"Dreaming of Me" is the debut single by English

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band

Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an English electronic music, electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the line-up of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band currently consists ...

. It was recorded in December 1980 at Blackwing Studios and originally released in February 1981 in the UK via

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller (music producer), Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure (duo), Erasure, Einstürze ...

. It was not commercially released in the United States.

Background and release

Depeche Mode joined

in late 1980/early 1981, and "Dreaming of Me" was the band's first official single, released on 20 February 1981 before the album ''Speak & Spell'' was recorded. Released only in Europe with catalogue number MUTE013 in the UK and INT 197.206 in Germany, early pressings of the UK single were distributed by

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and later pressings by Spartan Distributors. There was no 12" release of the original single. "Dreaming of Me" reached number 57 on the UK charts, but did not appear on UK pressings of ''Speak & Spell'', released in October 1981. The original UK release instead included the track "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead"; international versions replaced that track with "Dreaming of Me". The single's b-side, "Ice Machine", was one of three tracks the band originally put on a demo tape of theirs when they were shopping for a record label, before joining Mute.

Track listing

All tracks written by

Vince Clarke Vincent John Martin (born 3 July 1960), known professionally as Vince Clarke, is an English synth-pop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since its inception in 1985, and was previously ...

7″: Mute / 7Mute13 (UK) # "Dreaming of Me" (fade out version) – 3:46 # "Ice Machine" (fade out version) – 3:54 12″: Mute / 12Mute13 (UK) # "Dreaming of Me" (fade out version) – 3:46 # "Ice Machine" (fade out version) – 3:54 * Re-released in 2018 as a part of the ''Speak & Spell: The 12″ Singles'' box set CD: Mute / Intercord Ton GmbH / CDMute13 / INT 811.868 (West Germany) – released in 1988 # "Dreaming of Me" (cold end version) – 4:03 # "Ice Machine" (cold end version) – 4:06 CD: Mute / CDMute13 (UK) – released in 1991 # "Dreaming of Me" (fade out version) – 3:46 # "Ice Machine" (fade out version) – 3:54 CD: Sire / 40289-2 (US) – released in 1991 # "Dreaming of Me" (fade out version) – 3:46 # "Ice Machine" (fade out version) – 3:54

Charts

References

Bibliography

External links

Single information from the official Depeche Mode website

{{authority control 1980 songs 1981 debut singles Depeche Mode songs Songs written by Vince Clarke Song recordings produced by Daniel Miller Mute Records singles UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles