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Home (Depeche Mode song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Home
| cover = DepecheModeHome.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Depeche Mode
| album = Ultra
| B-side =
* "Barrel of a Gun" (live)
* "It's No Good" (live)
| released =
| recorded = 19961997
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
* Dark wave
* alternative rock
* synth-pop
* symphonic rock
| length = 5:45
| label = Mute
| writer = Martin Gore
| producer = Tim Simenon
| prev_title = It's No Good
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Useless
| next_year = 1997
| misc =
}}
"'Home'" is Depeche Mode's thirty-third UK single, released on 16 June 1997, as the third single from their ninth album, 'Ultra' (1997). The song is sung by guitarist Martin Gore, rather than the band's main singer Dave Gahan.
Critical reception
Larry Flick from 'Billboard' wrote that the song "shows the venerable electronic group in a predictably melancholy mood. But who cares? Few acts can dish out the angst better, and "Home" pleases with its baroque strings and skittling beat." He added, "Modern rock radio is a given. The question hanging in the balance is whether popsters will once again welcome Depeche Mode onto top 40 airwaves. Hard to say, though this is certainly the act's best mainstream single in a good long time." Pan-European magazine 'Music & Media' deemed it as a "somewhat subdued but still sparkling affair." A reviewer from 'Music Week' rated it four out of five, describing it as "a downbeat track with an upbeat message, strong on strings and big synth sounds. Lighters aloft."
Track listings
* '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/Grantby)
* '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)
This CD is the 2004 re-release
* 'Promo 12", Mute / P12Bong27 (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)
* 'Radio promo CD, Mute / RCDBong27 (UK)'
# "Home" (radio edit) (3:59)
# "Home" (album version) (5:50)
* 'CD-R, Tape-to-tape / Bong 27 (UK)'
# "Home" (instrumental) (3:59)
* 'CD, Reprise / PRO-CD-8855 (US)'
# "Home" (radio edit) (3:59)
# "Home" (Air "Around the Golf" remix) (3:56)
"Home" and "Useless"
On 18 November 1997, "Home" and "Useless" were released as a double A-side single in the United States and Canada. The front cover art has the "Home" cover on the front, with the "Home" track list, and the back cover art has the "Useless" cover art, with the "Useless" track list.
Track listings
* '7-inch, 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)
* '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)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (video)
# "It's No Good" (video)
# "Home" (video)
# "Useless" (video)
Charts
References
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