Dreaming of Me
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| Single by Depeche Mode from the album Speak and Spell (added to 2006 re-release) |
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| B-side | "Ice Machine" | ||||
| Released | February 20, 1981 | ||||
| Format | Vinyl record (7"), CD (1991 box set) | ||||
| Recorded | December 1980 | ||||
| Genre | Synthpop | ||||
| Length | 3:46 | ||||
| Label | Mute Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Vince Clarke | ||||
| Producer | Depeche Mode and Daniel Miller | ||||
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"Dreaming of Me" is the debut single by Depeche Mode, originally released on February 20, 1981 in the UK. The single was not commercially released in the United States.
There are technically two versions of the song: one which fades out, and an alternate version which does not. The alternate version is on the CD re-release of Speak and Spell in Europe, while the American Speak and Spell (and all singles compilations containing the song) has the regular version. The re-release of Speak and Spell in 2006 also features the no-fade out version, and was released in all regions.
The B-Side, "Ice Machine," is similarly available in a fading version, and an alternate non-fading version. The song is also a bonus track on the CD rerelease of Speak and Spell in the UK. The 1986 and 2006 re-releases of Speak and Spell use the no-fade out version. A live version of "Ice Machine" (recorded during the Some Great Reward tour) is available on the 12" version of the 1984 single, "Blasphemous Rumours."
Due to a poor chart placement (#57 on the UK singles chart), "Dreaming of Me" did not originally appear on Speak and Spell, but did show up in the CD re-release in the UK as a bonus track. In the United States, "Dreaming of Me" was on the original pressing of the album, replacing "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead." On the 2006 re-release of Speak and Spell it was placed at the end of the album, with the original U.K. tracklist preceding it.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] 7": Mute / 7Mute13 (UK)
- "Dreaming of Me" (3:46)
- "Ice Machine" (3:54)
- In 1991, the single was released on CD as part of the singles box set, in both the UK and US. The tracklist is the same.
- Both songs written by Vince Clarke
[edit] External links
- "Dreaming of Me" lyrics
- "Ice Machine" lyrics
- Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site
