Hymn • "Pinking" (Christoffer Berg Remix)
Official releases