Home_(Depeche_Mode_song)

Home (Depeche Mode song)

Home (Depeche Mode song)

1997 single by Depeche Mode


"Home" is a song by English electronic music group Depeche Mode, 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.

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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."[1] Pan-European magazine Music & Media deemed it as a "somewhat subdued but still sparkling affair."[2] 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."[3]

Track listings

"Home" / "Useless"

Quick Facts Single by Depeche Mode, from the album Ultra ...

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

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Release history

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References

  1. Flick, Larry (15 November 1997). "Reviews & Previews: Singles" (PDF). Billboard. p. 68. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. "Airborne" (PDF). Music & Media. 7 June 1997. p. 22. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 31 May 1997. p. 23. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  4. Depeche Mode (1997). Home (UK CD1 liner notes). Mute Records. CD BONG 27.
  5. Depeche Mode (1997). Home (UK CD2 liner notes). Mute Records. LCD BONG 27.
  6. Depeche Mode (1997). Home (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Mute Records. 12 BONG 27.
  7. Depeche Mode (1997). Home (UK cassette single sleeve). Mute Records. C BONG 27.
  8. Depeche Mode (1997). Home (Japanese CD single liner notes). Mute Records. LCD BONG 27.
  9. Depeche Mode (1997). Home / Useless (US CD single liner notes). Reprise Records, Mute Records. 9 17314-2.
  10. Depeche Mode (1997). Home / Useless (US cassette single sleeve). Reprise Records, Mute Records. 9 17314-4.
  11. Depeche Mode (1997). Home / Useless (US maxi-single disc notes). Reprise Records, Mute Records. 9 43906-2.
  12. Depeche Mode (1997). Home / Useless (US 7-inch single sleeve). Reprise Records, Mute Records. 7-17314.
  13. Depeche Mode (1997). Home / Useless (US 12-inch single sleeve). Reprise Records, Mute Records. 9 43906-0.
  14. "Depeche Mode – Home" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  15. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 14, no. 28. 12 July 1997. p. 13. OCLC 29800226 via World Radio History.
  16. "Depeche Mode: Home" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  17. "History" (in Italian). FIMI. Retrieved 2 June 2022. With "Ricerca per" set on "Artista/band", search "Depeche Mode" and then click "Classifiche".
  18. "Depeche Mode – Home" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  19. "Depeche Mode – Home" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
  20. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  21. "Independent Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 12 July 1997. p. 22. ISSN 0265-1548 via World Radio History.
  22. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 14 June 1997. p. 43. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  23. "シングル・リミックス・コレクションVol.3~ホーム~ | デペッシュ・モード" [Single Remix Collection Vol.3 ~Home~ | Depeche Mode] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  24. "Upcoming New Releases". Hits. Vol. 12, no. 566. 24 October 1997. p. 40.
  25. Sandiford-Waller, Theda (15 November 1997). "Hot 100 Singles Spotlight". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 46. p. 87. Both Depeche Mode's "Home" and [...] arrive at retail Nov. 18.

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