Going Backwards

{{Infobox song

| name = Going Backwards

| cover = Going backwards-cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Depeche Mode

| album = Spirit

| B-side =

Various remixes
"Poison Heart"

| released = {{Start date|2017|6|23|df=yes}}

| recorded = 2016

| studio =

| genre = Electronic rock

| venue =

| length = {{Duration|m=5|s=42}}

| label = Columbia

| writer = Martin L. Gore

| producer = James Ford

| prev_title = Where's the Revolution

| prev_year = 2017

| next_title = Cover Me

| next_year = 2017

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|60-MoSGqhhg|"Going Backwards" (Highline sessions version)}}}}

}}

"Going Backwards" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode from their fourteenth studio album Spirit.{{cite magazine |last1=Düll |first1=Helena |title=Depeche Mode: "Going Backwards" wird nächste Single |url=https://www.rollingstone.de/depeche-mode-going-backwards-wird-naechste-single-1261007/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=de-DE |date=8 June 2017}} 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.{{cite tweet|user=bongmute|number=892039137091608576|title=#DepecheMode #GoingBackwards #Remixes CD and vinyl should be released on 15 September 2017. Patience. ;)|date=July 31, 2017}} A live video was released on 22 June 2017.{{cite web |last1=Morgan Britton |first1=Luke |title=Watch Depeche Mode's 360-degrees live video for 'Going Backwards' {{!}} NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/depeche-mode-360-video-going-backwards-2091622 |website=NME {{!}} Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News |access-date=19 February 2021 |date=22 June 2017}}

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.'"{{Cite web |title=Backstage mit Depeche Mode |url=https://www.amazon.de/Backstage-Depeche-Mode-Amazon-Music/dp/B071R6R7YL |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=www.amazon.de}}{{Cite web |title=2017-04-28 Backstage Mit Depeche Mode, Amazon Music Unlimited, Germany - Depeche Mode Live Wiki |url=https://dmlive.wiki/wiki/2017-04-28_Backstage_Mit_Depeche_Mode,_Amazon_Music_Unlimited,_Germany |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=dmlive.wiki}}

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."{{Cite news |last=Bernays |first=Ueli |title=«Die Menschheit ist vom Weg abgekommen» {{!}} NZZ |language=de-CH |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/interview-mit-martin-gore-von-depeche-mode-die-menschheit-ist-vom-rechten-weg-abgekommen-ld.154375?reduced=true |access-date=2023-03-31}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

|headline = Digital download{{cite web|url=http://archives.depechemode.com/discography/singles/57_goingbackwards.html|title=Depeche Mode: The Archives|first=Daniel|last=Barassi|website=Depeche Mode: The Archives}}

|title1 = Going Backwards

|note1 = album version

|length1 = 5:43

|title2 = Going Backwards

|note2 = Highline sessions version

|length2 = 5:27

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = {{hlist|CD|digital download}}

|title1 = Going Backwards

|note1 = radio edit

|length1 = 3:51

|title2 = Going Backwards

|note2 = Chris Liebing mix

|length2 = 9:07

|title3 = Going Backwards

|note3 = Solomun extended radio remix

|length3 = 8:25

|title4 = Going Backwards

|note4 = The Belleville Three full vocal mix

|length4 = 6:44

|title5 = Going Backwards

|note5 = Point Point remix

|length5 = 4:32

|title6 = Going Backwards

|note6 = Chris Liebing Burn Slow mix

|length6 = 7:08

|title7 = Going Backwards

|note7 = Maya Jane Coles remix

|length7 = 5:57

|title8 = Poison Heart

|note8 = Soulsavers re-work

|length8 = 3:45

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = Double 12″

|title1 = Going Backwards

|note1 = Chris Liebing mix

|length1 = 9:07

|title2 = Going Backwards

|note2 = Solomun club remix

|length2 = 7:53

|title3 = Going Backwards

|note3 = The Belleville Three Deep Bass

|length3 = 5:58

|title4 = Going Backwards

|note4 = Chris Liebing Burn Slow mix

|length4 = 7:08

|title5 = Going Backwards

|note5 = Point Point remix

|length5 = 4:32

|title6 = You Move

|note6 = Latroit remix

|length6 = 4:17

|title7 = Poison Heart

|note7 = Soulsavers re-work

|length7 = 3:45

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = Digital download – Claptone remix

|title1 = Going Backwards

|note1 = Claptone remix

|length1 = 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

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+Weekly chart performance for "Going Backwards" ! scope="col"\| Chart (2017–2022){{cite magazine \|title=Depeche Mode \|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/depeche-mode/chart-history/min/ \|magazine=Billboard \|access-date=19 February 2021}} ! scope="col"\| Peak position
scope="row"\| Dutch Single Tip (MegaCharts){{cite web\|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=st&year=2017&date=20170826\|title=Dutch Single Tip 26/08/2017\|publisher=Mega Charts\|date=26 August 2017\|access-date=4 April 2023}} \| 29
{{single chart\|Hungarysingle\|7\|rowheader=true\|year=2022\|week=9\|access-date=10 March 2022}}
{{single chart\|Billboardrocksongs\|37\|artist=Depeche Mode\|rowheader=true\|access-date=7 March 2017}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for "Going Backwards"

! scope="col"| Chart (2017–2022){{cite magazine |title=Depeche Mode |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/depeche-mode/chart-history/min/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=19 February 2021}}

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Dutch Single Tip (MegaCharts){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=st&year=2017&date=20170826|title=Dutch Single Tip 26/08/2017|publisher=Mega Charts|date=26 August 2017|access-date=4 April 2023}}

| 29

{{single chart|Hungarysingle|7|rowheader=true|year=2022|week=9|access-date=10 March 2022}}

{{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|37|artist=Depeche Mode|rowheader=true|access-date=7 March 2017}}

References

External links

[http://archives.depechemode.com/discography/singles/57_goingbackwards.html Single information from the official Depeche Mode website]
[http://www.itunescharts.net/fra/artists/music/depeche-mode/songs/going-backwards/ Chart performance in France]
[http://www.itunescharts.net/ger/artists/music/depeche-mode/songs/going-backwards/ Chart performance in Germany]

Category:2017 songs

Category:2017 singles

Category:Depeche Mode songs

Category:Songs written by Martin Gore

Category:Song recordings produced by James Ford (musician)

Category:Columbia Records singles