New Dress

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10. Dressed In Black
11. New Dress
List of Black Celebration songs

 

New Dress
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Song New Dress
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) 3:42
Tempo 114 BPM
Time signature 4
4
Key C Major
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 75 times *
Total live performances 75 times *

"New Dress" is a song from the 1986 album Black Celebration by Depeche Mode.

Lyrics


New Dress

Sex jibe husband murders wife

Bomb blast victim fights for life

Girl, thirteen, attacked with knife


Princess Di is wearing a new dress


Jet airliner shot from sky

Famine horror, millions die

Earthquake terror figures rise


Princess Di is wearing a new dress


You can't change the world

But you can change the facts

And when you change the facts

You change points of view

If you change points of view

You may change a vote

And when you change a vote

You may change the world


In black townships, fires blaze

Prospects better, premier says

Within sight are golden days


Princess Di is wearing a new dress


You can't change the world

But you can change the facts

And when you change the facts

You change points of view

If you change points of view

You may change a vote

And when you change a vote

You may change the world


Princess Di is wearing a new dress


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 "New Dress"
Main article: List of dates where "New Dress" was played