Martin's song to his children during his divorce. Lovely song, I particularly like some of the live versions.

Wonderfull song after the divorse from martin🥰

Precious was released as the first single a few months before the record came out. So it was the first taste from the album and the first song release in like 4 years since the Exciter album. Good song that did not disappoint, and is still played on the tours.

Been waiting for your reaction to this! One of their best for sure! The song is about kids, and going through divorce and how they feel.

Love you Seph. A pleassure to see you enjoying this song so much!

Went to the concert for this album in Tampa back in 2005. I was 19 and my sis was 15. My parents were the main characters in this story. Lol. They have been fans since 84. They once sat outside of a ticketmaster booth in NYC overnight for tickets. While i was at my grandmother's house back in the bronx.😂 i was like 2 or something. Fast forward 18nyears later and there i was at the cooolest concert ever with my fam. I knew every song since birth! They did 2 encores that night. The crowd was loud and rowdy! It was awesome. The fans making the floors quakes from the stomping and the banging of the seats. It was raw that night. I forgot wat track Dave was going to sing but his vocals were off. Dave yells "whoa whoa whoa. Wat he fuck was that. I sucked!!" Someone in the yells back "you sucked!" Dave laughs and the crowd goes wild and yells "you sucked!" Lol Dave laughs again and yells "bring it back!" They set the song up again and absolutely destroyed it. It was soo awesome to see live. The rawness that is this band. I'm 38 now and that concert was the best night ever. Oh and another little story. My parents had been to several of their concerts b4. They met couple that were also from NYC and devoted fans since the 80s. Two cool guys. And they never shared info but somehow they managed to sit next to eachother in numerous concerts. Somehow that same couple managed to sit in the row right in front of us. Lol after like 10 years they still managed to find they're way to eachother. Lol one of the guys had the violator rose tattooed on his left arm. They told my sister and I about how they met my parents and it was a serendipitous meeting of DM friends. Different lifestyles and backgrounds but found a way to be soul mates through a band and their amazing songs. It was an awesome night.😭

Precious was first song after Exciter so it was such a shock! Precious is one of the best DM songs ever 😊

I remember, when I've heard it first time I was at work in Aachen, and it was in the radio I was in shock! I just love it!

This is one of my favourite singles Dave's vocals are epic brilliant awesome my all time favourite is everything counts wow wow wow wow memories for me in the early 80s 🎉🎉🎉thx for sharing buddy cheers 🍷🥂🍷

I'm glad you like this song so much cause Precious ultimately got me into Depeche Mode back then. I used to see the video play on TV when I was younger and even though I knew who this band was, I never really got too much into them until I grew older. But this song always stuck with me, it has a really special place in my heart.

Now imagine you would have listened to all those "without Alan DM is nothing" people and stopped after SOFAD - you would've missed so many highlights.

You're absolutely right - in this song everything happened and right time. Great lyrics, melody arrangement and Dave sings like God... Fragile things like kids and broken marriage turned into one of the beautiful and melancholic piece - that's another side of Depeche Mode! ❤😊

It talks about Martin's divorce and how it affected his children, if I'm not MISTAKEN!!!!!!!!

Been waiting and waiting for you to get to this one. I knew you were going to absolutely love this song. It’s definitely one of the best songs that Martin ihas written and it is an absolute Depeche Mode classic.! As many other people, I’ve told you this song is about divorce and he’s basically singing this song to his kids. I’ve been in the situation myself, so this song always hit me hard. Absolutely love it! Top 5 Mode song for me!

The album tracks deserve more love IMO. If they make songs like this all of their work should be respected

Dave has been like a fine wine from about age 35 to 50. He’s so handsome!

It is a very good song. in the UK it got to number 4

There it is, my favorite DM song. I'd wager most DM fans consider this their favorite 21st century song. The subject matter, the passing mention of God and angels, and the extended final note of the verses, alongside the surreal video, gives it such an ethereal vibe, which in my book, is a 10/10.

great "divorce song" , last depeche MODE single with massive radio airplay, at least here in northern germany (its really poppy and catchy)

This song was my introduction to Depeche Mode, the rest is history 😉 An absolute superb song, Depeche Mode classic as far as I'm concirned.