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Never Let Me Down Again" is Depeche Mode's nineteenth UK single, released on August 24, 1987, and the second single for the then upcoming album Music for the Masses. A relatively minor hit in the UK, at #22, it was a smash in West Germany, where it hit #2. The single's cover art features a fragment of a Soviet map showing the northern part of Russia adjacent to the Arctic Ocean.
The song became a favourite among fans, especially live. Shows during Depeche Mode's 1988 tour were often closed with this song, and it can be heard at the end of their live album/concert tour 101. Notable in the video is when Dave waves his arms around during the end of the song, and the sold out crowd of 80,000+ mimicked Dave's movements. It is now a tradition at Depeche Mode shows for fans to wave their arms around during the end of "Never Let Me Down Again".
There are two music videos for "Never Let Me Down Again". The original version, from Strange uses the "Split Mix", minus the intro and outro, and during the techno portion, Dave's pair of dancing shoes are shown walking without anyone wearing them, before someone puts them on and wears them to dance. There is also a shortened one with just the Single version of the song, without the dancing shoes. It appears on The Videos 86>98. They are directed by Anton Corbijn.
On November 8, 2001, shortly after their final Exciter Tour concert in Mannheim, Germany, the band played "Never Let Me Down Again" during the MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt, but it did air in the US on MTV2. It can be viewed at the official Depeche Mode website.
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