"Cover Me" is a song by English

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band

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, released on October 6, 2017, via Columbia label. It is the third single from their fourteenth studio album, '' Spirit''. The released single consists of several remixes of songs "Cover Me" and "So Much Love". It is the fourth single in the band's catalog that is co-written by lead singer

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. It is the last single to feature

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before his death in 2022.

Background

"Cover Me" was one of four songs Dave Gahan co-wrote. "Cover Me" also ended up being one of the most cinematic compositions on ''Spirit''. According to an interview with keyboard programmer

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, working on "Cover Me" was initially difficult but Gahan inspired everyone to get very creative on that track. Gahan also stated in a video on their YouTube channel that he always envisioned the song as having two halves, a lyrical first half and a more spacious instrumental based second half. Depeche Mode uploaded a live version of "Cover Me" to their YouTube channel days before the official release of the '' Live Spirits Soundtrack'' on 22 June 2020.

Reception

Saby Reyes-Kulkarni of ''

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'' stated, "On 'Cover Me', Gore's haunting Lanois-esque guitar twang allows you to close your eyes and picture yourself under the Northern lights Gahan sings about."

Track listing

Personnel

Depeche Mode *

– lead vocals *

Martin Gore Martin Lee Gore (born 23 July 1961) is an English musician and songwriter. He is one of the founding members of the electronic music band Depeche Mode and is the band's main songwriter. He is the band's guitarist and keyboardist, and occasiona ...

– guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals *

– keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals Production * James Ford – drums, pedal steel guitar, mixing, producing * Kurt Uenala – programming *

– programming * Jimmy Robertson – engineering * Brendan Morawski – technician * Anton Corbijn – artwork, design * David Bett – design

Charts

References

External links

* {{authority control 2017 songs 2017 singles Depeche Mode songs Song recordings produced by James Ford (musician) Columbia Records singles Black-and-white music videos Music videos directed by Anton Corbijn Songs written by Dave Gahan Songs written by Peter Gordeno (musician)