Song of the Day 12/29/08

Back on track after last week’s bacchanal, our top 666 songs of alltime countdown continues a day at a time all the way to #1. Monday’s is #576:

Depeche Mode – Somebody

Terminally depressed 1984 piano-and-voice ballad, a staple of every goth’s collection. Keyboardist Martin Gore, who sings here, is all too aware how maudlin he sounds:

 

Though things like this make me sick

In a case like this I’ll get away with it

 

The samples of industrial noise and a train leaving the station end the song on a viscerally chilling note. Available everywhere