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Depeche Mode Sings Simlish For Sims 2 Expansion News
Jon Wilcox
02/03/2006
EA confirms a collaborative signature song for The Sims 2: Open for Business...
Electronic Arts has today announced a collaboration with alt. rock band Depeche Mode for the signature song for The Sims 2: Open for Business expansion pack. Making the translation to Simlish (the language of the Sims derived from a mix of the Ukranian/Filipino/Navajo languages) will be the band's song Suffer Well, from the album Playing the Angel. A video of the song has also been produced and will be available on the Depeche Mode website as well as The Sims 2 site, using footage of the band and gameplay of Open for Business.
"Like the Sims, Depeche Mode is a worldwide phenomenon, with a distinct style. This unprecedented collaboration brings together two celebrated entertainment icons, and gives millions of Sims fans the opportunity to hear one of their favorite bands sing in Simlish, a language that appeals directly to them," said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA. "Simlish is an emotion-filled language that defies translation -- it's a great fit for the music of Depeche Mode which is so focused on creating a mood, and appeals to people on an emotional level."
Depeche Mode's lead singer, David Gahan, said, "Depeche Mode has always been open to new ways of sharing our music, but re-recording a Simlish-language version of 'Suffer Well' just sounded completely bizarre. Of course, that's why couldn't resist doing it."
It isn't the first time that a well known band has made the translation to Simlish; 2004's The Urbz: Sims in the City featured the Black Eyed Peas perform several of their tracks in the 'language'.
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