To plug the single, Depeche Mode’s label Mute placed personal ads in some local newspapers with the words “YOUR OWN PERSONAL JESUS” in white text on a black square… and a London phone number.
With a stomping drumbeat and the unusual - for Depeche Mode - sound of a twanging guitar, the song extolled the virtues of “Your own personal Jesus - someone to hear your prayers, someone who cares.”ĭave Gahan performs with Depeche Mode in Rotterdam, October 1990. The band name is derived from a French fashion magazine, Dépêche mode, which means 'fashion. They are one of the most enduring and successful bands to have emerged during the 80s, and particularly from the new wave / new romantic era. The band name is derived from a French fashion magazine, Dpche mode, which means 'fashion. This was never more obvious than on the single Personal Jesus, which was released on 29 August 1989 and later appeared on the album Violator on 19 March 1990. Depeche Mode is an English band, founded in 1980, originally from the town of Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom. Depeche Mode is an English band, founded in 1980, originally from the town of Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom. By the end of the decade, they were a stadium group in the United States, while chief songwriter Martin Gore still managed to get some of the most introspective and troubling lyrics onto America’s airwaves and in front of the kids.ĭepeche Mode in 1987: Andy Fletcher, Martin Gore, David Gahan and Alan Wilder.
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