Master and Servant

"Master and Servant"
"Master and Servant"
	12″ single cover
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Some Great Reward
B-side	"(Set Me Free) Remotivate Me"
Released	20 August 1984
Recorded	May 1984
Studio	Music Works (Highbury, London); Hansa Mischraum (Berlin);
Genre	Synth-pop; industrial;
Length	3:46 (7″/single version); 3:27 (radio edit); 9:38 (12″ version); 4:12 (album version);
Label	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Martin L. Gore
Producer(s)	Daniel Miller; Depeche Mode; Gareth Jones;
Depeche Mode singles chronology
Music video
	"Master and Servant" on YouTube

"Master and Servant" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 20 August 1984 as the second single from their fourth studio album, Some Great Reward (1984).^[4] Its subject matter is BDSM relationships, which caused some controversy, though it has an underlying political theme that is often overlooked by media. It reached number 9 on the UK Singles Chart,^[5] number 49 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart^[6] and number 87 on the US Billboard Hot 100.^[7]

^ Hawking, Tom (12 April 2012). "10 of Music's Most Delightfully Dark Pop Songs". Flavorwire. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
^ Norton, Justin M. (7 November 2012). "The 10 Best Depeche Mode Songs". Stereogum. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
^ Raggett, Ned. "Depeche Mode – Master and Servant". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
^ "News" (PDF). Record Mirror. 18 August 1984. p. 4. ISSN 0144-5804 – via World Radio History. DEPECHE MODE are back in action this month with their single 'Master And Servant' out on August 20.
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[1] Hawking, Tom (12 April 2012). "10 of Music's Most Delightfully Dark Pop Songs". Flavorwire. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

[2] Norton, Justin M. (7 November 2012). "The 10 Best Depeche Mode Songs". Stereogum. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

[3] Raggett, Ned. "Depeche Mode – Master and Servant". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

[4] "News" (PDF). Record Mirror. 18 August 1984. p. 4. ISSN 0144-5804 – via World Radio History. DEPECHE MODE are back in action this month with their single 'Master And Servant' out on August 20.

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