The complete Depeche Mode discography 1981 – 2024


Depeche Mode – Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead

Depeche Mode – Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead
Depeche Mode – Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead

Running from 1980 to 1983, Flexipop was a British music magazine that included a coloured flexi-disc in most of its issues. Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead came with the 11th issue in September 1981, alongside King Of The Flies by Fad Gadget. A slightly modified version of the song, titled I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead, is featured on the original UK edition of Depeche Mode’s debut album, Speak & Spell, released about three weeks after the appearance of this flexi-disc. A replica of the original flexi-disc is included in the 2018 box set collection Speak & Spell | The 12″ Singles.


7-inch red transparent one-sided flexi-disc – UK
Flexipop – FLEXIPOP 011 (released 11 September 1981, generic sleeve)

Depeche Mode – Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead

A1 Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead (Flexipop Version) 2:19
A2 Fad Gadget – King Of The Flies 3:06 fg


Depeche Mode – Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead

  • written by Vince Clarke (fg by Fad Gadget)
  • produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode
  • highest chart position N/A
  • 1981 Depeche Mode was Vince Clarke, Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, and Martin Gore