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Who sang Personal Jesus?
Release date: 19/3/1990
Duration: 04:55
Writer(s): Martin Gore
Producer(s): Flood

Depeche Mode released the song Personal Jesus. Date of release: 19/3/1990.

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The song is about finding someone to believe in and trust, whether it be a personal Jesus or something else.

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘Personal Jesus’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.
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Depeche Mode - Short Biography

- Depeche Mode is an English electronic music band.
- The group was formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980.
- The current line-up consists of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore.
- The band is one of the most popular modern bands in the world.
- Depeche Mode has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
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- Personal Jesus" is a song by the English electronic music group Depeche Mode.
- It was released in 1989 as the first single from their seventh studio album, Violator (1990).
- It reached #13 on the UK Singles Chart and #28 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- The single was the first to enter the U.S. Top 40 since "People Are People" in 1984, and was their first certified gold single in the U.S. (quickly followed by its successor, "Enjoy the Silence").
- In Germany, "Personal Jesus" was one of the band's longest charting songs, staying on the singles chart for 23 weeks.
- In 2004, "Personal Jesus" was ranked #368 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time," and in September 2006, it was voted one of the "100 Greatest Songs of All Time" by Q Magazine.

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