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"Barrel of a Gun" is Depeche Mode 's thirty-first UK single, released on February 3 , 1997 ( January 28 in the USA), and the first single for the then upcoming album '' Ultra ''. "Barrel of a Gun" came after some tragic times by the band. Musician Alan Wilder left the band in 1995 and lead singer David Gahan nearly committed suicide. Martin Gore had a string of seizures, and Andrew Fletcher had some emotional problems of his own. In mid-1996 Martin tried to get Dave and Fletch back together by writing a few songs and see if anybody was interested in continuing after that. It worked, and the band were back together, except now a trio again for the first time since 1982 's '' A Broken Frame ''. "Barrel of a Gun" is another revolutionary DM track, bringing back in the industrial sound, and possibly being the darkest DM song yet. Martin wasn't sure if this was going to be a big hit on the radio, so he was reluctant to recommend this song as the first single, but when he eventually did, it turned out the rest of band, Daniel Miller , and producer Tim Simenon agreed. The B-side is a 7+ minute instrumental called "Painkiller", which is very hard-rockish. A condensed version would show up as a hidden track on the ''Ultra'' album as "Junior Painkiller". The music video for "Barrel of a Gun" is directed by Anton Corbijn . Dave has rather amusing commentary on it, on The Videos 86-98 . TRACK LISTINGS 12": Mute / 12Bong25 (UK) # "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29) # "Barrel of a Gun Hard Mix " (9:37) # "Barrel of a Gun Phase Mix " (5:23) # "Barrel of a Gun Inch Punch Mix V2 " (5:28) # "Barrel of a Gun Soft Mix " (6:29) CD: Mute / CDBong25 (UK) # "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29) # "Painkiller" (7:29) # "Barrel of a Gun Soft Mix " (6:29) # "Barrel of a Gun Inch Punch Mix " (5:25) 12": Mute / L12Bong25 (UK) # "Painkiller Mix " (8:39) # "Painkiller" (7:29) # "Barrel of a Gun Inch Punch Mix " (5:25) # "Barrel of a Gun Mix " (6:36) CD: Mute / LCDBong25 (UK) # "Barrel of a Gun Hard Mix " (9:37) # "Barrel of a Gun Mix " (6:36) # "Painkiller Mix " (8:39) 12": Mute / P12Bong25 (UK) # "Barrel of a Gun Hard Mix " (9:37) # "Painkiller Mix " (8:39) # "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29) # "Barrel of a Gun Hard Instrumental " (9:13) CD: Mute / CDBong25X (EU) # "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29) # "Painkiller" (7:29) # "Barrel of a Gun Soft Mix " (6:29) # "Barrel of a Gun Inch Punch Mix " (5:25) # "Barrel of a Gun Hard Mix " (9:37) # "Barrel of a Gun Mix " (6:36) # "Barrel of a Gun Phase Mix " (5:23) # "Painkiller Mix " (8:39) # "Barrel of a Gun Inch Punch Mix V2 " (5:28)
CD: Sire/Reprise / 2-17409 (US) # "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29) # "Barrel of a Gun Mix " (6:36) # "Painkiller" (7:29) CD: Sire/Reprise / 43828-2 (US) # "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29) # "Painkiller Mix " (8:39) # "Barrel of a Gun Soft Mix " (6:27) # "Barrel of a Gun Inch Punch Mix V2 " (5:25) # "Barrel of a Gun Hard Mix " (9:36)
CD: Sire/Reprise / PRO-CD-8600 (US) # "Barrel of a Gun Edit " (4:01) # "Barrel of a Gun" (5:29)
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