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| Song | Nothing |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Dave Bascombe Daniel Miller |
| Recorded at | Guillaume Tell (Paris) Konk (London) |
| Length (mm:ss) | 4:18 |
| Tempo | 107 BPM |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Key | B Major |
| Recorded | February - July, 1987 |
| Originally released | 28 September 1987 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 101 times * |
| Total live performances | 101 times * |
"Nothing" is a song from the 1987 album Music For The Masses by Depeche Mode.
Notes
Dave Gahan said in the commentary track on the DVD of '101' in 2003:
"When I hear the songs now, like this one especially, I really hear in Mart's words what a big influence Iggy Pop has on him. This song, 'Nothing', was like 'Dirt' from The Stooges or something."
Dave Bascombe told Super Deluxe Edition in July 2019:
"[...] We dug out a few of [Depeche Mode's] old samples and I brought a lot of mine as well, which were more in the vein of just regular snare drums and kicks, although I did use, there's one interesting sound which is used as a high hat on, I think 'Nothing', or maybe a few things, which is a pneumatic coach door shutting."
Martin Gore was also quoted in Bravo Magazine issue #44 in 1987 (translated from German):
"[...] The hydraulic door of our tourbus also proved to be very useful. We made a hi-hat from its hissing noise, and the noise from it closing also produced a kind of rattling drum."
When Depeche Mode was interviewed about the songs on the '101' CD for the April 1989 issue of French magazine 'Best', Andy Fletcher said (translated from French):
"At the end of the track, Dave asks the audience how they're doing. That what can be heard on the recording is pretty much everything that he said on stage. He never gives long speeches during the concert and that's good, I think. When I went to see Prince's last concert, I was disappointed, because he kept repeating that he loved London, that it was a fabulous place. I bet the next day he said the same thing in Amsterdam or Paris."
Lyrics
Nothing
Sitting target
Sitting waiting
Anticipating
Nothing
Nothing
Life
Is full of surprises
It advertises
Nothing
Nothing
What am I trying to do
What am I trying to say
I'm not trying to tell you anything
You didn't know
When you woke up today
Sitting target
Sitting praying
God is saying
Nothing
Nothing
Always
Knows the prospects
Learn to expect
Nothing
Nothing
What am I trying to do
What am I trying to say
I'm not trying to tell you anything
You didn't know
When you woke up today
Nothing
Nothing
Nothing, oh no
Nothing, oh no
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1987 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Nothing"
- Main article: List of dates where "Nothing" was played
