People Are Good

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8. Before We Drown
9. People Are Good
List of Memento Mori songs
10. Always You
People Are Good
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Song People Are Good
By Depeche Mode
Songwriter Martin L. Gore
Produced by James Ford
Marta Salogni
Recorded at Electric Ladyboy (Santa Barbara)
Shangri-La (Malibu)
Length (mm:ss) 4:24
Programmed by James Ford
Marta Salogni
Engineered by Marta Salogni
Engineering assistance Francine Perry
Grace Banks
Mixed by Marta Salogni
Mix engineering Marta Salogni
Mixed at Studio Zona (London)
Mastering engineer Matt Colton
Keyboards James Ford
Art direction Anton Corbijn
Recorded July–October 2022
Originally released 24 March 2023
5 April 2024 ("release")
Live performances as Depeche Mode 0 times *
Total live performances 0 times *

"People Are Good" is a song from the 2023 album Memento Mori by Depeche Mode. On 5 April 2024, it became the seventh "release" from the album according to the official website's discography section.

Notes

When newspaper Expresso asked Dave Gahan if this song was similar to 'People Are People', Gahan replied (translated from Portuguese):

"In fact, in a way, they both say pretty much the same thing. Not much has changed over the past 40 years. Why is there all this hate and all this fear? The question is always the same. But this new song is a bit different, because we thought it was quite funny to say that "people are good" and then add: "keep fooling yourself". This phrase, "people are good", is repeated many times, and what we ask is: are people actually good?"

Lyrics


People Are Good

Keep telling myself

That people are good

Whisper it under my breath

So I don't forget

Keep fooling myself

That they do all they can

Sometimes they simply slip up

But it's not what they meant


Heaven help me

Heaven help me

Heaven help us

Heaven help us


Keep reminding myself

That people are good

And when they do bad things

They're just hurting inside

Keep fooling myself

That everyone cares

And they're all full of love

It's just their patience gets tried


Heaven help me

Heaven help me

Heaven help us

Heaven help us


Everything will be alright in time

It will be fine


'Cause people are good

Whisper it under your breath

People are good

Keep fooling yourself


People are good

Whisper it under your breath

People are good

Keep fooling yourself


Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) o/b/o Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS).

Music video

Dates where People Are Good was played

People Are Good has never been played live.