“Dreaming Of Me” by Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode's first single, "Dreaming of Me", was recorded at Blackwing Studios in December 1980 and put out by Mute on 20 February 1981, before the band had even made Speak & Spell. Vince Clarke wrote it, the band produced it with Daniel Miller, and John Fryer and Eric Radcliffe engineered: a bright, wide-eyed slice of electronic pop from a group still finding its feet.

It was a modest start. The single came out only in Europe, never saw a commercial release in the US and had no 12-inch, and it stalled at 57 on the UK chart. When Speak & Spell arrived in October 1981, the UK pressing left it off in favour of "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead", though international editions used it in that track's place.

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