“Personal Jesus”
Single by Marilyn Manson from the album Lest We Forget: The Best of
Released	October 4, 2004
Format	Vinyl record 7", 10", CD
Recorded	2004
Genre	Industrial Metal
Length	4:06
Label	Interscope Records
Producer	Marilyn Manson and Tim Skold
Marilyn Manson singles chronology
(s)AINT (2004) Personal Jesus (2004) Against All Gods Remix (2005)

Marilyn Manson's 2004 cover version of "Personal Jesus" appears on the band's best-of compilation, Lest We Forget: The Best of, and was that album's lead single. It was recorded by Marilyn Manson with instrumentation and arrangement by Tim Skold at Manson's studio, Doppelherz Blood Treatment Facility, and mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent, a veteran producer who had also frequently worked with Depeche Mode.

The cover does not deviate in any large degree from Depeche Mode's original version, apart from additional guitar distortion. The single was accompanied by a music video directed by Manson and Nathan "Karma" Cox, which features the band members in Tableaux Vivants accompanied by rear-projection images depicting various images of American and international political figures.

Like the original version, this 2004 cover was also remixed by other artists. The "Personal Jesus Rude Photo Motor Mix" was produced by Felix Da Housecat, Brian Black and Olivier Grasset, and appears as a b-side on the vinyl versions of the single.

Manson's version of the song is also used as the theme song for professional wrestlers Austin Aries, "Miracle" Mike James and Necro Butcher

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Track listings

UK Enhanced CD single

1. Personal Jesus
2. New Shit Invective – Obiter Dictum Mix by Bitteren Ende
3. Mobscene Replet – Mea Culpa Mix by Bitteren Ende
4. "Personal Jesus" video

Australian Enhanced CD single

1. Personal Jesus
2. Mobscene Replet – Mea Culpa Mix by Bitteren Ende
3. Personal Jesus (Rude Photo Motor Remix)
4. "Personal Jesus" video

German 3" CD single

1. Personal Jesus
2. This Is the New Shit (remix by Sergio Golayan)

UK 10" and UK 7"

1. Personal Jesus (LP version)
2. Personal Jesus (Rude Photo Motor Remix)

Promo/Demo CD Single

1. Personal Jesus (LP version)
2. Personal Jesus (Rude Photo Motor Remix)

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References

1. ^ Spin article
2. ^ The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time : Rolling Stone
3. ^ allmusic.com
4. ^ Bliss, Karen. "Off the Cuff with Hilary Duff". AOL Music Canada. September 2007. Retrieved September 25, 2007.

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External links

• Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site
• "Personal Jesus" lyrics