New Life (song)
"New Life" is the second single by English electronic music band Depeche Mode from their debut studio album Speak & Spell, originally released on 5 June 1981.The 7″ version would later become the "album version", as it would eventually appear on the UK version of Speak & Spell, released in October 1981, and a 12″ "remix", which differs from the album version, in that it has a different intro, intensely percussive and harder, and an added synth part in the "solo" vocal section in the middle of the song, which is not present on the 7″ mix.The single became Depeche Mode's breakthrough hit in the UK, peaking at #11.[6][7] On 25 June 1981, the band performed "New Life" during their debut on the BBC's Top of the Pops.", is the first Depeche Mode song to get a 12″ extended remix, called the "Rio mix".