Forced To Mode – Work Hard

Associated artists/bands: Forced To Mode, Fore

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"Forced To Mode – Work Hard" is available on following Depeche Mode compilations and/or tributes

Oct. 1st, 2018

Physical release

Forced To Mode – 35 Years Of Construction Time Again

Thomas Frenken

I am the founder and main author of the international synth pop magazine Electrozombies. Since my childhood I have been a devotee of melancholic, gloomy electronic music. Started in the late 70s with minimal electro band Kraftwerk and become a real synth pop fan through Depeche Mode's hit 'People Are People' in 1984.

I took over the depechemodecovers.com website in 2024 and relaunched it. As a big fan of Depeche Mode and cover versions, I dedicate myself passionately to this project.

Thomas Frenken

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More info about Depeche Mode's original "Work Hard"

Released on: Everything Counts

Release year: 1983

Track type: B-Side

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Lyrics of "Work Hard"

You’ve got to work hard, you’ve got to work hard
If you want anything at all
You’ve got to work hard, you’ve got to work hard
If you want anything at all

Nothing comes easy
And that’s a fact
Nothing comes easy
But a broken back

You’ve got to work hard, you’ve got to work hard

You’ve got to work hard, you’ve got to work hard
If you want anything at all
You’ve got to work hard, you’ve got to work hard
If you want anything at all

Nothing comes easy
It never will
Nothing comes easy
But a broken will

You’ve got to work hard, you’ve got to work hard

You’ve got to work hard, you’ve got to work hard
If you want anything at all
You’ve got to work hard, you’ve got to work hard
If you want anything at all

You’ve got to work hard
You’ve got to work hard
You’ve got to work hard
So work hard!