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Blue Dress
Song Artist Depeche Mode Album Violator Songwriter Martin L. Gore Produced by Depeche Mode Flood Recorded at Puk Studios, Denmark Logic Studios, Milan Label Mute Records Length (mm:ss) 5:41 Tempo 94 BPM Time signature 3/4 Key F♯ Minor Engineering assistance Daryl Bamonte Dick Meaney David Browne Mark Flannery Mixing François Kevorkian Recorded May 1989 – January 1990 Originally released March 19, 1990 Played live 17 times * Total live plays 17 times *

'Blue Dress' is a song from the 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode.

Notes

Martin Gore says in the 1990-02-17 issue of NME:

"I suppose my songs do seem to advocate immorality but if you listen there's always a sense of guilt. [...] Then there's 'Blue Dress' – that's the pervy song! – the idea of watching a girl dress and realising that this is 'what makes the world turn'."

Q&A from Alan Wilder's Shunt:

Farhan: I was wondering if you can shed any light on the making of the song 'Blue Dress' - your thoughts on it, and how far off the demo it is. Any really unique sounds used in that song?

A: "Not really one of my favourites - hence penultimate track on LP (filler position). I would put it in the same bag as 'Get Right With Me' from 'SOFAD', in that we never really quite knew which way to go with it. Again, I'm a bit vague about the demo but I remember the approach when we recorded it was based around using washy sounding, drone guitars (a la Suicide) which formed the backbone of the track. It was deliberately quite wet sounding to try to give it some atmosphere."

Lyrics

Blue Dress

Put it on

And don't say a word

Put it on

The one that I prefer

Put it on

And stand before my eyes

Put it on

Please don't question why

Can you believe

Something so simple

Something so trivial

Makes me a happy man

Can't you understand

Say you believe

Just how easy

It is to please me

Because when you learn

You'll know what makes the world turn

Put it on

I can feel so much

Put it on

I don't need to touch

Put it on

Here before my eyes

Put it on

Because you realise

And you believe

Something so worthless

Serves a purpose

It makes me a happy man

Can't you understand

Say you believe

Just how easy

It is to please me

Because when you learn

You'll know what makes the world turn

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1990 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Dates with available recordings of Blue Dress

There are currently 2 recordings of Blue Dress available.

• 1990-07-31 San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA/Source 1
• 1990-10-23 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France/Source 1

Dates where Blue Dress was played

1990 World Violation Tour

Blue Dress was played 2 times during this tour.

• 1990-07-31 San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA
• 1990-10-23 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France

1993 Devotional Tour

• Blue Dress was not played during this tour.

1994 Exotic Tour

• Blue Dress was not played during this tour.

1997 Ultra Parties

• Blue Dress was not played during this tour.

1998 The Singles Tour

• Blue Dress was not played during this tour.

2001 Exciter Tour

• Blue Dress was not played during this tour.

2003 Paper Monsters Tour (Dave Gahan solo)

• Blue Dress was not played during this tour.

2003 "A Night With Martin L. Gore" (Martin L. Gore solo)

• Blue Dress was not played during this tour.

2005-2006 Touring The Angel

Blue Dress was played 2 times during this tour.

• 2006-04-30 Theater Under the Stars, Las Vegas, NV, USA
• 2006-05-04 Foro Sol Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico

2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe

• Blue Dress was not played during this tour.

2013-2014 Delta Machine Tour

Blue Dress was played 13 times during this tour.

• 2014-01-31 Bercy, Paris, France
• 2014-02-04 SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany
• 2014-02-08 Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
• 2014-02-10 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
• 2014-02-12 Messehalle, Dresden, Germany
• 2014-02-14 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2014-02-20 Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy
• 2014-02-22 Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
• 2014-02-24 Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland
• 2014-02-28 Minsk Arena, Minsk, Belarus
• 2014-03-02 Arena, Riga, Latvia
• 2014-03-04 SKK Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2014-03-07 Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia

2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour

• Blue Dress was not played during this tour.