The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg is the first video release by Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

, featuring almost an entire concert from their 1984 Some Great Reward Tour

Some Great Reward Tour

Some Great Reward Tour was a 1984/1985 concert tour by English electronic group Depeche Mode in support of the act's fourth studio album, Some Great Reward, which was released in August 1984....

, in Hamburg, Germany on December 14, 1984. It was directed by Clive Richardson. The name is a play on a lyric of the song "Somebody

Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody

"Blasphemous Rumours"/"Somebody" is Depeche Mode's twelfth UK single and first double A-side single, released on 29 October, 1984.Both A-side songs are from the album Some Great Reward...

" (She will listen to me, when I want to speak about the world we live in and life in general...).

The number of songs on the video depends on the region. Some have eleven, some have seventeen. The seventeen-song version was re-released in 1999, though still on VHS, in Europe

Europe

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 only and in Japan on other formats. It has yet to be released on DVD. The United States

United States

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 only has the 11-song version.

Two songs that were performed during the Hamburg concert, "Puppets" and "Ice Machine" (both written by ex member Vince Clarke

Vince Clarke

Vince Clarke is an English synthpop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been involved with a number of successful groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly and Erasure....

) have yet to appear on any format. It is unclear why these were omitted from the original release.

Tracklist

UK Official Releases

• VVD063 (Virgin VHS video) - 1985 (the original release)
• VVD063 (Virgin BETAMAX video) - 1985
• MF021 (Mute Film VHS video) - 1999 (reissue)

Japan Official Releases

• SM068-3005 (Virgin Laser Disc video) - 1985
• VBM-81 (Virgin BETAMAX video) - 1985

All tracks appear on all UK and Japanese releases.

1. "Something to Do"
2. "Two Minute Warning"
3. "If You Want"
4. "People Are People
   People Are People
   "People Are People" is Depeche Mode's tenth UK single it was their first hit single in the US and the first single for the Some Great Reward album....
   
   "
5. "Leave in Silence
   Leave in Silence
   "Leave in Silence" is the sixth UK single by Depeche Mode originally released on 16 August 1982. It is the first Depeche Mode single in the UK with the "Bong" label, which is still used to this day. It is also the first Depeche Mode song to have more than one remix of itself."Leave in Silence"...
   
   "
6. "New Life"
7. "Shame"
8. "Somebody
   Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody
   "Blasphemous Rumours"/"Somebody" is Depeche Mode's twelfth UK single and first double A-side single, released on 29 October, 1984.Both A-side songs are from the album Some Great Reward...
   
   "
9. "Lie to Me"
10. "Blasphemous Rumours
    Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody
    "Blasphemous Rumours"/"Somebody" is Depeche Mode's twelfth UK single and first double A-side single, released on 29 October, 1984.Both A-side songs are from the album Some Great Reward...
    
    "
11. "Told You So"
12. "Master and Servant
    Master and Servant
    "Master and Servant" is Depeche Mode's eleventh UK single and the second single from the Some Great Reward album...
    
    "
13. "Photographic"
14. "Everything Counts
    Everything Counts
    "Everything Counts" was Depeche Mode's eighth UK single and third US single , from the then upcoming album Construction Time Again...
    
    "
15. "See You
    See You
    "See You" is the fourth UK single by Depeche Mode and the first written by Martin Gore. The single was released on 29 January 1982 and was later included on the band's second album A Broken Frame. The single launched a small world tour, with extra band member Alan Wilder, although he did not...
    
    "
16. "Shout!"
17. "Just Can't Get Enough"

USA Official Releases

• 38107-3 (Sire VHS video)
• 38107-6 (Sire Laser Disc video)

1. "Something to Do"
2. "If You Want"
3. "People Are People"
4. "Somebody"
5. "Lie to Me"
6. "Blasphemous Rumours"
7. "Told You So"
8. "Master and Servant"
9. "Photographic"
10. "Everything Counts"
11. "Just Can't Get Enough"

• "Photographic" was later included on the music video compilation Some Great Videos.

• All songs are written by Martin Gore except "Two Minute Warning" and "If You Want" which were written by Alan Wilder. "New Life", "Photographic", "Shout!", and "Just Can't Get Enough" were written by Vince Clarke
  Vince Clarke
  Vince Clarke is an English synthpop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been involved with a number of successful groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly and Erasure....
  
  .

Cast

• Dave Gahan - lead vocals
• Martin Gore
  Martin Gore
  Martin Lee Gore is an English songwriter, lyricist, singer, guitarist, keyboardist, remixer and DJ. He is a founding member of Depeche Mode and has written the vast majority of their songs...
  
   - keyboards, melodica, recorder, percussion pad, metal pipes, lead and backing vocals
• Alan Wilder
  Alan Wilder
  Alan Charles Wilder is a British musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil, started as a side project to Depeche Mode. When he left the latter in 1995, it became Wilder's primary project...
  
   - keyboards, piano, percussion pad, corrugated iron, backing vocals
• Andy Fletcher - keyboards, percussion pad, bikewheel, backing vocals

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