Goodnight Lovers

Infobox Single
Name = Goodnight Lovers


Artist = Depeche Mode
from Album = Exciter
B-side = Various remixes
Released = February 11 2002
Format = 12", CD
Recorded = 2000
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 3:48
Label = Mute Records
Writer = Martin Gore
Producer = Mark Bell
Chart position = * #15 (Germany)
* #33 (Sweden)
* #64 (France)
* #69 (Switzerland)
Last single = "Freelove"
(2001)
This single = "Goodnight Lovers"
(2002)
Next single = "Enjoy the Silence 04"
(2004)"Goodnight Lovers" is Depeche Mode's thirty-ninth UK single, released on February 11, 2002. It is the fourth and final single for the album "Exciter".

"Goodnight Lovers" is a lullaby of sorts, a strange choice for a single that surprised many fans who were expecting "The Dead of Night" or "The Sweetest Condition". It was also surprising as the song was not played live during the "Exciter Tour", making it the first single that wasn't played live at its album's tour since "Little 15" (It was later featured in the encore of Touring the Angel). The single version is the same as the album closer from "Exciter".

The single did not qualify for the UK Singles Chart because it had excess songs. Singles with more than one unique track need no more than 3 tracks, while this single had 4. The B-sides are remixes of "When the Body Speaks", "The Dead of Night", and "Goodnight Lovers". However, it did qualify for the Budget Albums Chart and went straight to Number One before falling rapidly, the first Depeche Mode single to reach Number One in an official UK chart.

The UK only had a CD release, but there were other European countries that got a 12" release, their tracklists are all the same. The single was not released in the USA.

The music video for "Goodnight Lovers" was directed by John Hillcoat, filmed in Germany following the final "Exciter Tour" concert in Mannheim. It is not available on a public release.

Track listing

CD: Mute/Labels/Virgin / CDBong33 (UK)

# "Goodnight Lovers" (3:48)
# "When the Body Speaks" (Acoustic) (6:00)
# "The Dead of Night" (Electronicat Remix) (7:38)
# "Goodnight Lovers" (isan Falling Leaf Mix) (5:53)

*All songs written by Martin L. Gore

External links

* [http://archives.depechemode.com/discography/singles/45_goodnightlovers.html Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site]