Depeche Mode will be releasing a 7-track double LP collection of remixes of ‘Cover Me’, as well as a remix of ‘So Much Love’, on October 6th on Columbia Records. ‘Cover Me’ was written by Dave Gahan together with Peter Gordeno and Christian Eigner.
Depeche Mode - Cover Me (Remixes)
Vinyl 2×12″
Side 1
A1 – Cover Me (Ellen Allien Remix)
A2 – Cover Me (I Hate Models Cold Lights Remix)
Side 2
B1 – Cover Me (Nicole Moudaber Remix)
B2 – So Much Love (Kalli Remix)
Side 3
C1 – Cover Me (Erol Alkan V1.2)
C2 – Cover Me (Texas Gentlemen Remix)
Side 4
D1 – Cover Me (Warpaint Steez Remix)
D2 – Cover Me (Josh T. Pearson Choose Hellth Remix)
Dave talked about this song extensively to Phil Marriott:
“I wanted to be very cinematic, and I had this sort of idea of us finally destroying this beautiful planet that we live on. Hence the northern lights: it’s just one in many millions of beautiful things… the oceans, just things that we take for granted. And the “Northern lights” was just a metaphor that I wanted to use, because I did once experience actually being there while that was happening, way up north in Scandinavia. Yeah, it’s quite an emotional experience, and it’s also out of the world somehow, quite spiritual, and moving, moving to the point of tears, the beauty of something happening in our universe. And so I had this idea at that time, a little lyrical idea, not really a melody. But anyway, I came back to that, and that became that song. And I also saw the song in two halves, where the second half was where we are finally leaving or something. This person or whoever it is, who I live vicariously through, leaves the planet, only to find another planet that is exactly the same as ours, and he has this horrible feeling of like, “Oh wow, it’s not the planet, it’s me, I am doing this. I’m destroying this beautiful world that I live in. And that can be just an emotional relationship that you have with another person, or trying to be having a relationship with another person that you can’t quite get to because you just can’t. And that, for me, is quite often where I find myself with music and songs: I am quite often this other person. Of course it’s me, but I can live vicariously through this performer, this guy that I’ve created, which is me, but a character. And throughout songs and films and books and stuff like that, that’s where I get lost. With ‘Cover Me’, the song that was coming to mind a lot, the feeling of the song that I wanted to get on this, and it’s a totally different kind of song, but the feeling that I wanted to get was like Bowie’s song ‘Life On Mars’, where the second half of the song seems to go to another place, or ‘Space Odyssey’, that kind of feeling. It opens up for you, the listener, to just be able to go off in their own dreams and ideas.”
VINYL RELEASE
2x12" single (Columbia 44-200876 | Sony Misic 88985483411) US/EU
LP 1
SIDE A
"Cover Me" (Ellen Allien U.F.O. RMX) 09:37
"Cover Me" (I Hate Models Cold Lights Remix) 09:55
SIDE B
"Cover Me" (Nicole Moudaber Remix) 11:17
"So Much Love" (Kalli Remix) 06:28
LP 2
SIDE C
"Cover Me" (Erol Alkan White Light Rework) 07:21
"Cover Me" (Texas Gentlemen Remix) 05:22
SIDE D
"Cover Me" (Warpaint Steez Remix) 06:23
"Cover Me" (Josh T. Pearson Choose Hellth Remix) 04:48
● MATRIX: RUNOUT / BARCODE
Barcode:8 89854 83411 1
Other:Made in the EU
Label Code:LC00162
Rights Society:BIEM/GEMA
Runout Side A:BH92710-01 A1 HL
Barcode:88985483411A
Runout Side B:BH92710-01 B1 HL
Barcode:88985483411B
Runout Side C:BH92710-02 C1 HL
Barcode:88985483411C
Runout Side D:BH92710-02 D2 HL
Barcode:88985483411D
Vinyl record format:33 ⅓ RPM STEREO
Sticker black: "DEPECHE MODE includes 7 "COVER ME" REMIXES plus additional "SO MUCH LOVE" REMIX double vinyl 88985483411 S1"
NOTE: Cover: Made in the EU. Track durations do not appear on release.
CD RELEASE
CD single (Columbia 88985483422) US/EU
1 •"Cover Me" (Radio Edit) 04:01
2 •"Cover Me" (Warpaint Steez Remix) 06:23
3 •"Cover Me" (Erol Alkan Black Out Rework) 08:13
4 •"Cover Me" (Texas Gentlemen Remix) 05:22
5 •"Cover Me" (Ellen Allien U.F.O. RMX) 09:37
6 •"Cover Me" (Ben Pearce Remix) 05:59
7 •"Cover Me" (Josh T. Pearson Choose Hellth Remix) 04:48
8 •"So Much Love" (Kalli Remix) 06:28
● MATRIX: RUNOUT / BARCODE
Barcode:8 89854 83422 7
Other:Made in the EU
Label Code:LC 00162
Runout CD Outer:Sony DADC A0102913847-0101 15 A00
Mould SID Code:IFPI 9420
Mastering SID Code:IFPI L555
Barcode CD:88985483422
Rights Society:BIEM/GEMA
Rights Society:BMI
Rights Society:PRS
Sticker black: "DEPECHE MODE includes 6 "COVER ME" REMIXES plus additional "SO MUCH LOVE" REMIX 88985483422"
NOTE: Cover: Made in the EU. Released in card sleeve with a sticker on plastic wrap. Track durations do not appear on release.
DIGITAL RELEASE
Cover Me [Remixes] 6 October 2017
Columbia: 0886446693101 / G0100037948771
Digital Download Single 11 x File, FLAC (Audio Format: 24bit/44.1kHz | 16bit/44.1kHz)
01."Cover Me" (Radio Edit) 04:01
02."Cover Me" (Warpaint Steez Remix) 06:23
03."Cover Me" (Josh T. Pearson Choose Hellth Remix) 04:48
04."Cover Me" (Ellen Allien U.F.O. RMX) 09:37
05."Cover Me" (Nicole Moudaber Remix) 11:17
06."Cover Me" (Ben Pearce Remix) 05:59
07."Cover Me" (Texas Gentlemen Remix) 05:22
08."Cover Me" (Erol Alkan White Light Rework) 07:21
09."Cover Me" (I Hate Models Cold Lights Remix) 09:55
10."Cover Me" (Dixon Remix) 07:26
11."So Much Love" (Kalli Remix) 06:28
Cover Me [Remixes] 6 October 2017
Columbia: G0100037948755
Digital Download Single 10 x File, WAV (Audio Format: 24bit/44.1kHz | 16bit/44.1kHz)
01."Cover Me" (Ellen Allien U.F.O. RMX) 09:37
02."Cover Me" (Erol Alkan White Light Rework) 07:21
03."Cover Me" (Warpaint Steez Remix) 06:23
04."Cover Me" (Fitness N Hellth Remix) 05:02
05."Cover Me" (Nicole Moudaber Remix) 11:17
06."Cover Me" (I Hate Models Cold Lights Remix) 09:55
07."Cover Me" (Erol Alkan Black Out Rework) 08:13
08."Cover Me" (Ben Pearce Remix) 05:59
09."Cover Me" (Dixon Remix) 07:26
10."So Much Love" (Kalli Remix) 06:28
● BPM and KEY DIGITAL
Track 1:124 BPM, C maj
Track 2:118 BPM, C maj
Track 3:98 BPM, C maj
Track 4:125 BPM, C min
Track 5:122 BPM, G maj
Track 6:132 BPM, C min
Track 7:118 BPM, C min
Track 8:122 BPM, C min
Track 9:122 BPM, F min
Track 10:135 BPM, D min
NOTE: Beatport exclusive
MUSIC VIDEO RELEASE
Cover Me
Release 13 September 2017
Written by Christian Eigner, Andrew Phillpott, Dave Gahan
Produced by James Ford
Video directed by Anton Corbijn
Cover Me (Behind the Song)
Release 06 October 2017
AUDIO | RELEASES
PRODUCTION DETAILS TRACKS
"Cover Me" (Radio Edit) 04:01 • Engineer by Brendan Morawski, Connor Long, David Schaeman, Oscar Munoz. Engineer, Mixed By Jimmy Robertson. Engineer, Producer, Drums by James Ford. Mastered By Patrick Karnik. Performer by Depeche Mode. Programmed By Kurt Uenala, Matrixxman. Steel Guitar by James Ford.
"Cover Me" (Warpaint Steez Remix) 06:23 • Bass by Jenny Lee. Engineer by Andy Kelly. Remix by Steez, Stella Mozgawa, Warpaint.
"Cover Me" (Josh T. Pearson Choose Hellth Remix) 04:48 • Management by Peter Sasala. Recorded By, Mixed By, Producer by Matt Piersall. Remix, Performer By Josh T. Pearson.
"Cover Me" (Ellen Allien U.F.O. RMX) 09:37 • Remix by Ellen Allien.
"Cover Me" (Nicole Moudaber Remix) 11:17 • Engineer by Alex Tepper. Remix, Producer by Nicole Moudaber.
"Cover Me" (Ben Pearce Remix) 05:59 • Remix by Ben Pearce.
"Cover Me" (Texas Gentlemen Remix) 05:22 • Management by Peter Sasala. Producer by Beau Patrick Bedford, Matt Pence. Recorded By, Mixed By Matt Pence. Remix by Texas Gentlemen.
"Cover Me" (Erol Alkan White Light Rework) 07:21 • Remix, Drums, Synthesizer by Erol Alkan.
"Cover Me" (I Hate Models Cold Lights Remix) 09:55 • Mixed By Mathis Kolkoz. Remix by I Hate Models. Remix, Producer by Guillaume Labadie.
"Cover Me" (Dixon Remix) 07:26 • Mastered By Bo Kondren. Mixed By, Engineer by Mathias Schober. Remix by Steffen "Dixon" Berkhahn.
"So Much Love" (Kalli Remix) 06:28 • Remix, Producer by Thimitris Kalligas.
"Cover Me" (Fitness N Hellth Remix) 05:02 • Remix by Fitness N Hellth.
"Cover Me" (Erol Alkan Black Out Rework) 08:13 • Remix, Drums, Synthesizer by Erol Alkan.
