| "Before We Drown" | ||||
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| Single by Depeche Mode | ||||
| from the album Memento Mori | ||||
| Released | 9 February 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2022 | |||
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| Length | 4:08 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Producer(s) | James Ford | |||
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| "Before We Drown" on YouTube | ||||
"Before We Drown" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 9 February 2024 as the sixth single from their fifteenth studio album, Memento Mori .
On 27 January 2024, two days before its official video's release, "Before We Drown" made its live debut at the O2 Arena in London. [1] The song is one of the few on the album that does not feature Martin Gore as a composer.
On 29 January 2024, an official music video was released for the song directed by Anton Corbijn. [2] [3] Focusing on themes of mortality and salvation, and filmed in black and white, the video shows a gloomy figure in an overcoat who slowly walks into a dangerous sea, and, in the end, the elements consume him. [4] [5] For the Memento Mori album, Corbijn also directed videos for "Wagging Tongue", "Ghosts Again" [6] and "My Favourite Stranger".
Kory Grow of Rolling Stone stated, "'Before We Drown', cowritten by Gahan, drummer Christian Eigner and multi-instrumentalist Peter Gordeno (members of Depeche Mode's touring lineup), builds tension minute after minute, as Gahan sings, 'First we stand up, then we fall down/We have to move forward, before we drown'. Synths effervesce eerily like fireworks around his voice as he sings the final words." [7] A reviewer by WECB commented, "The lyrics of the song, deep and evocative, immerse us in a reflection on distance and the need to move forward, the aesthetics of the video go hand in hand and they make a brilliant combo. The chorus, powerful and resonant, tells us about getting up and moving forward before succumbing to the waves of destiny." [6] Ian Wade of The Quietus wrote, "'Before We Drown', Gahan's co-write with touring Moders Peter Gordeno and Christian Eigner, feels so imbued with Depeche Mode-ness that it's almost an AI interpretation of Depeche Mode." [8]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Before We Drown" (AC Wet Mix) | 5:03 |
| 2. | "Before We Drown" (SiGNL Remix) | 7:04 |
| 3. | "Before We Drown" (Innellea Remix) | 5:55 |
| 4. | "Before We Drown" (Chris Avantgarde Remix) | 3:51 |
| Total length: | 21:13 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Before We Drown" (Chris Avantgarde Extended Remix) | 5:02 |
| 2. | "Before We Drown" (AC Wet Mix) | 5:03 |
| 3. | "People Are Good" (Indira Paganotto Psy Remix) | 9:36 |
| 4. | "People Are Good" (AC Fool Mix) | 6:55 |
| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Sales (OCC) [11] | 16 |
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