In Your Room (Depeche Mode song)

Song details

The version of "In Your Room" used for the single release is the "Zephyr Mix", a radically different mix of the original album version, nearly completely redone by Butch Vig of Nirvana fame. Other official single remixes include the "Apex Mix", produced by Brian Eno, which sounds closer to the album version, and Johnny Dollar's "The Jeep Rock Mix", which appears on Remixes 81 - 04.

During concerts in 1993 and early 1994, the album version was played live. From the 1998 Singles Tour onwards, the "Zephyr Mix" of the song has been played live instead. However, during the 2009 Tour of the Universe a mixture of both versions was played live.

The single was released in a special foldout digipak with room to hold three different versions of the "In Your Room" single: the original release (CDBong24), a live disc (LCDBong24) and a remix disc (XLCDBong24). The b-sides consist of a remix of album track "Higher Love", along with some live songs from the Devotional Tour.

Depeche Mode's first appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman", filmed during a stop on their "The Singles Tour", featured an abbreviated version of "In Your Room."

In 2003, Fallon Bowman's band, Amphibious Assault, covered the song for their debut LP District Six and Tori Amos has covered the song live several times. In 2015 the industrial rock band Latexxx Teens (LXT) has released a cover version of the song, as tribute to Depeche Mode.

Music video

The music video for "In Your Room" (using the Zephyr mix) was directed by Anton Corbijn and features references to the videos for "Strangelove" (a model posing in her underwear), "I Feel You" (a woman dressed as Dave Gahan, wearing a pinstripe suit, sunglasses, and a wig), "Walking in My Shoes" (the bird costume), "Halo" (the people wearing clown makeup), "Enjoy the Silence" (Dave Gahan dressed as a king, holding the folding chair while walking in the road), "Personal Jesus" (the bandmembers wearing cowboy hats), "Condemnation" (the white dress with ribbons on it that one of the women wears) and "Never Let Me Down Again" (tea drinking). Corbijn described the video as a retrospective of the work he had done with Depeche Mode. He said he made it that way because he was sure lead singer Dave Gahan was going to die before Depeche Mode could release more songs.

The video features Alexandra Kummer, who sometimes is partially clothed. Because of the partial nudity and scenes of bondage, the video only aired after prime time on MTV in the US. Since the video had only limited screen play the single was not a hit in the US.

This is the last Depeche Mode single with Alan Wilder as a band member, and the last music video he appears in.

Track listings

All songs written by Martin Gore.

Cassette: Mute / CBong24 (UK)

1. "In Your Room (Zephyr Mix)" - 4:52 (remixed by Butch Vig, additional guitars by Doug Erikson)
2. Higher Love (Adrenaline Mix Edit)" - 4:48 (remixed by François Kevorkian and Goh Hotoda)

12": Mute / 12Bong24 (UK)

1. "In Your Room (Zephyr Mix)" - 4:52
2. "In Your Room (Apex Mix)" - 6:45 (remixed by Brian Eno and Markus Dravs)
3. "In Your Room (The Jeep Rock Mix)" - 6:19 (remixed by Johnny Dollar and Portishead)
4. "Higher Love (Adrenaline Mix)" - 7:49
5. "In Your Room (Extended Zephyr Mix)" - 6:43

12": Mute / L12Bong24 (UK)

1. "In Your Room (Live)" - 6:52
2. "Policy of Truth (Live)" - 5:08
3. "World in My Eyes (Live)" - 6:16
4. "Fly on the Windscreen (Live)" - 5:20
5. "Never Let Me Down Again (Live)" - 5:01
6. "Death's Door (Live)" - 2:45

CD: Mute / CDBong24 (UK)

1. "In Your Room (Zephyr Mix)" - 4:52
2. "In Your Room (Extended Zephyr Mix)" - 6:43
3. "Never Let Me Down Again (Live)" - 5:01
4. "Death's Door (Live)" - 2:45

CD: Mute / LCDBong24 (UK)

1. "In Your Room (Live)" - 6:52
2. "Policy of Truth (Live)" - 5:08
3. "World in My Eyes (Live)" - 6:16
4. "Fly on the Windscreen (Live)" - 5:20

CD: Mute / XLCDBong24 (UK)

1. "In Your Room (The Jeep Rock Mix)" - 6:19
2. "In Your Room (Apex Mix)" - 6:45
3. "Higher Love (Adrenaline Mix)" - 7:49

CD: Mute / CDBong24X (EU)

1. "In Your Room (Zephyr Mix)" - 4:52
2. "Higher Love (Adrenaline Mix Edit)" - 4:48
3. "In Your Room (Apex Mix)" - 6:45
4. "In Your Room (The Jeep Rock Mix)" - 6:19
5. "Higher Love (Adrenaline Mix)" - 7:49
6. "In Your Room (Extended Zephyr Mix)" - 6:43
7. "In Your Room (Live)" - 6:52
8. "Policy of Truth (Live)" - 5:08
9. "World in My Eyes (Live)" - 6:16
10. "Fly on the Windscreen (Live)" - 5:20
11. "Never Let Me Down Again (Live)" - 5:01
12. "Death's Door (Live)" - 2:45

Promo 12": Mute / P12Bong24 (UK)

1. "In Your Room (The Jeep Rock Mix)" - 6:19
2. "Higher Love (Adrenaline Mix)" - 7:49
3. "In Your Room (Extended Zephyr Mix)" - 6:43

12": Sire/Reprise / 41362-0 (US)

1. "In Your Room (Extended Zephyr Mix)" - 6:43
2. "In Your Room (Apex Mix)" - 6:45
3. "In Your Room (The Jeep Rock Mix)" - 6:19
4. "Higher Love (Adrenaline Mix)" - 7:49

CD: Sire/Reprise / 9 41362-2 (US)

1. "In Your Room (Zephyr Mix)" - 4:52
2. "In Your Room (Extended Zephyr Mix)" - 6:45
3. "Higher Love (Adrenaline Mix)" - 7:49
4. "In Your Room (The Jeep Rock Mix)" - 6:20
5. "Policy of Truth (Live)" - 5:07
6. "In Your Room (Apex Mix)" - 6:44
7. "In Your Room (Live)" - 6:52