IT'S NO GOOD
DEPECHE MODE
SONGWRITER: MARTIN L. GORE
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: ULTRA
LABEL: MUTE RECORDS
GENRE: ELECTRONIC MUSIC BAND
YEAR: 1997
Depeche
Mode (/dəˌpɛʃ-, diː-, dɪ-/) are an Englis electronic music band formed in Basildon,
Essex in 1980. The group as of now consists of a trio of Dave Gahan (lead
vocals and co-songwriting), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting), and Andy Fletcher (keyboards).
Depeche
Mode released its debut álbum Speak &
Spell in 1981, bringing the band onto the
British new wave scene.
Founding member Vince Clarke left
after the release of the album; they recorded A Broken Frame as a trio. Gore took over as main songwriter and, later in 1982, Alan Wilder replaced
Clarke, establishing a lineup that continued for 13 years.
The
band's last albums of the 1980s, Black Celebration and Music for the
Masses, established them as a dominant force within
the electronic music scene. A highlight of this era was the band's June 1988
concert at the Pasadena Rose
Bowl, where they drew a crowd in excess of 60,000
people. In early 1990, they released Violator,
an international mainstream success. The following album, Songs of
Faith and Devotion, released in 1993, was also a
success, though internal struggles within the band during recording and touring
resulted in Wilder's departure in 1995.
Depeche
Mode have had 54 songs in the UK Singles Chart and 17 top 10 albums in the UK chart; they have sold more than 100
million records worldwide. Q included the band in the list of the "50 Bands That Changed the
World!". Depeche Mode also ranks number 98 on VH1's "100 Greatest
Artists of All Time". In December 2016, Billboard named Depeche Mode the 10th most successful dance club artist of all
time. They were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2017 and 2018, and will be
inducted as part of the Class of 2020.
Ultra is
the ninth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was
released on 14 April 1997 by Mute Records.
It was the band's first album following the departure of Alan Wilder, who had
become disillusioned with life in the band. Wilder's departure and lead singer Dave Gahan's drug
problems, which culminated in a near-fatal overdose, had caused speculation
that Depeche Mode was finished. Ultra was the first album the band recorded as
a trio since A Broken Frame (1982); it was also their first where the band members were not
involved with production.
The album
debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and at number five on the US Billboard 200. By
2006, it had sold 584,000 copies in the United States. In 1999, Ned Raggett
ranked the album at number 50 on his list of the "Top 136 or So Albums of
the Nineties". That same year, the annual Ultra Music
Festival in Miami was named after
the album by its co-founder Russell Faibisch,
and acknowledging its influence on the Polish rock scene,
Tylko Rock ranked
it at number 71 on its list of the "100 Albums That Shook Polish
Rock".
I'm
gonna take my time
I have all the time in the world
To make you mine
It is written in the stars above
The gods decree
You'll be right here by my side
Right next to me
You can run but you cannot hide
Don't
say you want me
Don't say you need me
Don't say you love me
It's understood
Don't say you're happy
Out there without me
I know you can't be
'Cause it's no good
I'll be
fine
I'll be waiting patiently
Until you see the signs
And come running to my open arms
When will you realise
Do we have to wait till our worlds collide
Open up your eyes
You can't turn back the tide
Don't
say you want me
Don't say you need me
Don't say you love me
It's understood
Don't say you're happy
Out there without me
I know you can't be
'Cause it's no good
I'm
gonna take my time
I have all the time in the world
To make you mine
It is written in the stars above
Don't
say you want me
Don't say you need me
Don't say you love me
It's understood
Don't say you're happy
Out there without me
I know you can't be
'Cause it's no good.