"Never Let Me Down Again" Is Depeche Mode's Nineteenth UK Single Released On August 24 1987 And The Second Single For The Then Upcoming Album Music For The Masses. A Relatively Moderate Hit In The UK At #22 It Was A Smash In West Germany Where It Hit #2 And A Top 10 Success In Several Other European Countries Sweden Switzerland Etc. . The Single's Cover Art Features A Fragment Of A Soviet Map Showing The Northern Part Of Russia Adjacent To The Arctic Ocean.