In 1982, Depeche Mode already had some worldwide success, having released their first album Speak & Spell when Vince Clarke, one of the main composers of the group, left the band before the second album. Vince was a school friend of Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore, and his songs were festive, like I Just Can’t Get Enough, one of Depeche Mode‘s biggest hits.

When he left the group, there were rumors of disagreements, such as not agreeing with the dark tone the band would later adopt or even fame. The strongest thing was that he didn’t get along with his bandmates. Vince would go on to do two successful bands later, Yazoo and Erasure, so it didn’t look bad. Yazoo emerged when he reconnected with a childhood neighbor, vocalist Alison Moyet. They recorded a demo, which yielded an LP and worldwide fame, with hits with Don’t Go, Situation, Nobody’s Diary, and Only You, among others. The most classic of them is the beautiful ballad, Only You, which closes the episode Peter and the Wolf from The Great.

Only You was written to be recorded with Depeche Mode. The group was looking for a single to start 1982 and Vince, who was about to leave the band, presented the future hit. Maybe because they were already in a crisis, or because they didn’t think it was deep enough, but they refused to record it and chose Martin Gore‘s See You instead. Interestingly, it was precisely Only You that earned Yazoo the immediate contract to release his debut album, Upstairs At Eric’s, with the incomparable voice of Alison Moyet.

According to Vince Clarke, the sadness of the melody and lyrics demanded a voice that expressed these emotions. Alison and he hadn’t seen each other for years and she was fronting a punk group, the Vandals, when she agreed to record the demo. The proposal was to record just this single, but the label asked for an album that ended up being the only one together. Alison’s strong, more jazzy voice and Vince’s keyboards toured the world creating a new electronic sound much copied in the 1980s. The lyrics are about missing a very dear person and quickly reached the top of the British charts, especially in the cover version of Flying Picketts.

Only You was heavily influenced by The Sound Of Silence, by Simon & Garfunkel, Although famous for the keyboards, composed on the guitar, with a simple melody and an equally simple chorus. The Great, it represents Catherine’s (Elle Fanning) regret for not saying she loved Peter (Nicholas Hoult) when she had the chance. Gained another meaning, no?

Looking from a window above, it’s like a story of love
Can you hear me
Came back only yesterday
I’m moving further away
Want you near me

All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you

Sometimes when I think of her name
When it’s only a game
And I need you
Listen to the words that you say
It’s getting harder to stay
When I see you

All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you

All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you

This is going to take a long time
And I wonder what’s mine
Can’t take no more
Wonder if you’ll understand
It’s just the touch of your hand
Behind a closed door

All I needed was the love you gave
All I needed for another day
And all I ever knew
Only you

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