Personal Jesus#"Personal Jesus 2011"

In mid-1989, the band began recording in Milan with record producer Flood. The result of this session was the single "Personal Jesus", which featured a catchy bluesy riff and drum-based sound, radically different from anything the band had released thus far. Although not the first Depeche Mode song to feature guitar parts ("Behind the Wheel" and their cover of "Route 66" featured a guitar; "Love, in Itself" and "And Then..." from Construction Time Again and "Here is the House" from Black Celebration featured an acoustic guitar), it was the first time a guitar was used as a dominant instrument in a Depeche Mode song. The song was inspired by the book Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley. According to songwriter Martin Gore:

{{blockquote|It's a song about being a Jesus for somebody else, someone to give you hope and care. It's about how Elvis Presley was her man and her mentor and how often that happens in love relationships; how everybody's heart is like a god in some way. We play these god-like parts for people but no one is perfect, and that's not a very balanced view of someone, is it?{{cite magazine|first= Marisa |last= Fox |title= Pop a la Mode |magazine= Spin |date= 4 July 1990 |volume= 6 |issue= 4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fTAxVGMigAYC&pg=PA53}}}} "Personal Jesus" is written in the key of F{{sharp}} minor with a tempo of 130 beats per minute in Time signature.{{cite web|title= Personal Jesus By Depeche Mode – Digital Sheet Music |date= 13 May 2008 |publisher= EMI Music Publishing. Musicnotes |access-date= 12 September 2016 |url= https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0065049}}

Prior to its release, advertisements were placed in the personal columns of regional newspapers in the UK with the words "Your own personal Jesus." Later, the ads included a phone number one could dial to hear the song.{{cite web|first= Duncan |last= Macleod |title= Depeche Mode Personal Jesus |work= The Inspiration Room |date= 26 July 2007 |access-date= 10 August 2011 |url= http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2007/depeche-mode-personal-jesus/}} The ensuing controversy helped propel the single to No. 13 on the UK charts, becoming one of Depeche Mode's biggest sellers. The single was particularly successful commercially thanks to the fact that it was released six months prior to the album it would later appear on. Up to that point, it was the best selling 12" single in Warner Bros. history.{{cite web|first= Ned |last= Raggett |title= Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/personal-jesus-mw0002037925}}

"Personal Jesus" had a total of 6 remixes across all versions. François Kevorkian (who did the mixing for the Violator album, in general) mixed the single version, the "Holier Than Thou Approach", the "Pump Mix", and the lesser-known "Kazan Cathedral Mix" (which was not available on any of the singles), while producer Flood mixed the "Acoustic" version and the "Telephone Stomp Mix" as well as the single version and "Sensual Mix" of the single's B-side "Dangerous". The "Hazchemix" and "Hazchemix Edit" of "Dangerous" were mixed by Daniel Miller.

The back-cover of "Personal Jesus" features one of the band members and the back-side of a naked woman. The band member she is with depends on whether it is the 7" vinyl (Martin Gore), the 12" vinyl (Dave Gahan), the cassette (Andy Fletcher), or the original CD (Alan Wilder). On some copies she does not appear at all, such as the 2004 CD re-release, and on promo copies. On some limited releases, like the GBong17, all four photos are available plus one photo of the full group with Martin hugging the woman.

David Giles from Music Week wrote: "Their first release for over two years, and hardly a radical style departure. Stark and foreboding, and still employing the distinctive technique of vocal harmonies an octave apart. Strong enough to go top five, but fast losing ground to the Belgium beat experimentalists."{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Giles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-09-02.pdf|title=Singles|magazine=Music Week|date=2 September 1989|page=23|access-date=13 March 2023}}

In 2011, Slant Magazine listed the song at number 81 in their ranking of "The 100 Best Singles of the 1990s", writing: "Depeche Mode's gimmick is one that, after years of repetition, seems ingeniously flimsy, bundling angst and spiritual frustration with sex and pouty gloom. 'Personal Jesus' has escaped the mustiness that has enveloped most of the band's material not by flouting these tactics, but by embodying them so well. Bolstered by Dave Gahan's repeated imprecation to 'reach out and touch faith', the vocals seem perched on a neutral point between the completely earnest and the bitterly sarcastic, turning what could have been another flat religious diatribe into a thinly dual-tiered assessment of devotion and self-absorption."{{cite web|title= The 100 Best Singles of the 1990s |work= Slant Magazine |date= 9 January 2011 |access-date= 3 May 2021 |url= https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/best-singles-of-the-1990s/2/}} In 2017, Billboard ranked "Personal Jesus" second behind only "Enjoy the Silence" on a list of their "20 Best Depeche Mode Songs".{{cite magazine|first= Kat |last= Bein |title= The 20 Best Depeche Mode Songs: Critic's Picks |magazine= Billboard |date= 20 September 2017 |access-date= 5 October 2020 |url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7972846/depeche-mode-songs-best-hits-list}}

Robert Smith of the Cure listed "Personal Jesus" as one of his 30 favourite songs from the 1980s.{{cite web|title= From Tom Waits to David Bowie: The Cure's Robert Smith listed his 30 favourite songs from the 1980s |work= Far Out Magazine |date= 21 April 2020 |access-date= 5 October 2020 |url= https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-cure-robert-smith-favourite-1980-songs-playlist/}}

Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd singer John Lydon commented on the track: "it's a serious problem for me, all this technology. The people who've used it best would be Depeche Mode. 'Your own Personal Jesus!' Bloody 'ell mate, they got it! They were using the Casiotone effect and they wrapped a song around it, but they didn't let it dictate to the song. That's another tune I just absolutely love{{snd}} I was so impressed with the bravery of attempting such a subject matter."{{cite book|first= John |last= Lydon |author-link= John Lydon |year= 2014 |title= Anger Is an Energy: My Life Uncensored |page= |publisher= Simon & Schuster |isbn= 978-1-4711-3722-8 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8nyXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT272}}

Anton Corbijn directed the music video for "Personal Jesus", and it is his first Depeche Mode video in color. It features the band on a ranch (suggested to appear as a brothel), filmed in the Tabernas Desert of Almería, in Spain. MTV edited out some suggestive mouth movements of Martin Gore during the bridge and replaced it with some other footage from the video. The video appears on

The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 (2006) and Video Singles Collection (2016).

"Personal Jesus" has appeared on every Depeche Mode compilations released since 1989: The Singles 86–98 (1998), Remixes 81–04 (2004), The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 (2006), and Remixes 2: 81–11 (2011). Live versions of the song performed in concert have appeared on Devotional (1993), One Night in Paris (2002), Touring the Angel: Live in Milan (2006), Tour of the Universe: Barcelona 20/21.11.09 (2010), Live in Berlin (2014) and Spirits in the Forest (2019).

All songs were written by Martin L. Gore.

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UK 7-inch and cassette single; US cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |author= Depeche Mode |author-mask= 1 |year= 1989 |type= UK 7-inch single sleeve |publisher= Mute Records |id= BONG 17}}{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |author= Depeche Mode |author-mask= 1 |year= 1989 |type= UK cassette single sleeve |publisher= Mute Records |id= C BONG 17}}{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |author= Depeche Mode |author-mask= 1 |year= 1989 |type= US cassette single cassette notes |publisher= Sire Records, Reprise Records, Mute Records |id= 9 19941-4}}

1. "Personal Jesus" – 3:43
2. "Dangerous" – 4:20

UK 7-inch single—gatefold sleeve{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |author= Depeche Mode |author-mask= 1 |year= 1989 |type= UK 7-inch gatefold single sleeve |publisher= Mute Records |id= G BONG 17}}

:A1. "Personal Jesus" – 3:43

:B1. "Dangerous" (Hazchemix edit) – 3:01

:B2. "Personal Jesus" (acoustic) – 3:26

UK 12-inch and mini-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |author= Depeche Mode |author-mask= 1 |year= 1989 |type= UK 12-inch single sleeve |publisher= Mute Records |id= 12 BONG 17}}{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |author= Depeche Mode |author-mask= 1 |year= 1989 |type= UK mini-CD single liner notes |publisher= Mute Records |id= CD BONG 17}}

1. "Personal Jesus" (Holier Than Thou approach) – 5:51
2. "Dangerous" (Sensual mix) – 5:24
3. "Personal Jesus" (acoustic) – 3:26

UK limited-edition 12-inch and mini-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |author= Depeche Mode |author-mask= 1 |year= 1989 |type= UK limited 12-inch single sleeve |publisher= Mute Records |id= L12 BONG 17}}{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |author= Depeche Mode |author-mask= 1 |year= 1989 |type= UK limited mini-CD single liner notes |publisher= Mute Records |id= LCD BONG 17}}

1. "Personal Jesus" (Pump mix) – 7:47
2. "Personal Jesus" (Telephone Stomp mix) – 5:32
3. "Dangerous" (Hazchemix) – 5:34

US 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |author= Depeche Mode |author-mask= 1 |year= 1989 |type= US 12-inch single vinyl disc |publisher= Sire Records, Reprise Records, Mute Records |id= 9 21328-0}}

:A1. "Personal Jesus" (Holier Than Thou approach) – 5:43

:A2. "Personal Jesus" (7-inch version) – 3:43

:B1. "Personal Jesus" (Pump mix) – 7:19

:B2. "Dangerous" (Hazchemix) – 5:35

:B3. "Dangerous" (7-inch version) – 4:19

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US maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |author= Depeche Mode |author-mask= 1 |year= 1989 |type= US maxi-CD single disc notes |publisher= Sire Records, Reprise Records, Mute Records |id= 9 21328-2}}

1. "Personal Jesus" (7-inch version) – 3:43
2. "Personal Jesus" (Holier Than Thou approach) – 5:43
3. "Dangerous" (Hazchemix) – 5:35
4. "Personal Jesus" (Pump mix) – 7:19
5. "Personal Jesus" (acoustic) – 3:26
6. "Dangerous" (Sensual mix) – 5:22
7. "Personal Jesus" (Telephone Stomp mix) – 5:30
8. "Dangerous" (7-inch version) – 4:19

US maxi-cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |author= Depeche Mode |author-mask= 1 |year= 1989 |type= US maxi-cassette single cassette notes |publisher= Sire Records, Reprise Records, Mute Records |id= 9 21328-4}}

:A1. "Personal Jesus" (Holier Than Thou approach) – 5:43

:A2. "Personal Jesus" (7-inch version) – 3:43

:A3. "Dangerous" (Sensual mix) – 5:22

:A4. "Personal Jesus" (acoustic) – 3:26

:B1. "Dangerous" (Hazchemix) – 5:35

:B2. "Personal Jesus" (Telephone Stomp mix) – 5:30

:B3. "Personal Jesus" (Pump mix) – 7:19

:B4. "Dangerous" (7-inch version) – 4:19

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{{Infobox song

| name = Personal Jesus 2011

| cover = DepecheModePersonalJesus2011.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Depeche Mode

| album = Remixes 2: 81–11

| B-side =

| released = {{start date|2011|4|18|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

• Electronica{{cn|date=June 2022}}
• Techno-pop{{cn|date=June 2022}}

| length = 3:56

| label = Mute

| writer = Martin L. Gore

| producer = Stargate

| prev_title = Fragile Tension" / "Hole to Feed

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = Heaven

| next_year = 2013

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|3xLvArgSp3k|"Personal Jesus 2011"}}}}

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"Personal Jesus 2011" is the preceding single to the remix compilation album Remixes 2: 81–11. The digital single was released in the UK on 18 April 2011 and a day later in the US. It was released on CD and vinyl on 30 May 2011.

CD (Bong43)

1. "Personal Jesus" (The Stargate mix) – 3:57
2. "Personal Jesus" (Alex Metric remix) – 5:57
3. "Personal Jesus" (Eric Prydz remix) – 7:26
4. "Personal Jesus" (M.A.N. remix) – 5:24
5. "Personal Jesus" (Sie Medway-Smith remix) – 6:25

12" vinyl

1. "Personal Jesus" (Alex Metric remix) – 5:54
2. "Personal Jesus" (M.A.N. remix) – 5:22
3. "Personal Jesus" (The Stargate mix) – 3:56
4. "Personal Jesus" (Eric Prydz remix) – 7:25
5. "Personal Jesus" (Sie Medway-Smith remix) – 6:25

Digital download

1. "Personal Jesus" (The Stargate mix) – 3:56
2. "Personal Jesus" (Alex Metric remix edit) – 3:27

Beatport Exclusive digital download

1. "Personal Jesus" (Eric Prydz remix) – 7:26
2. "Never Let Me Down Again" (Eric Prydz remix) – 7:01

Promo CD (PCDBong43)

1. "Personal Jesus" (The Stargate mix) – 3:57
2. "Personal Jesus" (Alex Metric remix edit) – 3:27
3. "Personal Jesus" (Alex Metric remix) – 5:57
4. "Personal Jesus" (Eric Prydz remix) – 7:26
5. "Personal Jesus" (M.A.N. remix) – 5:24
6. "Personal Jesus" (Sie Medway-Smith remix) – 6:25{{cite web|author= mOEnias |title= News... Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus '11 (Bong 43) "2011" |date= 1 April 2011 |website= Ondasynthpop.blogspot.com |access-date= 10 August 2011 |url= http://ondasynthpop.blogspot.fr/2011/04/news-depeche-mode-personal-jesus-11.html |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131219223101/http://ondasynthpop.blogspot.fr/2011/04/news-depeche-mode-personal-jesus-11.html |archive-date= 19 December 2013 |language= es}}{{cite web|title= Depeche Mode – "Personal Jesus 2011" |website= Shout.ru |date= 5 April 2011 |url= http://www.shout.ru/en/releases/genre/synthpop/depeche-mode-personal-jesus-2011.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110426032414/http://www.shout.ru/en/releases/genre/synthpop/depeche-mode-personal-jesus-2011.html |archive-date= 26 April 2011}}

iTunes Store

1. "Personal Jesus" (Alex Metric remix) – 5:57
2. "Personal Jesus" (Eric Prydz remix) – 7:26
3. "Personal Jesus" (M.A.N. remix) – 5:24
4. "Personal Jesus" (Sie Medway-Smith dub) – 5:56

{{Infobox song

| name = Personal Jesus

| cover = Johnny_Cash_Personal_Jesus_Single_Cover.jpg

| caption =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Johnny Cash

| album = American IV: The Man Comes Around

| B-side = Hurt

| released = September 30, 2002

| recorded =

| studio = American Recording Studios

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Folk
• folk rock
• country
• Americana
• Southern gothic}}

| length = 3:19

| label = {{flatlist|

• American
• Universal}}

| producer = {{flatlist|

• Rick Rubin
• John Carter Cash}}

| prev_title = The Man Comes Around

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Hurt

| next_year = 2006

| misc = Features John Frusciante on guitar

}}

In 2002, American country singer Johnny Cash covered "Personal Jesus" for his album American IV: The Man Comes Around.{{cite web|first= Zac |last= Johnson |title= Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 3 December 2017 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/american-iv-the-man-comes-around-mw0000662002}} The idea to cover the song was suggested by record producer Rick Rubin.{{Cite magazine |last=Starkey |first=Arun |date=2023-04-24 |title=Depeche Mode's reaction to Johnny Cash cover of 'Personal Jesus' |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/depeche-mode-react-johnny-cash-personal-jesus/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |magazine=Far Out |language=en-US}} For the song, Rubin asked Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante to re-work an acoustic version of the song, which featured a simple acoustic riff that stripped down the song to a blues style. “That’s probably the most evangelical song [I’ve] ever recorded,” said Cash, “I don’t know that the writer ever meant it to be that, but that’s what it is.”{{Cite magazine |last=Keppler |first=Nick |date=2019-01-13 |title=Personal Jesus — the hit that vaulted Depeche Mode to lasting legitimacy |url=https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/personal-jesus.html |access-date=2024-12-31 |magazine=Financial Times |language=en-GB}}

In 2017, Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan said about Cash covering the song, "I was in the studio recording a solo album, Hourglass, and Martin [Gore] rang me because he’d heard news that Johnny Cash wanted to cover it, and he was kind of umming and ahhing about it, whether to give permission, and I was like 'What are you, crazy? That’s like Elvis asking, of course, you let him do it!' And he was like [mumbles] ‘Oh yes, well, I guess,’ in his very Martin sort of way." He concluded, “And it’s a great version, just fantastic. But it really propelled the song to another dimension. Our version is our version, and it always changes a little bit live, the way it swings, what you do with it. And you can do a lot with it because it’s a great rock & roll song.”

==Marilyn Manson cover==

{{Infobox song

| name = Personal Jesus

| cover = marilyn manson personal jesus.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Marilyn Manson

| album = Lest We Forget: The Best Of

| released = 28 September 2004{{cite web|title= Personal Jesus – Single |website= iTunes |date= 28 September 2004 |access-date= 1 August 2018 |url= https://music.apple.com/us/album/personal-jesus-single/21807268}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = * 3:19 (radio edit){{cite magazine|title= Singles |magazine= Billboard |date= 25 September 2004 |volume= 116 |issue= 39 |page= 55 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=MhMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55}}

• 4:06 (album version)

| label = * Interscope

• Nothing

| writer = Gore

| producer = * Marilyn Manson

• Tim Sköld

| prev_title = This Is the New Shit

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = The Nobodies: 2005 Against All Gods Remix

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus.ogg

| description = "Personal Jesus"

}}

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Marilyn Manson released their cover version of the track as the only previously unreleased recording included on their 2004 greatest hits album Lest We Forget: The Best Of.{{cite magazine|first= Richard |last= Abowitz |title= Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget – The Best Of |magazine= Rolling Stone |date= 11 November 2004 |access-date= 6 August 2018 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/lest-we-forget-the-best-of-20041111}} The band's eponymous vocalist explained to MTV that he decided to cover "Personal Jesus" as: "I thought if I had to write a song, [the lyrics of 'Personal Jesus' are] exactly what I would say. ... I think it takes a little more of an ironic tone when you put it in context with what's going on today."{{cite web|first= James |last= Montgomery |title= Marilyn Manson Calls Lest We Forget 'A Farewell Compilation' |publisher= MTV |date= 22 September 2004 |access-date= 6 August 2018 |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/1491296/marilyn-manson-calls-lest-we-forget-a-farewell-compilation/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170729053122/http://www.mtv.com/news/1491296/marilyn-manson-calls-lest-we-forget-a-farewell-compilation/|url-status= dead|archive-date= 29 July 2017}} He additionally described the original song and Depeche Mode's music in general as hypnotic, sexy and inspirational.{{cite magazine|first= Kory |last= Grow |title= Are Depeche Mode Metal's Biggest Secret Influence? |date= 11 August 2015 |magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date= 6 August 2018 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/are-depeche-mode-metals-biggest-secret-influence-56191/}} Its music video was directed by Manson and Nathan Cox.{{cite web|title= Personal Jesus |date= 20 August 2004 |publisher= MTV |url= http://www.mtv.com/videos/marilyn-manson/35746/personal-jesus.jhtml |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090214114615/http://www.mtv.com/videos/marilyn-manson/35746/personal-jesus.jhtml |archive-date= 14 February 2009}} The song won an award in the 'pop' category of the 2005 BMI Awards,{{cite web|title= BMI Honors Top European Writers, Publishers at 2005 London Awards; Steve Winwood Named a BMI Icon |publisher= Broadcast Music, Inc. |date= 28 November 2005 |access-date= 6 August 2018 |url= https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20051129_bmi_honors_top_european_writers_publishers_at_2005_london_award}} while its music video received two nominations at the 2005 Music Video Production Awards.{{cite web|first= Steven |last= Gottlieb |title= News: MVPA Award Nominees Announced (Updated) |website= VideoStatic |date= 18 March 2005 |access-date= 6 August 2018 |url= http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2005/03/news-mvpa-award-nominees-announced-updated.html}} As of 2020, the track has sold over 78,000 physical and digital copies in the United Kingdom, where it was also streamed over 4 million times.{{cite web|first= Jack |last= White |title= Marilyn Manson's Official Top 20 biggest UK hits |publisher= Official Charts Company |date= 15 September 2020 |access-date= 5 October 2020 |url= https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/marilyn-mansons-official-top-20-biggest-songs-in-the-uk__30981/}}

• European 7" and United States 10" singles{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |others= Marilyn Manson |year= 2004 |type= European 7" vinyl single |publisher= Interscope Records |id= 9864167}}{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |type= United States 10" vinyl single |others= Marilyn Manson |publisher= Nothing Records, Interscope Records |year= 2004 |id= B0003642–11}}

1. "Personal Jesus" – 4:06
2. "Personal Jesus" {{small|(Rude Photo Motor Remix)}} – 5:50

• CD single{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |others= Marilyn Manson |year= 2004 |type= CD single |publisher= Interscope Records |id= 0602498641149}}

1. "Personal Jesus" – 4:06
2. "This Is the New Shit" {{small|(Remix by Sergio Galoyan)}} – 4:28

• International maxi single{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |others= Marilyn Manson |year= 2004 |type= Australian and European maxi single |publisher= Interscope Records |id= 9864113}}

1. "Personal Jesus" – 4:06
2. "Mobscene Replet" {{small|(Mea Culpa Mix by Bitteren Ende)}} – 4:35
3. "Personal Jesus" {{small|(Rude Photo Motor Remix)}} – 5:50
4. "Personal Jesus" {{small|(Enhanced Video)}}

• UK maxi single{{cite AV media notes|title= Personal Jesus |others= Marilyn Manson |year= 2004 |type= United Kingdom maxi CD single |publisher= Interscope Records |id= 9864166}}

1. "Personal Jesus" – 4:06
2. "New Shit Invective" {{small|(Obiter Dictum Mix by Bitteren Ende)}} – 4:25
3. "Mobscene Replet" {{small|(Mea Culpa Mix by Bitteren Ende)}} – 4:35
4. "Personal Jesus" {{small|(Enhanced Video)}}

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British singer Jamelia used a sample from the song for her 2006 single "Beware of the Dog". Also American singer and actress Hilary Duff used a "Personal Jesus" sample as the basis of her 2008 single "Reach Out".{{cite web|first= David |last= Balls |title= Hilary Duff: 'Reach Out' |website= Digital Spy |date= January 10, 2009 |access-date= May 4, 2021 |url= https://www.digitalspy.com/music/single-reviews/a140217/hilary-duff-reach-out-140217/}}

In 2013, former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar covered the song on his twelfth studio album Sammy Hagar & Friends. Hagar commented at the time: "I've gotta tell you, as I studied that lick I went 'That is a blues fricken' lick.' For an electronic band, some bizarre alternative electronic band, that's a badass blues lick. And I played it on guitar and said, 'This is it.' And Neal Schon, the intro on that thing, the licks Neal's playing, it's in high gear. I can't wait till the Depeche Mode guys hear it. I think when they hear it they're going to say, 'Sammy Hagar, that (expletive) rock and roll freak?' Haha. They've gotta like it. It's a blues song and it's a great lyric, a great deep, dark lyric. I can't write lyrics like that. It's too dark for me."{{cite web|title= Sammy Hagar on Covering Depeche Mode's 'Personal Jesus' – "For a Bizarre Alternative Electronic Band, That's a Badass Blues Lick" |website= BraveWords |date= 29 September 2013 |access-date= 25 August 2021 |url= https://bravewords.com/news/sammy-hagar-on-covering-depeche-modes-personal-jesus-for-a-bizarre-alternative-electronic-band-thats-a-badass-blues-lick}}

In 2018, British rock band Def Leppard released their own version of the song. Guitarist Phil Collen said: "Depeche Mode [started out] really poppy like a lot of bands that disappeared, then all of a sudden they started doing things like 'Personal Jesus'{{snd}} and it was like 'woah' … It has an element of cool that was different from the earlier Depeche Mode stuff. I found it really inspiring how this article that said Depeche Mode sold out more than Bieber or Taylor Swift. We [felt] a tear of pride and joy for them{{snd}} the fact that they carried on, never stopped … and it's sort of the way we see ourselves."{{cite magazine|first= Sarah |last= Grant |title= Hear Why Def Leppard Loves Depeche Mode's 'Personal Jesus' |magazine= Rolling Stone |date= 16 October 2018 |access-date= 5 October 2020 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/def-leppard-cover-depeche-mode-personal-jesus-734391/}}

• List of cover versions of Depeche Mode songs#"Personal Jesus"

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• [http://archives.depechemode.com/discography/singles/24_personaljesus.html "Personal Jesus" single information from the official Depeche Mode web site]
• [http://archives.depechemode.com/discography/singles/51_personaljesus2011.html "Personal Jesus 2011" single information from the official Depeche Mode web site]
• [https://www.allmusic.com/album/personal-jesus-mw0002037925 Personal Jesus review at AllMusic]
• [https://www.allmusic.com/album/personal-jesus-2011-mw0002138324 Personal Jesus 2011 review at AllMusic]
• {{YouTube|Rl6fyhZ0G5E|The music video by Marilyn Manson}}

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