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🥰 This hits hard if you go thru it by yourself, or your children😌 Thanks for your reaction seph👍🏻☺️

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) i like the song a lot too. off topic : check out the 12" of get the balance right (combination mix) one of their best 12" singles from 80s, im sur you will love it. :)

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. Nice reaction video Seph, Cheers man 🙂👍

Martin delivered one final masterpiece. It's all about those gorgeous high notes Dave sings in the verses. Exquisite.

I really like these small instrumentals like at 2:04 and the sound of an aux chord not properly plugged adding to the songs feeling of something being broken

Love that this video finally got released! One of their very best and was written specifically about Martin's divorce & how he felt it was affecting his children!

They still do this live. Says it all. Epic song.

Pure gods. And all devotees know what this hurt martin to write this

You missed the best lyric line when you paused.... "If God has a masterplan, that only he understands. I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through" That is my favorite line of all Depeche Mode songs!

Angels with silver wings,shouldn't know suffering....what a line ,as you know written to Martins children about the sadness of his divorce..heartbreaking lyrics ,still a massive live song and reached number 4 in uk chart .

As some said, this is a touching song about the consequences of divorce in Martin's children. Beautiful, but for me the hidden jewel of this record is the last song, "The darkest star". I have curiosity about your reaction when you'd listen to it.

If god has a Masterplan, that only he understands....

"Angeles de alas plateadas, no deberían conocer el dolor", esta frase es épica. Según escribió Martin Gore: Mientras el significado de la mayoría de las canciones de Depeche Mode no son revelados, pues Martin Gore prefiere que las personas encuentren su propio significado, se hizo una excepción con Precious, revelando que la canción fue escrita por sus hijos y lo que ellos debieron haber pasado cuando él se estaba divorciando de su madre.

It was the first single from Playing the Angel This song and Suffer Well were later released on compilation "The Best of Depeche Mode - Vol. 1"

Precious ist einfach toll. Ich wusste, dass dir dieser Song gefallen wird. Ich musste die ganze Zeit grinsen 😁 Der Song wurde als erste Single aus dem Album veröffentlicht. Martin hatte den Song für seine drei Kinder während seiner Scheidung geschrieben. In GB Nr. 4, in D Nr. 2 😊 Das Musikvideo wurde von Uwe Flade gedreht. Irgendwie erinnert mich die Grundlinie des Songs an Enjoy The Silence...

Une des chanson que j'aime le plus de DM.Je vous adore...

It was the first single and a hit

Our local Mtv was running this video every day in the year of release of the album, along with the hard rock cover of Enjoy the Silence(By Mike Shinoda). Also was featured in Cinema4D showreal, cause CG in video was made in it.

A love how Seth thinks every song's about Relationship haha

Thought you'd love this one. Just shows how talented they are. For Martin to write this 25 years into their career. Not many can do this. Still played live now. Depeche Mode's biggest hit in chart terms and up their in You Tube plays behind Enjoy the Silence, Personal Jesus, Never Let Me Down Again and Strangelove.

jes ist´s one of my favourite songs from Depeche Mode ever! ist higher lever, as you say! 💓💓💓

Martins prolific songwriting really shows in this album,definitely up there with never let me down again and all the other brilliant songs.

Dave Gahan getting more beautiful as time passes has been noted since 1988 or so... ...and that cheeky bastard just keeps gettin' prettier, just to spite us! LOL

I knew you would love this. Don’t forget the single martyr which was released as a single just after this album. You will love that too. It was going to be on this album but for some reason was not.

Their grestest Hit without Alan

Their biggest hit of the 2000‘s chart-wise. I think it was a Top 5 all across Europe and even sold well in the US. If I may say, there was another single prior to Precious which came out between Exciter and PTA. In 2004, Depeche Mode released a Remix Album with a single remix of „Enjoy the Silence“ (by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park). That one was also a huge hit, so 2004/2005 felt like another heyday for the band in a way.

I agree Seph this is one of their best songs. I remember when this came out first time i heard it was on TV video and I was so happy they were still making music on this level. They did a great job with mixing and production, even without Alan.

One of the most Amazing songs of my chilhood.

Definitely the best song after Alan-era

Excelente.Depeche mode ,letra y sonido van de la mano

In this song its you know unnormal situation where the voice text and sounds of this song are talking to my spirit really i think that we love depeche mode for that they try to talk with our spirits by music

It's about Martin's Divorce and him taking his children's pain

I feel sad when I hear this song, knowing what the song is about, knowing how hard the divorce must have been for his babies, and knowing how bad Martin's alcoholism got during the early-mid 2000's.

Short: Hear this live! A banger, believe me. (Seth, I missed the live shows on your chanel.)

Gran tema, uno de los pesos pesados de la banda!

This was the first single from the album and once i heard it i loved it as well. Some criticize it for being an obviously made to be a single , but who cares it is a good song. Here in the states in LA it did get some radio play, i wouldnt call it a hit single here, but then again outside of Violator singles and people are People before it, most of their tunes werent really radio hits here.

They won MTV Europe band of the year on the back of this

Dave definitely got better looking after ending his bad habits

That's my ringtone. It's all I have to say. :)

One of few gems they've released after Ultra, there's not that many of them sadly, but this one is pure gold

This is one of my favourite songs ❤

The three eras of Depeche Mode DAAM, DAM and now DM

Easily a double banger

It's a song Martin wrote for his children when he divorced from his wife he knew they would suffer because of that.

Martin wrote three perfect pop songs in my opinion: enjoy the silence Its no good Precious That does not mean that I think that these are his best songs but they belong to his best songs. They are the most main stream popsongs I would say which are brilliant. The fourth one would be „ghosts again“ in my row but this was written by Richard Butler and Martin.

Far from an amazing relastionship lol, Martin wrote this song when he was getting divorced, and he wrote this song for his children and how they were getting through the divorce (I hope you learn to trust, have faith in both of us). Also, Precious is one of their most famous songs, alongside Enjoy The Silence, Personal Jesus and Just Can't Get Enough.

Una de las más conmovedoras canciones compuesta por el maestro Martin L. Gore. 🤗🤗

It reached number 4 in the U.K. chart . I play sinner in me much more than this one though 😝👍

Extra song..... Top class

You understood it perfectly

Honestly, DM had lost me with Exciter, but once I heard this song on the radio, they had won me back. I’m not sure where exactly this song would rate for me but definitely upper tier.

hi, are you going to listen to this live?

hi seph not bad this one yes? undoubtedly the best of this opus according to many people, but not my favorite 😅

I suppose this is way down your tier list, like D or F, right? :p

i think that the majority likes this song, because it sounds very mainstream. i even think its more mainstream than enjoy the silence. don’t get me wrong, the lyrics are great and so is the tune, i really like it, but for me it‘s nothing special and a little bit too boring 😬 maybe it’s also because i know this song like forever 😅 glad you found another banger tho 🤩

Maybe their last top-top-top song. More good ones, but not this level.

Hmm, would not say this ist the best DM Song… but i agree to the lyrics, this one is so mutch touching the heart🥰 In the charts this song reach #12 in switzerland, the Album after came on #1😊

Probably in a minority but I am not a massive fan of this track. Don’t ask me why, it just doesn’t work for me. Don’t get me wrong, I get the words and meaning, just not a fan of it. All of that said, it is a decent live track. Forgive me