Depeche Mode – Love, In Itself

Recorded at The Garden and Aosis Studios in London, and mixed at Hansa Mischraum in Berlin, Love, In Itself is the ninth single by Depeche Mode. It was originally released on 19 September 1983 and initially not issued as a single in the US.

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7-inch – UK
Mute – 7 BONG 4 (released 19 September 1983)

A1 Love, In Itself 2 (7-inch Version) 4:00
B1 Fools 4:14 aw

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12-inch – UK
Mute – 12 BONG 4 (released 19 September 1983, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Love, In Itself 3 (Extended Version) 7:15
B1 Fools (Bigger) 7:38 aw
B2 Love, In Itself 4 (Lounge Version) 4:36

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12-inch numbered limited edition – UK
Mute – L12 BONG 4 (released 19 September 1983, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Love, In Itself (Clean Album Version) 4:16
B1 Just Can’t Get Enough (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 5:35 vc
B2 A Photograph Of You (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 3:45
B3 Shout! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:46 vc
B4 Photographic (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 3:55 vc

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7-inch – red transparent vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 7 Bong 4 – Intercord Ton – INT 111.814 (released 19 September 1983)

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12-inch – grey opaque vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 12 Bong 4 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.816 (reissue released in 1987 as part of the ‘Colour Collection’, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Love, In Itself 3 (Extended Version) 7:15
B1 Fools (Bigger) 7:40 aw
B2 Love, In Itself 4 (Lounge Version) 4:40

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12-inch – yellow transparent vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – L 12 Bong 4 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.838 (reissue released in 1987 as part of the ‘Colour Collection’, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Love, In Itself (Clean Album Version) 4:16
B1 Just Can’t Get Enough (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 5:35 vc
B2 A Photograph Of You (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 3:45
B3 Shout! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:46 vc
B4 Photographic (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 3:55 vc

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12-inch – orange transparent vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – L 12 Bong 4 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.838 (reissue released in 1987 as part of the ‘Colour Collection’, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Love, In Itself (Clean Album Version) 4:16
B1 Just Can’t Get Enough (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 5:35 vc
B2 A Photograph Of You (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 3:45
B3 Shout! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:46 vc
B4 Photographic (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 3:55 vc

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CD – Germany / France
Mute – Intercord Ton – INT 826.838 / Mute – Virgin – 30056 [numbered limited edition], Mute – Virgin – 30055 [unnumbered edition] (released 1 April 1987 / in 1987)

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CD – Germany / France
Mute – CD BONG 4 – Intercord Ton – INT 826.816 / Mute – Virgin – 30298 (released in 1988)

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CD – UK / US
Mute – CDBONG 4 / Mute – Sire – 40297-2 (released 25 November 1991 / 26 November, as part of the box set 2 – Singles 7-12, and separately)

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Music video – Worldwide
Mute – no catalogue number (directed by Clive Richardson, released in September 1983)

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Depeche Mode – Love, In Itself

• all tracks written by Martin Gore, except aw by Alan Wilder, and vc by Vince Clarke
• produced by Daniel Miller, Gareth Jones, and Depeche Mode
• highest chart position 21 (UK)
• the second and final single from the album Construction Time Again, also appears on the compilations People Are People, The Singles 81→85, and Catching Up With Depeche Mode, plus the box set Construction Time Again | The 12″ Singles
• 1983 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, Martin Gore, and Alan Wilder

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