Going Backwards

"Going Backwards"
"Going Backwards"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Spirit
B-side	Various remixes; "Poison Heart";
Released	23 June 2017
Recorded	2016
Genre	Electronic rock
Length	5:42
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Martin L. Gore
Producer(s)	James Ford
Depeche Mode singles chronology
Music video
	"Going Backwards" (Highline sessions version) on YouTube

"Going Backwards" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode from their fourteenth studio album Spirit.^[1] It was released as the album's second single on 23 June 2017. The cover art was designed by Anton Corbijn. A physical CD and vinyl release was released on 15 September 2017.^[2] A live video was released on 22 June 2017.^[3]

Background

Martin Gore said in an interview with Amazon Music Germany "an album starts taking shape, for me, really, when you have about four songs together, and we had gone down a cynical path. And I thought, 'Okay well, maybe I just gotta go with this.'"^[4]^[5]

The theme of the song is the idea is about the regression of society as well as technology's role in the regression, but Gore also believed that "new technologies would bring the world together—the world would be united by them. We were all enthusiastic about the Arab Spring, when people started organizing themselves with social media and fought for their freedom. But then everything went wrong: the Middle East seems to be falling apart."^[6]

Track listing

Digital download^[7]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Going Backwards" (album version)	5:43
2.	"Going Backwards" (Highline sessions version)	5:27

CD
digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Going Backwards" (radio edit)	3:51
2.	"Going Backwards" (Chris Liebing mix)	9:07
3.	"Going Backwards" (Solomun extended radio remix)	8:25
4.	"Going Backwards" (The Belleville Three full vocal mix)	6:44
5.	"Going Backwards" (Point Point remix)	4:32
6.	"Going Backwards" (Chris Liebing Burn Slow mix)	7:08
7.	"Going Backwards" (Maya Jane Coles remix)	5:57
8.	"Poison Heart" (Soulsavers re-work)	3:45

Double 12″
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Going Backwards" (Chris Liebing mix)	9:07
2.	"Going Backwards" (Solomun club remix)	7:53
3.	"Going Backwards" (The Belleville Three Deep Bass)	5:58
4.	"Going Backwards" (Chris Liebing Burn Slow mix)	7:08
5.	"Going Backwards" (Point Point remix)	4:32
6.	"You Move" (Latroit remix)	4:17
7.	"Poison Heart" (Soulsavers re-work)	3:45

Digital download – Claptone remix
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Going Backwards" (Claptone remix)	6:44

Personnel

Depeche Mode

Dave Gahan – lead vocals
Martin Gore – guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
Andy Fletcher – keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals

Additional musicians

James Ford – drums
Kurt Uenala, Matrixxman – programming

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Going Backwards"
Chart (2017–2022)^[8]	Peak position
Dutch Single Tip (MegaCharts)^[9]	29
Hungary (Single Top 40)^[10]	7
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[11]	37

References

^ Düll, Helena (8 June 2017). "Depeche Mode: "Going Backwards" wird nächste Single". Rolling Stone (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ @bongmute (July 31, 2017). "#DepecheMode #GoingBackwards #Remixes CD and vinyl should be released on 15 September 2017. Patience. ;)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Morgan Britton, Luke (22 June 2017). "Watch Depeche Mode's 360-degrees live video for 'Going Backwards' | NME". NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ "Backstage mit Depeche Mode". www.amazon.de. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
^ "2017-04-28 Backstage Mit Depeche Mode, Amazon Music Unlimited, Germany - Depeche Mode Live Wiki". dmlive.wiki. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
^ Bernays, Ueli. "«Die Menschheit ist vom Weg abgekommen» | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
^ Barassi, Daniel. "Depeche Mode: The Archives". Depeche Mode: The Archives.
^ "Depeche Mode". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ "Dutch Single Tip 26/08/2017". Mega Charts. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ "Depeche Mode Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

External links

[1] Düll, Helena (8 June 2017). "Depeche Mode: "Going Backwards" wird nächste Single". Rolling Stone (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[2] @bongmute (July 31, 2017). "#DepecheMode #GoingBackwards #Remixes CD and vinyl should be released on 15 September 2017. Patience. ;)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[3] Morgan Britton, Luke (22 June 2017). "Watch Depeche Mode's 360-degrees live video for 'Going Backwards' | NME". NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[4] "Backstage mit Depeche Mode". www.amazon.de. Retrieved 2023-03-31.

[5] "2017-04-28 Backstage Mit Depeche Mode, Amazon Music Unlimited, Germany - Depeche Mode Live Wiki". dmlive.wiki. Retrieved 2023-03-31.

[6] Bernays, Ueli. "«Die Menschheit ist vom Weg abgekommen» | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-03-31.

[7] Barassi, Daniel. "Depeche Mode: The Archives". Depeche Mode: The Archives.

[8] "Depeche Mode". Billboard. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[9] "Dutch Single Tip 26/08/2017". Mega Charts. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[sc_Hungarysingle_-10] "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

[sc_Billboardrocksongs_Depeche_Mode-11] "Depeche Mode Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

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