Home (Depeche Mode song)

Single infobox
Name = Home


Artist = Depeche Mode
from Album = Ultra
B-side = Live tracks
Released = June 16 1997
Format = Vinyl record 12", CD
Recorded = 1996
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 5:46
Label = Mute Records
Writer = Martin Gore
Producer = Tim Simenon
Chart position =
* #1 (Latvia)
* #10 (Sweden)
* #11 (Germany)
* #23 (UK)
* #47 (Switzerland)
* #88 (US Hot 100)
Reviews =
* allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3zfexq8jldse link]
Last single = "It's No Good"
(1997)
This single = "Home"
(1997)
Next single = "Useless"
(1997)

"Home" is Depeche Mode's thirty-third UK single, released on June 16, 1997, and the third single for the album "Ultra". It is also the third (and most recent) UK single with Martin Gore on lead vocals, and the second stand-alone single with him on lead vocals (the others are "A Question of Lust" and "Somebody", which was a double-A side with "Blasphemous Rumours").

Though it was planned to be released in the US, it ended up being scrapped due to some radio stations playing the song "Useless" instead, leading people in the US to believe that was the third single, when it was the fourth single. Reprise scrapped the US release of "Home", despite there already being confirmed tracklists, and released Home/Useless as a double A-side single.

"Home" is a ballad with beautiful strings and other arrangements, and as a Martin vocal track it's a fan favorite. The single version of "Home" has an ambient intro, rather than the drum beat starting directly at the beginning like the album version.

There are no actual B-sides for "Home", just live versions of "Barrel of a Gun" and "It's No Good" recorded during the "Ultra Party" concert in London. The "Home" remixes are often considered the worst DM remixes, because some of the mixes don't even keep any of the music, just Martin's vocals mixed in with new melodies. The "Air Around the Golf" mix appears on Remixes 81 - 04.

The music video for "Home" is the only "Ultra" video not directed by Anton Corbijn, but instead by Steve Green. It features an alien exploring an apartment complex, and uses a highly-shortened down version of "Home", likely the Radio edit.

During the last "Touring The Angel" world tour, "Home" has been included in the setlist, and the "Air Around The Golf" arrangement was used for the first half part of the song. Probably, due to the unordinary version, Martin failed several times singing the first verse.

Track listings

Listen
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title=Depeche Mode "Home" (1997)
description=30 second sample from Depeche Mode's "Home".
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12": Mute / 12Bong27 (UK)

# "Home (Jedi Knights Remix (Drowning in Time))" (7:02)
# "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:57)
# "Home (LFO Meant to Be)" (4:26)
# "Home (Grantby Mix)" (4:39) (remixed by Dan Grigson)

CD: Mute / CDBong27 (UK)

# "Home" (5:46)
# "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:57)
# "Home (LFO Meant to Be)" (4:26)
# "Home (The Noodles & The Damage Done)" (6:36) (remixed by Skylab)

CD: Mute / LCDBong27 (UK)

# "Home (Jedi Knights Remix (Drowning in Time))" (7:02)
# "Home (Grantby Mix)" (4:39)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Live)" (6:02)
# "It's No Good (Live)" (4:06)

CD: Mute / CDBong27X (EU)

# "Home" (5:46)
# "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:56)
# "Home (LFO Meant to Be)" (4:26)
# "Home (The Noodles & The Damage Done)" (6:36)
# "Home (Jedi Knights Remix (Drowning in Time))" (7:01)
# "Home (Grantby Mix)" (4:40)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Live)" (6:02)
# "It's No Good (Live)" (4:06)

*The third CD is the 2004 re-release

CD-R: Tape-To-Tape / Bong 27 (UK)

# "Home (Instrumental)" (3:59)

CD: Reprise / PRO-CD-8855 (US)

# "Home (Radio Version)" (3:59)
# "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:56)

*All songs written by Martin L. Gore
*Martin Gore sings lead on "Home", David Gahan sings lead on "Barrel of a Gun" and "It's No Good".
*Live tracks recorded April 10, 1997 in London, England.

"Home" and "Useless"

In November 1997, "Home" and "Useless" were released as a Double A-side single in the US and Canada. The front cover art has the "Home" cover on the front, with the Home tracklist, and the backcover art has the Useless cover art, with the Useless tracklist.

7": Reprise / 7-17314 (US)

# "Home" (5:46)
# "Useless [CJ Bolland Ultrasonar Edit] " (4:06)

CD: Reprise / 9 17314-2 (US)

# "Home" (5:46)
# "Home [Air "Around the Golf" Remix] " (3:58)
# "Useless [CJ Bolland Ultrasonar Edit] " (4:06)

*Above released November 18

CD: Reprise / 9 43906-2 (US)

# "Home" (5:46)
# "Home [Grantby Mix] " (4:38)
# "Home [LFO Meant to Be] " (4:26)
# "Home [The Noodles and The Damage Done] " (6:22)
# "Useless [CJ Bolland Ultrasonar Mix] " (6:00)
# "Useless [CJ Bolland Funky Sub Mix] " (5:38)
# "Useless [Kruder + Dorfmeister Session ™] " (9:10)
# "Useless [Escape from Wherever: Parts 1 & 2] " (7:15)
*Released November 11
*The CD can be put into a PC or Mac that met requirements and you can watch the videos for "Barrel of a Gun", "It's No Good", "Home", and "Useless".

*All songs written by Martin L. Gore
*Martin Gore sings lead on "Home", David Gahan sings lead on "Useless"

Trivia

The painting on the "Home" cover was designed by Emma Corbijn, who was five years old at the time.

External links

* [http://archives.depechemode.com/discography/singles/38_home.html Home information from the official Depeche Mode web site]
* [http://archives.depechemode.com/discography/singles/40_home_useless.html Home/Useless information from the official Depeche Mode web site]