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The single reached No. In Germany, the single is one of the band's longest-charting songs, staying on the country's singles chart for 23 weeks. In , "Personal Jesus" was ranked No.

Since its release, the song has been covered by numerous artists including Gravity Kills , Marilyn Manson , Sammy Hagar , Jerry Williams , Lollipop Lust Kill , Nina Hagen , Richard Cheese , Johnny Cash , and Mindless Self Indulgence. The song was inspired by the book Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley. According to songwriter Martin Gore:. It's a song about being a Jesus for somebody else, someone to give you hope and care. It's about how Elvis Presley was her man and her mentor and how often that happens in love relationships; how everybody's heart is like a god in some way, and that's not a very balanced view of someone, is it?

In mid, the band began recording in Milan with record producer Flood. The result of this session was the single "Personal Jesus", which featured a catchy bluesy riff and drum-based sound, radically different from anything the band had released thus far.

The song became a big hit across the world, and is one of Depeche Mode's most successful songs, along with the single "Enjoy the Silence".

Although not the first Depeche Mode song to feature guitar parts " Behind the Wheel " and their cover of " Route 66 " featured a guitar; " Love, in Itself " from Construction Time Again featured an acoustic guitar , it was the first time a guitar was used as a dominant instrument in a Depeche Mode song. Prior to its release, advertisements were placed in the personal columns of regional newspapers in the UK with the words "Your own personal Jesus.

The single was particularly successful commercially thanks to the fact that it was released six months prior to the album it would later appear on. Up to that point, it was the best selling 12" single in Warner Brothers history.

While most other Depeche Mode singles prior to "Personal Jesus" usually had band-made extended mixes, Depeche Mode started to invite more DJs and mixers to the fold, which would become the mainstay for all future Depeche Mode singles. The "Hazchemix" and "Hazchemix Edit" of "Dangerous" were mixed by Daniel Miller. The back-cover of "Personal Jesus" features one of the band members and the back-side of a naked woman. The band member she is with depends on whether it is the 7" Vinyl Martin Gore , the 12" Vinyl Dave Gahan , the Cassette Andy Fletcher , or the original CD Alan Wilder.

On some copies she does not appear at all, such as the CD re-release, and on promo copies.

On some limited releases, like the GBong17 , all four photos are available plus one photo of the full group Martin is hugging the woman. MTV edited out some suggestive mouth movements of Martin Gore during the bridge and replaced it with some other footage from the video.

The digital single was released in the UK on 18 April It was released a day later in the US. Johnny Cash recorded "Personal Jesus" for his album American IV. Producer Rick Rubin asked Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante to re-work an acoustic version of Martin Gore's song, which featured a simple acoustic riff that stripped down the song to a blues style.

It appears as the B-side to another cover, Nine Inch Nails ' " Hurt ". Marilyn Manson 's cover version of "Personal Jesus" appears on the band's best-of compilation, Lest We Forget: The Best Of , and was that album's lead single. The cover does not deviate in any large degree from Depeche Mode's original version, apart from additional guitar distortion.

The single was accompanied by a music video directed by Manson and Nathan "Karma" Cox , which features the band members in tableaux vivants accompanied by rear-projection images depicting various images of political figures such as Benito Mussolini , John F.

Kennedy , Joseph Stalin , Mahatma Gandhi , Adolf Hitler , George W. Bush and Fidel Castro. Like the original version, this cover was also remixed by other artists. The "Personal Jesus Rude Photo Motor Mix" was produced by Felix da Housecat , Brian Black and Olivier Grasset, and appears as a b-side on the vinyl versions of the single. It has been a staple of the band's live shows as well.

This version appeared in the trailer for the sixth season of Dexter as well as season 6 of Californication. Singer-songwriter Jamelia recorded the song " Beware of the Dog " in , which sampled "Personal Jesus". Actress and singer Hilary Duff recorded " Reach Out " in The song was also based upon a sample of "Personal Jesus".

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