In mid-1989, the band began recording in Milan with record producer Flood. The song has been covered by numerous artists, including Johnny Cash in 2002 and Marilyn Manson in 2004.
'Personal Jesus' was rereleased as a single on for the Depeche Mode remix album Remixes 2: 81–11, with the leading remix by the production team Stargate. 368 in Rolling Stone 's list of ' The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time', and in September 2006 it was voted as one of the '100 Greatest Songs Ever' in Q magazine. In Germany, 'Personal Jesus' is one of the band's longest-charting songs, staying on the singles chart for 23 weeks. The single was their first to make the US Top 40 since 1984's ' People Are People', and was their first gold-certified single in the US (quickly followed by its successor, ' Enjoy the Silence'). It was released as the lead single from their seventh studio album, Violator (1990), in 1989. ' Personal Jesus' is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode.
