"Home" is Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

's thirty-third UK

United Kingdom

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 single, released on June 16, 1997, and the third single for the album Ultra. It is also the third (and most recent) UK single with Martin Gore

Martin Gore

Martin Lee Gore is an English songwriter, lyricist, singer, guitarist, keyboardist, remixer and DJ. He is a founding member of Depeche Mode and has written the vast majority of their songs...

 on lead vocals, and the second stand-alone single with him on lead vocals (the others are "A Question of Lust

A Question of Lust

"A Question of Lust" is Depeche Mode's sixteenth UK single, released on 14 April 1986.It is the second Depeche Mode single with Martin Gore on lead vocals, after "Somebody" and the first to be released in its own right...

" and "Somebody", which was a double A-side with "Blasphemous Rumours").

Though it was planned to be released in the US, it ended up being scrapped due to some radio stations playing the song "Useless

Useless (song)

"Useless" is Depeche Mode's thirty-fourth UK single, released on October 20, 1997, and the fourth and final single for the album Ultra. It was released with "Home" as a double A-side in the US due to "Useless" getting airplay on US radio stations before "Home" was announced."Useless" is an...

" instead, leading people in the US to believe that was the third single, when it was the fourth single. Reprise scrapped the US release of "Home", despite there already being confirmed tracklists, and released "Home"/"Useless" as a double A-side single.

"Home" is a ballad with haunting strings and other arrangements, and as a Martin Gore vocal track it's a fan favourite. The single version of "Home" has an ambient intro, then the drum beat featured in the album version, yet is the same length as the album version. There are no actual B-sides for "Home", just live versions of "Barrel of a Gun" and "It's No Good

It's No Good

"It's No Good" is Depeche Mode's thirty-second UK single, released on March 31, 1997 , and the second single for the then upcoming album Ultra...

" recorded during the Ultra Party concert in London.

The music video for "Home" is the only Ultra video not directed by Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, music video and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade...

, but instead by Steve Green. It features an alien exploring an apartment complex, and uses a highly-shortened down version of "Home".

During the "Touring the Angel" world tour, "Home" was included in the setlist, and the "Air Around the Golf" arrangement was used for the first half part of the song.

12": Mute / 12Bong27 (UK)

1. "Home (Jedi Knights Remix (Drowning in Time))" (7:02)
2. "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:57)
3. "Home (LFO Meant to Be)" (4:26)
4. "Home (Grantby Mix)" (4:39) (remixed by Dan Grigson)

CD: Mute / CDBong27 (UK)

1. "Home" (5:46)
2. "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:57)
3. "Home (LFO Meant to Be)" (4:26)
4. "Home (The Noodles & The Damage Done)" (6:36) (remixed by Skylab
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   )

CD: Mute / LCDBong27 (UK)

1. "Home (Jedi Knights Remix (Drowning in Time))" (7:02)
2. "Home (Grantby Mix)" (4:39)
3. "Barrel of a Gun (Live)" (6:02)
4. "It's No Good (Live)" (4:06)

CD: Mute / CDBong27X (EU)

1. "Home" (5:46)
2. "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:56)
3. "Home (LFO Meant to Be)" (4:26)
4. "Home (The Noodles & The Damage Done)" (6:36)
5. "Home (Jedi Knights Remix (Drowning in Time))" (7:01)
6. "Home (Grantby Mix)" (4:40)
7. "Barrel of a Gun (Live)" (6:02)
8. "It's No Good (Live)" (4:06)
   • This CD is the 2004 re-release

Promo 12": Mute / P12Bong27 (UK)

1. "Home (Jedi Knights Remix (Drowning in Time))" (7:02)
2. "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:57)
3. "Home (LFO Meant to Be)" (4:26)
4. "Home (Grantby Mix)" (4:39) (remixed by Dan Grigson)

Radio Promo CD: Mute / RCDBong27 (UK)

1. "Home (Radio Edit)" (3:59)
2. "Home (Album Version)" (5:50)

CD: Reprise / PRO-CD-8855 (US)

1. "Home (Radio Edit)" (3:59)
2. "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:56)

• All songs written by Martin L. Gore
• Martin Gore sings lead on "Home", David Gahan
  David Gahan
  Dave Gahan is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the baritone lead singer for the British electronic music band Depeche Mode since their debut in 1980. He is also an accomplished solo artist, releasing albums in 2003 and 2007...
  
   sings lead on "Barrel of a Gun" and "It's No Good".
• Live tracks recorded April 10, 1997 in Adrenalin Village London
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  , England
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"Home" and "Useless"

In November 1997, "Home" and "Useless" were released as a Double A-side single in the US and Canada. The front cover art has the "Home" cover on the front, with the "Home" tracklist, and the back cover art has the "Useless" cover art, with the "Useless" tracklist.

CD: Reprise / 9 17314-2 (US)

1. "Home" (5:46)
2. "Home [Air "Around the Golf" Remix]" (3:58)
3. "Useless [CJ Bolland Ultrasonar Edit]" (4:06)

• Above released November 18

CD: Reprise / 9 43906-2 (US)

1. "Home" (5:46)
2. "Home [Grantby Mix]" (4:38)
3. "Home [LFO Meant to Be]" (4:26)
4. "Home [The Noodles and The Damage Done]" (6:22)
5. "Useless [CJ Bolland Ultrasonar Mix]" (6:00)
6. "Useless [CJ Bolland Funky Sub Mix]" (5:38)
7. "Useless [Kruder + Dorfmeister Session ™]" (9:10)
8. "Useless [Escape from Wherever: Parts 1 & 2]" (7:15)
9. "Barrel of a Gun (Video)
10. "It's No Good (Video)
11. "Home (Video)
12. "Useless (Video)

• Released November 11
• All songs written by Martin L. Gore
• Martin Gore sings lead on "Home", David Gahan
  David Gahan
  Dave Gahan is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the baritone lead singer for the British electronic music band Depeche Mode since their debut in 1980. He is also an accomplished solo artist, releasing albums in 2003 and 2007...
  
   sings lead on "Useless"

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	23
Dutch GfK GfK The GfK Group, established in 1934 as Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung is Germany's largest market research institute, and the fourth largest market research organisation in the world, after Nielsen Company, Kantar Group, and IMS Health...  chart	78
Finnish Singles Chart	15
Italian Singles Chart	3
German Singles Chart	11
Swedish Singles Chart	10
Swiss Singles Chart	47
US Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	88

Trivia

The painting on the "Home" cover was designed by Emma Corbijn, who was five years old at the time.

Filipino band Urbandub covered the song and included it in the limited edition pressings of their latest album, The Apparition.

External links

• "Home" information from the official Depeche Mode web site
• "Home"/"Useless" information from the official Depeche Mode web site
• [ Allmusic review of "Home"/"Useless" single]