Never Let Me Down Again is a song included in the album Music For The Masses by Depeche Mode, published in 1987. The title of the album itself indicates the will of the band to produce music that could be more “pop”, to set themselves free – but not that much in the end – from the dark image conquered with the previous albums.
Actually, even if with this LP Depeche Mode open the cycle that will continue with Violator and that will state their worldwide success, the music in contains isn’t properly commercial.
Never Let Me Down Again is a song about friendship. Some say that the “best friend” mentioned in the song is really drugs, that were so dear to Dave Gahan especially in that timeframe. And really, by reading the lyrics, this meaning could well apply. But I prefer to give a more literal meaning, besides , the lyrics were written by Martin Gore, therefore we will read it this way.
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