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"Precious" is a song by English electronic band Depeche Mode from their studio album, Playing the Angel (2005). It was released on 3 October 2005 by Mute, Sire, and Reprise Records as the album's lead single. The song reached 4 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and No. 23 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also topped the charts in Denmark, Italy, Spain, and Sweden, and it peaked within the top 10 in Austria, Wallonia, Canada, Finland, Germany, and Norway. Background and lyrics Depeche Mode main songwriter Martin Gore wrote the song while he was going through a divorce. The track is a message to Gore's children, who were aware of the divorce, and Gore felt guilty that they had to witness the process. Recognising their "fragile" state, Gore expresses his sympathy for them but also mentions that "things get broken" and tells them to keep faith in their parents. Chart performance Released in the United Kingdom on 3 October 2005, "Precious" debuted at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, which would become its peak, and spent a total of six weeks in the top 100. As of , it is the band's last top-10 single in the UK. In Ireland, on 6 October, the song first appeared at its peak of No. 12 on the Irish Singles Chart. It was a chart-topper across mainland Europe, debuting at the top position in Italy and Spain and rising to No. 1 in Denmark, Hungary, and Sweden. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Precious" reached No. 4, peaking within the top 10 in Austria, Finland, Germany, Greece, Norway, and the Wallonia region of Belgium. In the Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the Flanders region of Belgium, it entered the top 40. In the United States, where "Precious" was serviced to radio on 26 September 2005, the song debuted at No. 99 on the Billboard Hot 100 and rose its highest position, No. 71, the following issue, 7 November 2005. It spent only one more week on the Hot 100, at No. 80, before leaving the listing. The single found better success on the Billboard dance charts, topping both the Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Singles Sales rankings on 29 October 2005. It additionally found peaks of No. 6 on the Adult Alternative Songs chart, No. 23 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and No. 32 on the Adult Top 40. On the Canadian Singles Chart, the record reached No. 2 and remained on the listing for 12 weeks.

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Notable quotes

“Blessed, plainly, is that life which is not valued at the estimation of outsiders, but is known, as judge of itself, by its own inner feelings. It needs no popular opinion as its reward in any way; nor has it any fear of punishments. Thus the less it strives for glory, the more it rises above it.”
— Ambrose, On The Duties of the Clergy, Book 2, Chapter 1
“It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which our system is built. These values imply our adherence not only to liberty and individual freedom, but also to international peace, law and order, and constructive social purpose. When we depart from these values, we do so at our peril.”
— J. William Fulbright, remarks in the Senate (June 29, 1961), Congressional Record, vol. 107, p. 11703
“Behold the good and the just! ... Behold the believers of all faiths! Whom do they hate most? The man who breaks their tables of values, the breaker, the lawbreaker. Yet he is the creator.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, p. 135
“Talk of the sublime, the exalted, the eternal, the passionate, of glory, challenge, or majesty fills some of us with bewilderment, discomfort, and embarrassment; others with sour resentment or scornful disbelief. To reinstate such values seems to us like trying to reinstate Ptolemaic astronomy—equally misguided, incomprehensible, and inimical to our perceived interests.”
— R. W. K. Paterson, The New Patricians (1998), p. 45
“When present, it was considered a loincloth; when lost, it is considered fine clothing.”
— Sumerian proverb, Collection III at , .
“The characteristic of the really great writer is the ability of his mind to to suddenly leap beyond his ordinary human values, into sudden perception of universal values.”
— Colin Wilson in Poetry and Mysticism, p. 33 (1969)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

"Precious" is a song by English electronic band Depeche Mode from their studio album, Playing the Angel (2005). It was released on 3 October 2005 by Mute, Sire, and Reprise Records as the album's lead single. The song reached 4 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and No. 23 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also topped the charts in Denmark, Italy, Spain, and Sweden, and it peaked within the top 10 in Austria, Wallonia, Canada, Finland, Germany, and Norway. Background and lyrics Depeche Mode main songwriter Martin Gore wrote the song while he was going through a divorce. The track is a message to Gore's children, who were aware of the divorce, and Gore felt guilty that they had to witness the process. Recognising their "fragile" state, Gore expresses his sympathy for them but also mentions that "things get broken" and tells them to keep faith in their parents. Chart performance Released in the United Kingdom on 3 October 2005, "Precious" debuted at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, which would become its peak, and spent a total of six weeks in the top 100. As of , it is the band's last top-10 single in the UK. In Ireland, on 6 October, the song first appeared at its peak of No. 12 on the Irish Singles Chart. It was a chart-topper across mainland Europe, debuting at the top position in Italy and Spain and rising to No. 1 in Denmark, Hungary, and Sweden. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Precious" reached No. 4, peaking within the top 10 in Austria, Finland, Germany, Greece, Norway, and the Wallonia region of Belgium. In the Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the Flanders region of Belgium, it entered the top 40. In the United States, where "Precious" was serviced to radio on 26 September 2005, the song debuted at No. 99 on the Billboard Hot 100 and rose its highest position, No. 71, the following issue, 7 November 2005. It spent only one more week on the Hot 100, at No. 80, before leaving the listing. The single found better success on the Billboard dance charts, topping both the Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Singles Sales rankings on 29 October 2005. It additionally found peaks of No. 6 on the Adult Alternative Songs chart, No. 23 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and No. 32 on the Adult Top 40. On the Canadian Singles Chart, the record reached No. 2 and remained on the listing for 12 weeks.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

"Precious" is a song by English electronic band Depeche Mode from their studio album, Playing the Angel (2005). It was released on 3 October 2005 by Mute, Sire, and Reprise Records as the album's lead single. The song reached 4 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and No. 23 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also topped the charts in Denmark, Italy, Spain, and Sweden, and it peaked within the top 10 in Austria, Wallonia, Canada, Finland, Germany, and Norway.

Notable quotes

“Blessed, plainly, is that life which is not valued at the estimation of outsiders, but is known, as judge of itself, by its own inner feelings. It needs no popular opinion as its reward in any way; nor has it any fear of punishments. Thus the less it strives for glory, the more it rises above it.”
— Ambrose, On The Duties of the Clergy, Book 2, Chapter 1
“It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which our system is built. These values imply our adherence not only to liberty and individual freedom, but also to international peace, law and order, and constructive social purpose. When we depart from these values, we do so at our peril.”
— J. William Fulbright, remarks in the Senate (June 29, 1961), Congressional Record, vol. 107, p. 11703
“Behold the good and the just! ... Behold the believers of all faiths! Whom do they hate most? The man who breaks their tables of values, the breaker, the lawbreaker. Yet he is the creator.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, p. 135
“Talk of the sublime, the exalted, the eternal, the passionate, of glory, challenge, or majesty fills some of us with bewilderment, discomfort, and embarrassment; others with sour resentment or scornful disbelief. To reinstate such values seems to us like trying to reinstate Ptolemaic astronomy—equally misguided, incomprehensible, and inimical to our perceived interests.”
— R. W. K. Paterson, The New Patricians (1998), p. 45
“When present, it was considered a loincloth; when lost, it is considered fine clothing.”
— Sumerian proverb, Collection III at , .
“The characteristic of the really great writer is the ability of his mind to to suddenly leap beyond his ordinary human values, into sudden perception of universal values.”
— Colin Wilson in Poetry and Mysticism, p. 33 (1969)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Precious: 1998 album by Cubic U · Precious album · British band · The Jam song

Precious across IJR

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Precious ChongAsk anything — within reason.Precious MustaphaThe late-night sketch version — live in your chat.Precious LungaThe late-night sketch version — live in your chat.

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