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Depeche Mode

Blasphemous Rumours

1984 · via Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode’s 1984 recording of “Blasphemous Rumours” is the earliest release on file. Martin L. Gore of Depeche Mode is credited as its writer. Also recorded by In Strict Confidence (released 2026), Leæther Strip (released 2009) and Duncan Sheik (released 1998), among 83 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Some Great Reward (1984).

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Gore's song didn't stay home. Duncan Sheik picked it up in 1998, so play the band's original first, then hear how it holds up in someone else's hands.

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Credited writer: Martin L. Gore.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1984.

On the album Some Great Reward (1984).

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83 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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