Depeche Mode both shocked and enthralled listeners when they released their 1989 single “Personal Jesus.” Conservative groups, taking the song at face value, believed it was blasphemous. Depeche Mode ...
According to Martin Gore, who is cited in “Pop a la Mode” (Vol. 6, no. 4) , the songwriter for the track, “It’s a song about being a Jesus for somebody else, someone to give you hope and care. It’s ...