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Written by: Martin Gore
Produced by: Depeche Mode, Flood
Released: Nov. '89 on Sire
Charts: 20 weeks
Top spot: No. 28
Depeche Mode's breakthrough single was based on a surprising source: Priscilla Presley's book Elvis and Me. "It's about how Elvis was her man and her mentor and how often that happens in love relationships," Gore said. "How everybody's heart is like a god in some way."
Appears on: Violator (Sire)