"Precious" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode from their eleventh studio album, Playing the Angel (2005).

It was released on 3 October 2005 by Mute, Sire, and Reprise Records as the album's lead single.

Depeche Mode main songwriter Martin Gore wrote the song while he was going through a divorce.

Recognising their "fragile" state, Gore expresses his sympathy for them but also mentions that "things get broken" and tells them to keep faith in their parents.

[5][6] It was a chart-topper across mainland Europe, debuting at the top position in Italy and Spain[7][8] and rising to No.

4,[12] peaking within the top 10 in Austria, Finland, Germany, Greece, Norway, and the Wallonia region of Belgium.

[13][14] In the Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the Flanders region of Belgium, it entered the top 40.

[26] The music video for "Precious" features the band performing on an empty, computer-generated ocean liner, before walking out into an alien-looking (also CG) forest.