DEPECHE MODE - JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH

Publicació: 7 de setembre de 1981

Llistes: Regne Unit: #8

"Just Can't Get Enough" és una cançó de la banda anglesa Depeche Mode. Va ser el seu tercer senzill, llançat un mes abans del llançament del seu àlbum d'estudi debut, "Speak & Spell". Aquest va ser el primer senzill llançat als Estats Units, el 18 de febrer de 1982, i també va ser l'últim senzill escrit pel membre fundador Vince Clarke, que va deixar la banda el novembre de 1981. Acabava de fer 20 anys quan va escriure aquesta cançó. El vídeo "Just Can't Get Enough" és l'únic en el qual apareix.

Musicalment, es va inspirar en "To Cut a Long Story Short" de Spandau Ballet, llançat l'any 1980. Fins a aquest moment, a Clark no li agradava la música de ball, però la cançó de Spandau Ballet li va canviar el parer. "Va ser la primera vegada que em va impressionar un ritme 'boom-thwack, boom-thwack'", va dir a Rolling Stone l'any 2000. "Va ser la primera vegada que descobria la música de ball per a mi mateix i escriure una cançó al voltant d’aquest ritme va ser tota una revelació per a mi. "Just Can't Get Enough" va sortir gràcies a això".

"Just Can't Get Enough" és una cançó d'amor sobre una persona tan enamorada i consumit per la seva parella que mai en té prou. La cançó expressa els sentiments de passió i adoració que un té per l'altre, i parla de l'alegria d'estar junts i enamorats. També parla de la idea que no hi ha límit a les emocions fortes que sent per la seva parella i que cap quantitat de temps o esforç serà mai massa. La cançó subratlla que aquesta persona mai en tindrà prou del ser que estima, sense importar quin tipus d'obstacles es trobin al seu camí.

En una entrevista a la revista Q el febrer de 2008, el vocalista Dave Gahan va recordar la gravació de l'àlbum debut de Depeche Mode "Speak & Spell" i els seus inicis com a banda: "Vince Clarke era el líder en aquell moment. Quan vam entrar a l’estudi, en Vince ja s'havia avorrit. No li agradava la idea d'haver de tractar amb altres persones. Volia tenir el control. Aquest és l'únic disc on les cançons ja s'havien interpretat des de feia un any i mig abans. Vam entrar a l'estudi i les vam gravar com ho faríem en directe. Crec que Daniel Miller (el cap del segell discogràfic) ens va veure com un encreuament entre els Ramones i els Beach Boys, d'una manera electrònica, ràpida i curta amb riffs molt senzills. Ens volien les grans discogràfiques però vam desconfiar molt de signar un acord que significava gravar cinc àlbums. Veníem d'aquesta ètica punk: només volíem fer un single. En Daniel va venir i això és tot el que realment podia fer amb els diners que tenia, així que va funcionar. Volíem mantenir el control. Mai vam pensar molt més enllà del següent single i tocar alguns concerts. Aquells temps van ser genials".

DEPECHE MODE - JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH

Released: September 7, 1981

Charted:  UK: #8 

"Just Can't Get Enough" is a song by the English band Depeche Mode. It was their third single, released a month before the release of their debut studio album, “Speak & Spell”. This was the first single released in the United States, on February 18, 1982, and also was the last single written by founding member Vince Clarke, who left the band in November 1981. He just turned 20 when wrote this song. "Just Can't Get Enough" video is the only one he appears in.

Musically, it was inspired by "To Cut a Long Story Short" by Spandau Ballet, released in 1980. To that point, Clark wasn't into dance music, but the Spandau Ballet song turned him around.  "It was the first time I was actually impressed by a rhythm that went 'boom-thwack, boom-thwack,'" he told Rolling Stone in 2000. "It was the first time I discovered dance music for myself, and to write a song around the rhythm was quite a revelation for me. 'Just Can't Get Enough' came out of that."

This is a love song about the singer being so in love and consumed by his significant other that he just can't get enough of them. The song expresses the feelings of passion and adoration one has for the other, and speaks to the joy of being together and in love. It also speaks to the idea that there is no limit to the strong emotions felt for their partner and that no amount of time or effort will ever be too much. The song emphasizes that the singer just can't get enough of the person they love, no matter what kind of obstacles come their way.

In an interview with Q magazine February 2008, vocalist Dave Gahan recalled recording Depeche Mode's debut album “Speak & Spell” and their early days as a band: "Vince (Clarke) was the leader at that point. By the time we got into the studio, Vince had got bored with it. He didn't like the idea of having to deal with other personalities. He wanted to be in control. That's the only album where the songs had already been performed for a year and a half beforehand, and we went into the studio and recorded them as we would live. I think Daniel Miller (their record label boss) saw us as a cross between the Ramones and the Beach Boys, in an electronic way, fast and short with really simple riffs. We were courted by major labels and were very suspicious of signing a deal that meant five albums. We'd come from that punk ethic: we just wanted to make a single. Daniel came along and that's all he really had the money to do, so it kind of worked. We wanted to keep in control. We never thought much beyond the next single and playing some gigs. That time was brilliant."