Speak to Me

"Speak to Me" is a song by English electronic band Depeche Mode, released on 11 August 2023 as the third single from their fifteenth studio album, Memento Mori. On the same date, the song was released in a remixed version by Dutch disc jockey Oliver Heldens, characterized by a more techno-oriented backing track. Background The song is the final, 12th track of the album. It was composed by frontman Dave Gahan in collaboration with the bands's historic session player Christian Eigner and producers James Ford and Marta Salogni. Gahan explained that "Speak to Me" was the key piece that pushed him to make a new album with Martin Gore, following the death of Andy Fletcher. Salogni also explained how the song was created in just one day, completely distorting Gahan's initial demo to the point that he wanted to include her and Ford as actual composers. Gahan also commented, "the song "Speak To Me" was partially an imagined conversation he had with a "larger force" about that question. Because I felt really torn between jumping into making another Depeche Mode record or, as I had been for the last couple of years for the first time in my life, home with friends and family and my animals. And just living a life and really enjoying that."