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, , | Genre = | Length = 4:55 | Label = Mute | Writer = Martin Gore | Producer = | Last single= "But Not Tonight" (1986) | This single= "Strangelove" (1987) | Next single= "Never Let Me Down Again" (1987) }} "Strangelove" is Depeche Mode's 18th UK single, released on 13 April 1987, (original composed by Savage, 1984) and the 1st single for the then upcoming album ''Music for the Masses''. It reached number 16 in the UK singles chart,〔 but hit number 2 in West Germany and in South Africa, and was a Top 10 success in several other countries (Sweden, Switzerland, etc.). In the US, "Strangelove" initially went to number 76 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Depeche Mode: Billboard Hot 100 history )〕 and was the first of 9 number-ones on the US Dance charts, where it stayed for 3 weeks at the top. The original version of "Strangelove" is a fast-paced pop track. Though successful, this did not seem to fit with ''Music for the Massess darker style, so Daniel Miller made a slower version that became the album version. Alan Wilder, in the Q&A section of his Recoil website, writes that the band felt the single version was "too cluttered" and was the reason Miller's remix was commissioned. Miller expounded on this in the ''Music for the Masses'' re-master documentary DVD, stating he felt the original single version was too complicated and would benefit from being simplified. It was remixed by production team Bomb the Bass and released again as a single in the USA as "Strangelove '88", finally reaching number 50 on the Hot 100.〔 ==B-sides== There are two B-Sides for "Strangelove", both instrumental. "Pimpf" is a dark instrumental that is mostly piano, named after a magazine of the Hitler Youth organizations. "Pimpf" later shows up as the final track on ''Music for the Masses''. There is also a remix available on some "Strangelove" single releases called "Fpmip" ("Pimpf" backwards). The second instrumental is "Agent Orange", named after the herbicide used in the Vietnam War. At the end of the song, you can hear some Morse code. Rumoured to mean "If anybody can hear this, please help me", it is actually just gibberish (LAXI ".-.. .- -..- ..", several times repeated). "Agent Orange" later shows up as the first bonus track on the CD/Cassette version of ''Music for the Masses''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Strangelove (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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