People Are People

"People Are People"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Some Great Reward
B-side"In Your Memory"
Released12 March 1984
StudioHansa Mischraum (Berlin)
Genre
Length
  • 3:43 (7″/single version)
  • 3:52 (album version)
  • 7:11 (12″ version)
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)Martin L. Gore
Producer(s)
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Love, in Itself"
(1983)
"People Are People"
(1984)
"Master and Servant"
(1984)
Music video
"People Are People" on YouTube

"People Are People" is a song by British electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 12 March 1984 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Some Great Reward (1984).[4] Recorded at Hansa Mischraum in West Berlin,[5] it was the band's first top-20 single in the United States, peaking at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.

  1. ^ "In a Relaxed Mode For 'Exciter'". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 20. 19 May 2001. p. 11. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books. the searing synth-pop sound that sparked a string of hits ("Just Can't Get Enough," "People Are People," ...
  2. ^ Rolland, David (4 October 2023). "10 Songs That Show Depeche Mode Are Synth-Pop Masters". Miami New Times. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  3. ^ Mason, Stewart. "People Are People – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 June 2013. "People Are People" was the single that introduced Depeche Mode's next-level sound as the group that made industrial music (à la Einsturzende Neubauten or Test Dept.)
  4. ^ "The games people play" (PDF). Record Mirror. 10 March 1984. p. 6. ISSN 0144-5804 – via World Radio History. Their new song is called 'People Are People' and comes out on March 12.
  5. ^ "Record News". NME. London. 10 March 1984. p. 40. ISSN 0028-6362.

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