People Are People

"People Are People"
"People Are People"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Some Great Reward
B-side	"In Your Memory"
Released	12 March 1984
Studio	Hansa Mischraum (Berlin)
Genre	Synth-pop; industrial;
Length	3:43 (7″/single version); 3:52 (album version); 7:11 (12″ version);
Label	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Martin L. Gore
Producer(s)	Daniel Miller; Depeche Mode; Gareth Jones;
Depeche Mode singles chronology
Music video
	"People Are People" on YouTube

"People Are People" is a song by British electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 12 March 1984 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Some Great Reward (1984).^[3] Recorded at Hansa Mischraum in West Berlin,^[4] it was the band's first top-20 single in the United States, peaking at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.

^ "In a Relaxed Mode For 'Exciter'". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 20. 19 May 2001. p. 11. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books. the searing synth-pop sound that sparked a string of hits ("Just Can't Get Enough," "People Are People," ...
^ Mason, Stewart. "People Are People – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 June 2013. "People Are People" was the single that introduced Depeche Mode's next-level sound as the group that made industrial music (à la Einsturzende Neubauten or Test Dept.)
^ "The games people play" (PDF). Record Mirror. 10 March 1984. p. 6. ISSN 0144-5804 – via World Radio History. Their new song is called 'People Are People' and comes out on March 12.
^ "Record News". NME. London. 10 March 1984. p. 40. ISSN 0028-6362.