"In Your Room" is a song by English

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, released on 10 January 1994 by

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as the fourth and final single from their eighth studio album, ''

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'' (1993). The song was produced by

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, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart as well as number two in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. It is the last single to feature

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as a member before his departure in 1995. Depeche Mode's first appearance on the ''

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'', filmed during a stop on their Singles Tour, featured an abbreviated version of "In Your Room".

Critical reception

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from ''

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'' noted that the song "sees the band move further into

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territory." He added, "Typically haunting vocals and intense lyrics are enhanced by rugged beats and a quasi- industrial guitar sound that will ring true in the hearts of

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DJs."

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from ''

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'' wrote, "'In Your Room' is sleight-of-schtick that slips under your skin; assembly-line electro-groaning, errant feedback cries panning across the stereo spectrum, earthquake sequencer rumbling, what sounds like a real drum march complete with hissing cymbal." Martin Aston from ''

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'' gave it a top score of five out of five. Another ''Music Week'' editor, Alan Jones, named it Pick of the Week, saying, "Less obviously a rock record than some of their recent releases, the new Depeche Mode single is a fairly dark but nonethe less quite commercial record in which some dense guitar work is punctuated by a pleasant chorus." ''

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'' wrote, "Is that room service the industrial way, with a buzzing intro easily drowning out the worst alarm clock? Don't cut it, because it wakes up the listeners before the ardent song itself starts." Sam Wood from ''

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'' found that it "seem to be about divine visitation."

Music video

The accompanying music video for "In Your Room" (using the Zephyr mix) was directed by

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and features references to the videos for "

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" (a woman wearing sunglasses and skimpy leather outfit), "

I Feel You "I Feel You" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 15 February 1993 by Mute Records as the first single from their eighth studio album, ''Songs of Faith and Devotion'' (1993). The song was written by Martin Gore a ...

" (a woman dressed as

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, wearing a pinstripe suit, sunglasses, and a wig), "

Walking in My Shoes "Walking in My Shoes" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released on 26 April 1993 by Mute and Sire as the second single from their eighth studio album, ''Songs of Faith and Devotion'' (1993). The song reached numbe ...

" (the bird costume), "

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" (the people wearing clown makeup), "

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" (a woman dressed as a king, holding the folding chair while walking in the road), "

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" (a woman wearing a cowboy hat like the band members did), "

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" (the white dress with ribbons on it that one of the women wears) and "

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" (tea drinking). Corbijn described the video as a retrospective of the work he had done with Depeche Mode. He said he made it that way because he wasn't sure if he was going to do another Depeche Mode video after it. He later elaborated stating, that this video was made during the rise of band troubles and of Gahan's drug addiction so it was uncertain whether the band would still exist for another video to be made. The video features Alexandra Kummer, who sometimes is partially clothed. Because of the partial nudity and scenes of bondage, the video only aired after prime time on

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in the US.

Track listings

All songs were written by

. * UK and Australian CD1 # "In Your Room" (Zephyr mix) # "In Your Room" (extended Zephyr mix) # "

(live)" # "Death's Door (live)" * UK and Australian CD2 # "In Your Room" # "

(live)" # "

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(live)" # " Fly on the Windscreen (live)" * UK and Australian CD3 # "In Your Room" (The Jeep Rock mix) # "In Your Room" (Apex mix) # "Higher Love" (Adrenaline mix) * UK and Australian cassette single # "In Your Room" (Zephyr mix) # "Higher Love" (Adrenaline mix) * UK 12-inch single 1 :A1. "In Your Room" (Zephyr mix) :A2. "In Your Room" (Apex mix) :A3. "In Your Room" (The Jeep Rock mix) :B1. "Higher Love" (Adrenaline mix) :B2. "In Your Room" (extended Zephyr mix) * UK 12-inch single 2 :A1. "In Your Room" :A2. "Policy of Truth" :A3. "World in My Eyes" :B1. "Fly on the Windscreen" :B2. "Never Let Me Down Again" :B3. "Death's Door" * US 12-inch and cassette single :A1. "In Your Room" (extended Zephyr mix) – 6:43 :A2. "In Your Room" (Apex mix) – 6:43 :B1. "In Your Room" (The Jeep Rock mix) – 6:19 :B2. "Higher Love" (Adrenaline mix) – 7:49 * US CD single # "In Your Room" (Zephyr mix) # "In Your Room" (extended Zephyr mix) # "Higher Love" (Adrenaline mix) # "In Your Room" (The Jeep Rock mix) # "Policy of Truth" (live) # "In Your Room" (Apex mix) # "In Your Room" (live) * All live tracks were recorded in

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, France, on 29 July 1993.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site
* Allmusic song review* Allmusic US CD single review {{Authority control 1993 songs 1994 singles Depeche Mode songs Music videos directed by Anton Corbijn Mute Records singles Song recordings produced by Flood (producer) Songs written by Martin Gore UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles