Depeche Mode – Dreaming Of Me

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Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Synth-pop
Year:	1981

Tracklist

		Dreaming Of Me
		Ice Machine

Credits (6)

Simone Grant
Design [Uncredited]
Porky (5)
Lacquer Cut By
Max*
Plated By
Daniel Miller
Producer
Depeche Mode
Producer
Clarke*
Written-By

Notes

The very first single after the band was signed by Mute Records.
Released in the UK on 20 February 1981.
UK chart entry was on 04 April 1981 at position 75. It stayed for four weeks in the Top 100, peaking at position 57.
The single charted as import only in the Billboard Disco Charts in April 1981 at position 84. It stayed for 17 weeks, peaking at position 47.
No other chart success until March 2011, when the single entered the German single charts after a "flashmob" approach, peaking at position 45 for 1 week.

The UK 7" is available in six known variants:
1) as Lyntone pressings with
a) a round thumb cut
b) no thumb cut
c) a square thumb cut

2) as MVS pressing

3) as MPO repressings
a) with Spartan as distributor
b) without Spartan as distributor

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Image	,	–			In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Version Details	Data Quality
	Dreaming Of Me 7", 45 RPM, Single	Mute – POW 0009	Australia	1981	Australia — 1981	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me 7", 45 RPM, Single	Mute – POW 0009	New Zealand	1981	New Zealand — 1981
	Dreaming Of Me 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo, Stereo	Sire – PRO 0610	Canada	1981	Canada — 1981	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo, Lyntone Pressing, Crescent Thumb Cut	Mute – MUTE 013	UK	1981	UK — 1981	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo	Mute – 502003	Portugal	1981	Portugal — 1981	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me 7", 45 RPM, Single, White Label	Mute – MUTE-013	UK	1981	UK — 1981	New Submission
	Dreaming Of Me Acetate, 12", 45 RPM, Single Sided, Unofficial Release	David Gresham Records (2) – none		1981	1981	New Submission
	Dreaming Of Me 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo, Lyntone Pressing, No Thumb Cut	Mute – MUTE 013	UK	1981	UK — 1981	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo, Lyntone Pressing, Trapezium Thumb Cut	Mute – MUTE 013	UK	1981	UK — 1981
	Dreaming Of Me 7", 45 RPM, Single, Misprint, Stereo	Mute – MUTE 013	UK	1981	UK — 1981	New Submission
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Mini, Single, Reissue	Mute – CD MUTE 13		1988	— 1988
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue, Grey Center	Mute – 30297		1990	— 1990	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue, Repress, Clear Center	Mute – 30297		1990	— 1990	New Submission
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue, DADC Austria Pressing	Mute – CDMUTE 13	UK	1991	UK — 1991	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue	Mute – CDMUTE 46613	Belgium	1991	Belgium — 1991	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue	Mute – cdmute13		1991	— 1991	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue, J-Card Case	Mute – 9 40284-2	US	1991	US — 1991	New Submission
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue, Digipak	Mute – 9 40289-2	US	1992	US — 1992
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue, Repress, DADC Austria Pressing	Mute – CDMUTE 13	UK	1995	UK — 1995	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue, Repress	Mute – 7243 4 72181 2 5		1996	— 1996	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue, Nimbus Pressing	Mute – CDMUTE 13	UK	1996	UK — 1996	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue	Mute – 2039-2	Brazil	2001	Brazil — 2001
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue	Virgin – 5016025600137	Europe	2004	Europe — 2004	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue, J-Card Case	Mute – CD MUTE 13	US	2004	US — 2004	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue	Mute – 5016025600137	Europe	2004	Europe — 2004	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me Cassette, Single, Unofficial Release, Stereo	Mute (2) – CMUTE13X	Russia	2024	Russia — 2024
	Dreaming Of Me 7", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, MPO Pressing, No Spartan	Mute – MUTE 013	UK		UK
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue, Repress, Digipak	Mute – 9 40289-2	US		US	Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me 7", 45 RPM, Single, Repress, Stereo, MVS Pressing	Mute – MUTE 013	UK		UK
	Dreaming Of Me CD, Single, Reissue, Repress, Nimbus Pressing	Mute – CDMUTE 13	UK		UK
	Dreaming Of Me 12", 45 RPM, Unofficial Release, Stereo	Mute (2) – MUTE 013				New Submission
	Dreaming Of Me 7", 45 RPM, Single, Repress, Stereo, MPO Pressing, With Spartan	Mute – MUTE 013	UK		UK
	Dreaming Of Me 12", 45 RPM, Unofficial Release, White Label	Not On Label (Depeche Mode) – none				Recently Edited
	Dreaming Of Me Flexi-disc, 7", 45 RPM, Shape, Single Sided, Limited Edition, Numbered, Unofficial Release, Mono	B+H Records – PUR 000734	Poland		Poland	New Submission

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Reviews

VinYves Nov 14, 2021
Edited 6 months ago

referencing Dreaming Of Me (7", 45 RPM, Single) POW 0009

This australian edition is the only way to have the cold end versions of both "Dreaming Of Me" and "Ice Machine" on vinyl. If you find it at a reasonable price, don't hesitate!
sbclar Jun 4, 2021
referencing Dreaming Of Me (7", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, MPO Pressing, No Spartan) MUTE 013

The times listed above are incorrect: they should be as follows:
Dreaming Of Me 3:46
Ice Machine 3:54

Both versions fade out.
tagesmann Feb 11, 2021
referencing Dreaming Of Me (7", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, MPO Pressing, No Spartan) MUTE 013

Are these track timings right? They look like the timings from the CDs which don't have a fade out.
attractiveco May 16, 2020
referencing Dreaming Of Me (7", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, MPO Pressing, No Spartan) MUTE 013

I bought this single the day it was released... because i liked the sleeve! I still have it, I somehow kept it mint!
cdpetee Jun 21, 2018
referencing Dreaming Of Me (7", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, MPO Pressing, No Spartan) MUTE 013

Wikipedia is claiming that the original 7" of "Dreaming Of Me" contains the longer cold ending versions of both tracks. I bought it in 1983 and my copy has the fade versions. The first time I heard the cold ending versions was on the 1988 UK Mute CD reissue of 'Speak & Spell'. Does anyone own the UK 7" with cold endings?
RJJNYC Jun 11, 2018
referencing Dreaming Of Me (7", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, MPO Pressing, No Spartan) MUTE 013

My recollection is that some of the first UK copies in the picture sleeve came with the press release you see pictured with the test pressing (it was folded and inside the sleeve).
doctor_trance Jul 11, 2017
referencing Dreaming Of Me (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo, Lyntone Pressing, Crescent Thumb Cut) MUTE 013

Sound quality is phenomenal. One of the best sounding 7" singles I own.
Betabox May 14, 2017
referencing Dreaming Of Me (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo, Lyntone Pressing, Crescent Thumb Cut) MUTE 013

Melancholy synth pop. Vince Clarke at his best, goosebumps listening to Ice Machine !
Alain_Patrick Aug 20, 2004
Edited 20 years ago

referencing Dreaming Of Me (7", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, MPO Pressing, No Spartan) MUTE 013

This is the first released single by the brilliant synthpop quartet Vince Clarke, Martin Gore, Andrew Fletcher and Dave Gaham, together as Depeche Mode since 1980. The band had just found the correct vocalist and turned itself into a very synthesizer driven formation. At the end of 1980, they already did some lives and recorded some music, but through Daniel Miller they could Mute Records, which gave to the band a whole new perspective.
Their first single, from february 1981, 'Dreaming of Me', reminds us of the more innocent times of synthpop, specially because of the opening track with the same title, containing innocent melodies and letter. It exists since the very first moments of the band, for it had been chanted on lives before the single release, like the one of Southend On Sea, of 1980.
Performed with a harmonic four-note sequence, 'Ice Machine' has a much more emotional and intense approach in a combination of many synthesizer melodies and interesting vocal chorus, puncturing the subconsciousness of the intense listeners with very special moments. Perhaps the best live version for this tune was the one of 'C'est la vie', recorded in 1984.