Depeche Mode – People Are People

Official music video 'People Are People' per­formed by 'Depeche Mode' taken from the album 'Some Great Reward' (1984). This song is part of our art­icle '35 essen­tial Synth Pop songs of the his­tory' and there­fore a required read­ing if you love this one.

Lyrics:

People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?

So we're dif­fer­ent col­ours and we're dif­fer­ent creeds
And dif­fer­ent people have dif­fer­ent needs
It's obvi­ous you hate me though I've done noth­ing wrong
I've nev­er even met you, so what could I have done?

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate anoth­er man
Help me understand

People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?

And now you're punch­ing and you're kick­ing and you're shout­ing at me
I'm rely­ing on your com­mon decency
So far, it hasn't sur­faced but I'm sure it exists
It just take a while to travel from your head to your fist

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate anoth­er man
Help me understand

People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?
People are people, so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully?

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate anoth­er man
Help me understand

More Depeche Mode

Do you love 'Depeche Mode' like we do? Then you'll be inter­ested in our Depeche Mode album rank­ing in the art­icle 'What is the best Depeche Mode album of all-time?'.

Further you might like to read our art­icle about 'The best Depeche Mode trib­ute com­pil­a­tions'. To hon­our the band, we also have released two trib­ute com­pil­a­tions in 2017. Check out these unique and awe­some cov­er ver­sions from recent Depeche Mode Hits: