Home (Depeche Mode song)

"Home"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Ultra
B-side	Live tracks
Released	June 16, 1997
Format	Vinyl record 12", CD
Recorded	1996
Genre	Alternative dance
Length	5:46 (Album Version) 3:59 (Radio Edit)
Label	Mute Records
Writer(s)	Martin Gore
Producer	Tim Simenon
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"It's No Good" (1997) "Home" (1997) "Useless" (1997)

"Home" is Depeche Mode's thirty-third UK single, released on June 16, 1997, and the third single for the album Ultra. It is also the third (and most recent) UK single with Martin Gore on lead vocals, and the second stand-alone single with him on lead vocals (the others are "A Question of Lust" and "Somebody", which was a double A-side with "Blasphemous Rumours").

Though it was planned to be released in the US, it ended up being scrapped due to some radio stations playing the song "Useless" instead, leading people in the US to believe that was the third single, when it was the fourth single. Reprise scrapped the US release of "Home", despite there already being confirmed tracklists, and released "Home"/"Useless" as a double A-side single.

"Home" is a ballad with haunting strings and other arrangements. The single version of "Home" has an ambient intro, then the drum beat featured in the album version, and is the same length as the album version. There are no actual B-sides for "Home", just live versions of "Barrel of a Gun" and "It's No Good" recorded during the Ultra Party concert in London.

The music video for "Home" is the only Ultra video not directed by Anton Corbijn, but instead by Steve Green. It features an alien exploring an apartment complex, and uses a shortened version of the song.

During the "Touring the Angel" world tour, "Home" was included in the setlist, and the "Air Around the Golf" arrangement was used for the first half part of the song.

Track listings

12": Mute / 12Bong27 (UK)

1. "Home (Jedi Knights Remix (Drowning in Time))" (7:02)
2. "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:57)
3. "Home (LFO Meant to Be)" (4:26)
4. "Home (Grantby Mix)" (4:39) (remixed by Dan Grigson)

CD: Mute / CDBong27 (UK)

1. "Home" (5:46)
2. "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:57)
3. "Home (LFO Meant to Be)" (4:26)
4. "Home (The Noodles & The Damage Done)" (6:36) (remixed by Skylab)

CD: Mute / LCDBong27 (UK)

1. "Home (Jedi Knights Remix (Drowning in Time))" (7:02)
2. "Home (Grantby Mix)" (4:39)
3. "Barrel of a Gun (Live)" (6:02)
4. "It's No Good (Live)" (4:06)

CD: Mute / CDBong27X (EU)

1. "Home" (5:46)
2. "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:56)
3. "Home (LFO Meant to Be)" (4:26)
4. "Home (The Noodles & The Damage Done)" (6:36)
5. "Home (Jedi Knights Remix (Drowning in Time))" (7:01)
6. "Home (Grantby Mix)" (4:40)
7. "Barrel of a Gun (Live)" (6:02)
8. "It's No Good (Live)" (4:06)

• This CD is the 2004 re-release

Promo 12": Mute / P12Bong27 (UK)

1. "Home (Jedi Knights Remix (Drowning in Time))" (7:02)
2. "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:57)
3. "Home (LFO Meant to Be)" (4:26)
4. "Home (Grantby Mix)" (4:39) (remixed by Dan Grigson)

Radio Promo CD: Mute / RCDBong27 (UK)

1. "Home (Radio Edit)" (3:59)
2. "Home (Album Version)" (5:50)

CD-R: Tape-To-Tape / Bong 27 (UK)

1. "Home (Instrumental)" (3:59)

CD: Reprise / PRO-CD-8855 (US)

1. "Home (Radio Edit)" (3:59)
2. "Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" (3:56)

• All songs written by Martin L. Gore
• Martin Gore sings lead on "Home", David Gahan sings lead on "Barrel of a Gun" and "It's No Good".
• Live tracks recorded April 10, 1997 in Adrenalin Village London, England.

"Home" and "Useless"

In November 1997, "Home" and "Useless" were released as a Double A-side single in the US and Canada. The front cover art has the "Home" cover on the front, with the "Home" tracklist, and the back cover art has the "Useless" cover art, with the "Useless" tracklist.

7": Reprise / 7-17314 (US)

1. "Home" (5:46)
2. "Useless [CJ Bolland Ultrasonar Edit]" (4:06)

CD: Reprise / 9 17314-2 (US)

1. "Home" (5:46)
2. "Home [Air "Around the Golf" Remix]" (3:58)
3. "Useless [CJ Bolland Ultrasonar Edit]" (4:06)

• Above released November 18

CD: Reprise / 9 43906-2 (US)

1. "Home" (5:46)
2. "Home [Grantby Mix]" (4:38)
3. "Home [LFO Meant to Be]" (4:26)
4. "Home [The Noodles and The Damage Done]" (6:22)
5. "Useless [CJ Bolland Ultrasonar Mix]" (6:00)
6. "Useless [CJ Bolland Funky Sub Mix]" (5:38)
7. "Useless [Kruder + Dorfmeister Session ™]" (9:10)
8. "Useless [Escape from Wherever: Parts 1 & 2]" (7:15)
9. "Barrel of a Gun (Video)
10. "It's No Good (Video)
11. "Home (Video)
12. "Useless (Video)

• Released November 11
• All songs written by Martin L. Gore
• Martin Gore sings lead on "Home", David Gahan sings lead on "Useless"

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	23
Dutch GfK chart	78
Finnish Singles Chart	15
Italian Singles Chart	3
German Singles Chart	11
Swedish Singles Chart	10
Swiss Singles Chart	47
US Billboard Hot 100	88

Trivia

The painting on the "Home" cover was designed by Emma Corbijn, who was five years old at the time.

Filipino band Urbandub covered the song for the limited edition pressings of their album "The Apparition".

External links

• "Home" information from the official Depeche Mode web site
• "Home"/"Useless" information from the official Depeche Mode web site
• Allmusic review of "Home"/"Useless" single