The track's particular strength lay in the subtle layering of instrumentation - a bubbling synth part, hypnotic groove and rousing strings - and from start to finish it was characterised by an ever-building tension that kept the listener on the edge of their seat. This sense of anticipation is dynamically realised in the impassioned lyrics of the third verse - "In your room, your burning eyes, cause flames to arise" and in perfect sync, the music steps up a gear, led by the intensity of the drums and spills over into the final chorus. Described by Alan as "another very difficult track to complete", 'In Your Room' ended up being an amalgamation of 3 versions - e.g. first verse from one version, the second from another and the third from yet another and this was contributory to its sense of dynamics. Convinced of the song's potential as a single, he campaigned rigorously on behalf of the album version to the point where various different edits were tried, but was eventually out-voted in favour of a remix by Nirvana producer and 'grunge' dahling of the press, Butch Vig. Unfortunately, as is often the case with outside remixers, Vig's interpretation did not relate to many of the aspects of the original and the track lost much of its Depeche Mode character, falling short of it's intended sensuality and intensity. "We would usually reach a consensus to form a short-list of potential singles. For example, 'Higher Love' was on this list for the 'SOFAD' singles but never made it and there were differences of opinion about in which order they should appear. Dave felt very strongly that 'Condemnation' should have been the first single but he was out-voted. I wanted 'Walking In My Shoes' as a second single and got my way but I really wanted the original version of 'In Your Room'. This is all a good example of the problems of democracy - somebody usually ends up disappointed."