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:''This article is about the Depeche Mode song. For the song by Guster see Barrel of a Gun (song).''
"'Barrel of a Gun'" is Depeche Mode's thirty-first UK single, released on February 3, 1997 (January 28 in the USA), and the first single for the then upcoming album ''Ultra''.
"Barrel of a Gun" came after some tragic times by the band. Musician Alan Wilder left the band in 1995 and lead singer David Gahan nearly committed suicide. Martin Gore had a string of seizures, and Andrew Fletcher had some emotional problems of his own. In mid-1996 Martin tried to get Dave and Fletch back together by writing a few songs and see if anybody was interested in continuing after that. It worked, and the band were back together, except now a trio again for the first time since 1982's ''A Broken Frame''.
"Barrel of a Gun" brings back in the industrial music sound, and is possibly the darkest DM song yet. Martin wasn't sure if this was going to be a big hit on the radio, so he was reluctant to recommend this song as the first single, but when he eventually did, it turned out the rest of band, Daniel Miller, and producer Tim Simenon agreed.
The B-side is a 7+ minute instrumental called "Painkiller", which is very hard-rockish. A condensed version would show up as a hidden track on the ''Ultra'' album as "Junior Painkiller".
The music video for "Barrel of a Gun" is directed by Anton Corbijn, and it featured Dave singing with his eyes closed, with eyeballs drawn on his eyelids to make it seem like they are open. Dave has rather amusing commentary on it, on The Videos 86-98.
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)" (9:37)
# "Barrel of a Gun (3 Phase Mix)" (5:23) (remixed by Sven Röhrig)
# "Barrel of a Gun (One Inch Punch Mix V2)" (5:28) (remixed by One Inch Punch)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Soft Mix)" (6:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
# "Painkiller" (7:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Soft Mix)" (6:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (One Inch Punch Mix)" (5:25)
# "Painkiller (Plastikman Mix)" (8:39)
# "Painkiller" (7:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (One Inch Punch Mix)" (5:25)
# "Barrel of a Gun (United Mix)" (6:36) (remixed by United - Marc Waterman and Paul Freegard)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)" (9:37)
# "Barrel of a Gun (United Mix)" (6:36)
# "Painkiller (Plastikman Mix)" (8:39)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)" (9:37)
# "Painkiller (Plastikman Mix)" (8:39)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Instrumental)" (9:13)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
# "Painkiller" (7:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Soft Mix)" (6:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (One Inch Punch Mix)" (5:25)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)" (9:37)
# "Barrel of a Gun (United Mix)" (6:36)
# "Barrel of a Gun (3 Phase Mix)" (5:23)
# "Painkiller (Plastikman Mix)" (8:39)
# "Barrel of a Gun (One Inch Punch Mix V2)" (5:28)
★ The third CD is the 2004 re-release
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (United Mix)" (6:36)
# "Painkiller" (7:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
# "Painkiller (Plastikman Mix)" (8:39)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Soft Mix)" (6:27)
# "Barrel of a Gun (One Inch Punch Mix V2)" (5:25)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)" (9:36)
★ "One Inch Punch Mix V2" was falsely mistaken for the regular "One Inch Punch Mix". The latter was not released in the USA till the 2004 re-release.
# "Barrel of a Gun (Radio Edit)" (4:01)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
★ All songs written by Martin L. Gore
★ Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site
"'Barrel of a Gun'" is Depeche Mode's thirty-first UK single, released on February 3, 1997 (January 28 in the USA), and the first single for the then upcoming album ''Ultra''.
"Barrel of a Gun" came after some tragic times by the band. Musician Alan Wilder left the band in 1995 and lead singer David Gahan nearly committed suicide. Martin Gore had a string of seizures, and Andrew Fletcher had some emotional problems of his own. In mid-1996 Martin tried to get Dave and Fletch back together by writing a few songs and see if anybody was interested in continuing after that. It worked, and the band were back together, except now a trio again for the first time since 1982's ''A Broken Frame''.
"Barrel of a Gun" brings back in the industrial music sound, and is possibly the darkest DM song yet. Martin wasn't sure if this was going to be a big hit on the radio, so he was reluctant to recommend this song as the first single, but when he eventually did, it turned out the rest of band, Daniel Miller, and producer Tim Simenon agreed.
The B-side is a 7+ minute instrumental called "Painkiller", which is very hard-rockish. A condensed version would show up as a hidden track on the ''Ultra'' album as "Junior Painkiller".
The music video for "Barrel of a Gun" is directed by Anton Corbijn, and it featured Dave singing with his eyes closed, with eyeballs drawn on his eyelids to make it seem like they are open. Dave has rather amusing commentary on it, on The Videos 86-98.
Track listings
12": Mute / 12Bong25 (UK)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)" (9:37)
# "Barrel of a Gun (3 Phase Mix)" (5:23) (remixed by Sven Röhrig)
# "Barrel of a Gun (One Inch Punch Mix V2)" (5:28) (remixed by One Inch Punch)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Soft Mix)" (6:29)
CD: Mute / CDBong25 (UK)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
# "Painkiller" (7:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Soft Mix)" (6:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (One Inch Punch Mix)" (5:25)
12": Mute / L12Bong25 (UK)
# "Painkiller (Plastikman Mix)" (8:39)
# "Painkiller" (7:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (One Inch Punch Mix)" (5:25)
# "Barrel of a Gun (United Mix)" (6:36) (remixed by United - Marc Waterman and Paul Freegard)
CD: Mute / LCDBong25 (UK)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)" (9:37)
# "Barrel of a Gun (United Mix)" (6:36)
# "Painkiller (Plastikman Mix)" (8:39)
12": Mute / P12Bong25 (UK)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)" (9:37)
# "Painkiller (Plastikman Mix)" (8:39)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Instrumental)" (9:13)
CD: Mute / CDBong25X (EU)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
# "Painkiller" (7:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Soft Mix)" (6:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (One Inch Punch Mix)" (5:25)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)" (9:37)
# "Barrel of a Gun (United Mix)" (6:36)
# "Barrel of a Gun (3 Phase Mix)" (5:23)
# "Painkiller (Plastikman Mix)" (8:39)
# "Barrel of a Gun (One Inch Punch Mix V2)" (5:28)
★ The third CD is the 2004 re-release
CD: Sire/Reprise / 2-17409 (US)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
# "Barrel of a Gun (United Mix)" (6:36)
# "Painkiller" (7:29)
CD: Sire/Reprise / 43828-2 (US)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
# "Painkiller (Plastikman Mix)" (8:39)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Soft Mix)" (6:27)
# "Barrel of a Gun (One Inch Punch Mix V2)" (5:25)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)" (9:36)
★ "One Inch Punch Mix V2" was falsely mistaken for the regular "One Inch Punch Mix". The latter was not released in the USA till the 2004 re-release.
CD: Sire/Reprise / PRO-CD-8600 (US)
# "Barrel of a Gun (Radio Edit)" (4:01)
# "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
★ All songs written by Martin L. Gore
External links
★ Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site
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