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Depeche Mode – Everything Counts [Single Version] (1983) | Track profile | Dork

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Everything Counts [Single Version]

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Everything Counts [Single Version]

Release date: 11th July 1983

From The Singles 81﹥85

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"Everything Counts [Single Version]" is a track by Depeche Mode, from the album The Singles 81﹥85, released 11th July 1983. Full lyrics are available below.

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Everything Counts [Single Version]

[Verse 1: Dave Gahan]

The handshake seals the contract

From the contract, there's no turning back

The turning point of a career

In Korea being insincere

The holiday was fun-packed

The contract still intact

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore & Dave Gahan]

The grabbing hands grab all they can

All for themselves, after all

The grabbing hands grab all they can

All for themselves, after all

It's a competitive world

Everything counts in large amounts

[Verse 2: Dave Gahan]

The graph on the wall

Tells the story of it all

Picture it now, see just how

The lies and deceit gained a little more power

Confidence taken in

By a suntan and a grin

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore & Dave Gahan]

The grabbing hands grab all they can

All for themselves, after all

The grabbing hands grab all they can

All for themselves, after all

It's a competitive world

Everything counts in large amounts

Everything counts in large amounts

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore]

The grabbing hands grab all they can

Everything counts in large amounts

The grabbing hands grab all they can

Everything counts in large amounts

[Bridge: Martin L. Gore]

Everything, everything

Everything, everything

[Chorus: Martin L. Gore]

The grabbing hands grab all they can

Everything counts in large amounts

The grabbing hands grab all they can

Everything counts in large amounts

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Track details

From The Singles 81﹥85

1983

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Album

The Singles 81﹥85

Release year

1983

—Somebody (Remix)
—Blasphemous Rumours [Single Edit]
—Everything Counts [Single Version]
—Leave in Silence [Single Version]
—It's Called a Heart
—Love, in Itself.2
—Master and Servant [Single Version]
—People Are People [Single Version]
—Photographic (Some Bizzare Version)
—See You [Single Version]

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Production & Engineering

Writer: Martin L. Gore
Producer: Daniel Miller, Depeche Mode
Engineer: Gareth Jones
Keyboards: Alan Wilder, Andy Fletcher, Martin L. Gore
Background Vocals: Martin L. Gore
Lead Vocals: Dave Gahan
Percussion: Alan Wilder, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Martin L. Gore
Sampler: Alan Wilder, Daniel Miller
Synthesizer: Alan Wilder, Andy Fletcher, Martin L. Gore