Cover Me (Depeche Mode song)

"Cover Me" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on October 6, 2017, via Columbia label. It is the third single from their fourteenth studio album, Spirit. The released single consists of several remixes of songs "Cover Me" and "So Much Love". It is the fourth single in the band's catalog that is co-written by lead singer Dave Gahan. It is the last single to feature Andy Fletcher before his death in 2022.

Background

"Cover Me" was one of four songs Dave Gahan co-wrote. "Cover Me" also ended up being one of the most cinematic compositions on Spirit. According to an interview with keyboard programmer Matrixxman, working on "Cover Me" was initially difficult but Gahan inspired everyone to get very creative on that track. Gahan also stated in a video on their YouTube channel that he always envisioned the song as having two halves, a lyrical first half and a more spacious instrumental based second half.

Depeche Mode uploaded a live version of "Cover Me" to their YouTube channel days before the official release of the Live Spirits Soundtrack on 22 June 2020.

Reception

Saby Reyes-Kulkarni of Pitchfork stated, "On 'Cover Me', Gore's haunting Lanois-esque guitar twang allows you to close your eyes and picture yourself under the Northern lights Gahan sings about."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Gahan, Peter Gordeno and Christian Eigner, except where noted

CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cover Me" (radio edit)		4:01
2.	"Cover Me" (Warpaint Steez remix)		6:23
3.	"Cover Me" (Erol Alkan Black Out rework)		8:12
4.	"Cover Me" (Texas Gentlemen remix)		5:22
5.	"Cover Me" (Ellen Allien U.F.O. RMX)		9:37
6.	"Cover Me" (Ben Pearce remix)		5:59
7.	"Cover Me" (Josh T. Pearson Choose Hellth remix)		4:48
8.	"So Much Love" (Kalli remix)	Martin Gore	6:28

Double 12″
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cover Me" (Ellen Allien U.F.O. RMX)		9:36
2.	"Cover Me" (I Hate Models Cold Lights remix)		9:55
3.	"Cover Me" (Nicole Moudaber remix)		11:15
4.	"So Much Love" (Kalli remix)	Gore	6:28
5.	"Cover Me" (Erol Alkan White Light rework)		7:22
6.	"Cover Me" (Texas Gentlemen remix)		5:20
7.	"Cover Me" (Warpaint Steez remix)		6:22
8.	"Cover Me" (Josh T. Pearson Choose Hellth remix)		4:48

Personnel

Depeche Mode

Dave Gahan – lead vocals
Martin Gore – guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
Andy Fletcher – keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals

Production

James Ford – drums, pedal steel guitar, mixing, producing
Kurt Uenala – programming
Matrixxman – programming
Jimmy Robertson – engineering
Brendan Morawski – technician
Anton Corbijn – artwork, design
David Bett – design

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Cover Me"
Chart (2017)	Peak position
Hungary (Single Top 40)	35

References

Reed, Ryan (September 13, 2017). "Watch Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan Drift Through Space in 'Cover Me' Video". Rolling Stone. rollingstone.com. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
"Depeche Mode – Cover Me [Remixes]". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
Hilton, Robin (September 13, 2017). "Watch Depeche Mode's Moody And Celestial Elegy To Dying Love". NPR. npr.org. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
Karolleks (2017-03-17). "Interview with Charles Duff (MATRIXXMAN) – keyboard programmer for Depeche Mode's new album – "Spirit"". MODE2Joy (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
Depeche Mode - Cover Me (Behind the Song), retrieved 2021-03-28
Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (18 March 2017). "Depeche Mode: Spirit". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
"Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

External links

Official website

Depeche Mode

Martin Gore
Dave Gahan

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles

1980s	"Dreaming of Me" "New Life" "Just Can't Get Enough" "See You" "The Meaning of Love" "Leave in Silence" "Get the Balance Right!" "Everything Counts" "Love, in Itself" "People Are People" "Master and Servant" "Blasphemous Rumours" / "Somebody" "Shake the Disease" "It's Called a Heart" "Stripped" "A Question of Lust" "A Question of Time" "Strangelove" "Never Let Me Down Again" "Behind the Wheel" "Little 15" "Personal Jesus"
1990s	"Enjoy the Silence" "Policy of Truth" "World in My Eyes" "I Feel You" "Walking in My Shoes" "Condemnation" "In Your Room" "Barrel of a Gun" "It's No Good" "Home" "Useless" "Only When I Lose Myself"
2000s	"Dream On" "I Feel Loved" "Freelove" "Goodnight Lovers" "Enjoy the Silence 04" "Precious" "A Pain That I'm Used To" "Suffer Well" "John the Revelator" / "Lilian" "Martyr" "Wrong" "Peace" "Fragile Tension" / "Hole to Feed"
2010s	"Personal Jesus 2011" "Heaven" "Soothe My Soul" "Should Be Higher" "Where's the Revolution" "Going Backwards" "Cover Me"
2020s	"Ghosts Again" "My Cosmos Is Mine" "Wagging Tongue" "Speak to Me" "My Favourite Stranger" "Before We Drown" "People Are Good"

Video albums

The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg
Some Great Videos
Strange
101
Strange Too
Devotional
The Videos 86–98
One Night in Paris
Touring the Angel: Live in Milan
The Best of Videos Volume 1
Tour of the Universe: Barcelona 20/21.11.09
Live in Berlin
Video Singles Collection
Spirits in the Forest

Tours

Tribute albums

Articles and books	Discography Awards and nominations Videography Peter Gordeno Depeche Mode by Anton Corbijn (book)
Bands	Yazoo The Assembly Erasure Recoil VCMG Soulsavers Strangelove: The Depeche Mode Experience
Albums	1 + 2 Hydrology Counterfeit EP Bloodline Unsound Methods Liquid Counterfeit² SubHuman Selected MG Paper Monsters Hourglass The Light the Dead See Angels & Ghosts The Third Chimpanzee Imposter

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