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Martyr (song)

{{Short description|2006 single by Depeche Mode}}

{{About|the Depeche Mode song|other songs with this title|Martyr (disambiguation)#Songs}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Martyr

| cover = Depche-martyr-single-cover-front.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Depeche Mode

| album = The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1

| B-side = "Never Let Me Down Again" (Digitalism remix)

| released = {{start date|2006|10|30|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title= New Releases: Singles |magazine= Music Week |page= 25 |date= 28 October 2006}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length =

  • 3:23 (album/single version)
  • 3:07 (radio version)

| label = Mute

| writer = Martin Gore

| producer = Ben Hillier

| prev_title = John the Revelator" / "Lilian

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Wrong

| next_year = 2009

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|_13HIbvIjnU|"Martyr"}}}}

}}

"Martyr" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released as a non-album single to promote the band's eighth greatest hits compilation album, The Best of, Volume 1.{{cite web |title= Depeche Mode releases for the rest of the year! |website= Depechemode.com |date= 2 August 2006 |url= http://www2.depeche-mode.com/home/article.php?article_id=81|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060827061512/http://www2.depeche-mode.com/home/article.php?article_id=81 |archive-date= 27 August 2006}} The single was released on 30 October 2006 in three formats: CD single, CD maxi and DVD single. There was also a limited-edition double 12-inch single featuring four remixes of previous Depeche Mode tracks.

Following its release, "Martyr" topped the singles charts of Italy and Spain while attaining a peak of number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and entering the top 20 in six other European nations. It debuted and peaked at number two on the Eurochart Hot 100, and in the United States, it reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The single became Depeche Mode's 35th and last UK top-20 hit until 2023's "Ghosts Again", which reached number 20 on the UK chart.{{cite web|title= Depeche Mode |publisher= Official Charts Company |access-date= 26 December 2020 |url= https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20192/depeche-mode/}}

Background

The song, originally titled "Martyr for Love", is a well-known missing track from the Playing the Angel sessions. The song was mentioned during one of the FletchCam videos{{cite web|title= FletchCam™ (2005) |website= Archives.depechemode.com |date= 4 October 2006 |url= http://archives.depechemode.com/video/exclusives/fletchcam.html |archive-date= 4 October 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061004074524/http://archives.depechemode.com/video/exclusives/fletchcam.html}} (where it can faintly be heard playing in the background), and was mentioned in interviews. Playing the Angel programmer Dave McCracken has said that it was considered by the band as the first single from Playing the Angel, but it did not make the album due to its poppier sound when compared with other album tracks.{{cite web|title= Exclusive Interview: Dave McCracken |website= Depechemode.com |date= 2 August 2006 |url= http://www2.depeche-mode.com/home/article.php?article_id=24 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060618135100/http://www2.depeche-mode.com/home/article.php?article_id=24 |archive-date= 18 June 2006}}

Music video

A video was being directed by Andreas Nilsson, who was reportedly hired because Dave Gahan was impressed by his video for The Knife's "Silent Shout".{{cite web|title= DEPECHE MODE – Martyr single & video |website= Energylab.de |date= 3 September 2006 |url= http://www.energylab.de/wordpress/?p=3481 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070311225316/http://www.energylab.de/wordpress/?p=3481 |archive-date= 11 March 2007}} The video was made in Gothenburg, Sweden, and members of the group do not appear in it.{{cite web|first= Daniel |last= Claeson |title= Depeche gör video i Göteborg |newspaper= Göteborgs-Posten |date= 3 September 2006 |url= http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=286&a=293325 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070117131659/http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=286&a=293325 |archive-date= 17 January 2007 |language= sv}} The band subsequently rejected this video, which was replaced with a video montage released on 8 October 2006 and directed by Robert Chandler, in which Gahan seemingly sings the song, this being achieved by the succession of short clips of Depeche Mode's videos in which Gahan either says the words featured in the lyrics of "Martyr", or he lip-syncs the lyrics, meaning that his lips move in a similar fashion of that when the words in the lyrics are being said. It does not appear on The Best of Videos Volume 1.

Track listing

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European limited-edition 7-inch picture disc{{cite AV media notes|title= Martyr |others= Depeche Mode |year= 2006 |type= European limited 7-inch single liner notes |publisher= Mute Records |id= BONG39}}

:A. "Martyr" (single version) – 3:26

:B. "Never Let Me Down Again" (Digitalism remix) – 4:39

European 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title= Martyr |others= Depeche Mode |year= 2006 |type= European 12-inch single vinyl disc |publisher= Mute Records |id= 12bong39}}

:A1. "Martyr" (Booka Shade dub mix) – 8:15

:B1. "Martyr" (Dreher & S.M.Art B.N. Reload remix) – 5:17

:B2. "Martyr" (Alex Smoke Gravel edit) – 6:39

European CD single

  1. "Martyr" (single version) – 3:25
  2. "Martyr" (Booka Shade full vocal mix edit) – 6:23

European limited-edition CD single

  1. "Martyr" (Paul van Dyk remix edit) – 7:19
  2. "Martyr" (Alex Smoke Gravel mix) – 6:41
  3. "Never Let Me Down Again" (Digitalism remix) – 4:39

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European DVD single{{cite AV media notes|title= Martyr |others= Depeche Mode |year= 2006 |type= European DVD single liner notes |publisher= Mute Records |id= dvdbong39}}

  1. "Martyr" (video montage)
  2. "Martyr" (Dreher & S.M.Art B.N. Reload remix audio)
  3. "Martyr" (Booka Shade Travel mix audio)

Digital download EP{{cite web|title= Martyr – EP |publisher= Apple Music |access-date= 26 December 2020 |url= https://music.apple.com/us/album/martyr-ep/204706086}}

  1. "Martyr" (Paul van Dyk radio mix) – 3:38
  2. "Martyr" (Paul van Dyk Vonyc Lounge mix edit) – 5:02
  3. "Martyr" (Dreher & S.M.Art B.N. Reload edit) – 5:03
  4. "Martyr" (Alex Smoke Bare Bone edit) – 3:07
  5. "Martyr" (Booka Shade full vocal mix edit) – 6:20
  6. "Martyr" (Booka Shade Travel mix edit) – 4:48
  7. "Personal Jesus" (Boys Noize classic) – 6:53

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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

|+Weekly chart performance for "Martyr"

! scope="col"| Chart (2006)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Austria|31|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Martyr|access-date=12 January 2014|refname="aut"|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Flanders|48|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Martyr|access-date=12 January 2014|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Wallonia Tip|4|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Martyr|access-date=12 January 2014|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia Dance){{cite web|title= Ultratop 50 Dance – 30/12/2006 |publisher= Ultratop. Hung Medien |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=sd&year=2006&date=20061230 |language= fr}}

| 21

{{single chart|Czech Republic|44|year=2006|week=47|access-date=27 July 2020|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Denmark|3|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Martyr|access-date=12 January 2014|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|title= Hits of the World > Eurocharts |magazine= Billboard |volume= 118 |issue= 46 |page= 71 |date= 18 November 2006 |access-date= 27 July 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-11-18.pdf}}

| 2

{{single chart|Finland|18|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Martyr|access-date=12 January 2014|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|France|64|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Martyr|access-date=12 January 2014|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Germany|2|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Martyr|songid=251574|access-date=28 October 2018|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Hungarytop10|2|year=2006|week=45|access-date=12 January 2014|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"| Ireland (IRMA){{cite web|title= Top 50 Singles, Week Ending 2 November 2006 |publisher= GfK Chart-Track |access-date= 27 July 2020 |url= http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2006&year=2006&week=44 |archive-date= 1 September 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170901114332/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2006&year=2006&week=44 |url-status= dead}}

| 32

{{single chart|Italy|1|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Martyr|access-date=12 January 2014|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|74|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Martyr|access-date=12 January 2014|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Scotland|12|date=20061111|access-date=27 July 2020|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Slovakia|38|year=2006|week=50|access-date=27 July 2020|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Spain|1|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Martyr|access-date=12 January 2014|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Sweden|10|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Martyr|access-date=12 January 2014|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|17|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Martyr|access-date=12 January 2014|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UK|13|date=20061111|access-date=3 July 2013|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|22|artist=Depeche Mode|access-date=10 February 2024|rowheader=true}}

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=Year-end charts=

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|+Year-end chart performance for "Martyr"

! scope="col"| Chart (2006)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Italy (FIMI){{cite web|title= Musica: Classifiche Annunali 2006 FIMI-AC Nielsen |publisher= FIMI |access-date= 15 January 2021 |url= http://www.fimi.it/dettaglio_documento.asp?id=763&idtipo_documento=1 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 12 January 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070112111437/http://www.fimi.it/dettaglio_documento.asp?id=763&idtipo_documento=1 |id= Click on Scarica l'allegato. |language= it}}

| 41

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See also

References

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External links

  • [http://archives.depechemode.com/discography/singles/46_martyr.html Single information from the official Depeche Mode website]

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Category:Song recordings produced by Ben Hillier

Category:Songs written by Martin Gore