"In Your Room" is a song by Englishelectronic music bandDepeche Mode, released on 10 January 1994 byMute Records as the fourth and final single from their eighth studio album,Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993). The song was produced byMartin Gore, reaching number eight on theUK Singles Chart as well as number two in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. It is the last single to featureAlan Wilder as a member before his departure in 1995.
Depeche Mode's first appearance on theLate Show with David Letterman, filmed during a stop on their Singles Tour, featured an abbreviated version of "In Your Room".[3]
Larry Flick fromBillboard magazine noted that the song "sees the band move further intodance-rock territory." He added, "Typically haunting vocals and intense lyrics are enhanced by rugged beats and a quasi-industrial guitar sound that will ring true in the hearts ofalternative DJs."[2]David Fricke fromMelody Maker wrote, "'In Your Room' is sleight-of-schtick that slips under your skin; assembly-line electro-groaning, errant feedback cries panning across the stereo spectrum, earthquake sequencer rumbling, what sounds like a real drum march complete with hissing cymbal."[4] Martin Aston fromMusic Week gave it a top score of five out of five.[5] AnotherMusic Week editor, Alan Jones, named it Pick of the Week, saying, "Less obviously a rock record than some of their recent releases, the new Depeche Mode single is a fairly dark but nonethe less quite commercial record in which some dense guitar work is punctuated by a pleasant chorus."[6]Music & Media wrote, "Is that room service the industrial way, with a buzzing intro easily drowning out the worst alarm clock? Don't cut it, because it wakes up the listeners before the ardent song itself starts."[7] Sam Wood fromPhiladelphia Inquirer found that it "seem to be about divine visitation."[8]
The accompanying music video for "In Your Room" (using the Zephyr mix) was directed by Dutch directorAnton Corbijn and features references to the videos for "Policy of Truth" (a woman wearing sunglasses and skimpy leather outfit), "I Feel You" (a woman dressed asDave 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" (a woman dressed as a king, holding the folding chair while walking in the road), "Personal Jesus" (a woman wearing a cowboy hat like the band members did), "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 wasn't sure if he was going to do another Depeche Mode video after it.[9] He later elaborated stating, that this video was made during the rise of band troubles and of Gahan's drug addiction so it was uncertain whether the band would still exist for another video to be made.
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 onMTV in the US.
^Pennanen, Timo (2006).Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi.ISBN978-951-1-21053-5.
^"Classifiche".Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved31 May 2022.Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "Depeche Mode" in the "Artista" field and press "cerca".
