“New Life” is Depeche Mode’s 2nd single and the 1st track on the album Speak & Spell. Its B-side is “Shout!”.
The single peaked at #11 in the UK and became Depeche Mode’s breakthrough hit. It wasn’t commercially released in the United States.
The band performed “New Life” on BBC’s Top of the P...
[Verse 1]
I stand still, stepping on the shady streets
And I watched that man to a stranger
You think you only know me when you turn on the light
Now the room is lit red danger
[Chorus]
Complicating, circulating
New life, new life
Operating, generating
New life, new life
[Verse 2]
Transition to another place
So the time will pass more slowly
Your features fuse and your shadow's red
Like a film I've seen, now show me
[Chorus]
Complicating, circulating
New life, new life
Operating, generating
New life, new life
[Verse 3]
Your face is hidden and we're out of sight
And the road just leads to nowhere
The stranger in the door is the same as before
So the question answer's nowhere
[Chorus]
Complicating, circulating
New life, new life
Operating, generating
New life, new life
[Verse 4]
I stand still stepping on the shady streets
And I watched that man to a stranger
You think you only know me when you turn on the light
Now the room is lit red danger
[Chorus]
Complicating, circulating
New life, new life
Operating generating
New life, new life
New Life was written by Vince Clarke.
New Life was produced by Depeche Mode & Daniel Miller.
Depeche Mode released New Life on Fri May 29 1981.
Dave Gahan & Martin Gore told the UK magazine No. 1 that, in contrast to their first single “Dreaming Of Me”:
(Dave) This time when we went into the studio we did wanna make a record that would get into the charts, we were playing with sequencers and stuff.
(Martin) After the success of ‘Dreami...