"Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth" is a song by the American rock group Sparks. The song was recorded by the group's mid-1970s 'glam' line-up. It was released in late 1974 as the first single from the group's fourth album, Propaganda.

In 1997, Sparks recorded a new version of the song with the producer Tony Visconti. This introduced strings and a choir. The song concludes their Plagiarism album where it segues from out of the previous track, "The Number One Song In Heaven".

Depeche Mode recorded a cover version on a single-sided flexi-disc which was sent to members of their official fan club for Christmas 1987.

Martin Gore, the guitarist and songwriter of Depeche Mode, recorded a cover version for his first solo EP, Counterfeit, in 1989.

Nicola Sirkis covered the song as the B-side to his 1992 single "Alice dans la Lune", from the album Dans La Lune.

Johan Johansson created a Swedish version titled "Kärlek & Respekt Till Moder Jord" for his 1994 EP 10.

Karen J. Walsha recorded a version for the Dutch tribute album Amateur Hour (A Global Tribute To Sparks) released in 1999.

Haloed Ghost recorded a version for their 2004 EP, Saw Versions.

Billy Mackenzie recorded a version which appeared on his 2005 album Transmission Impossible.

Paul Roland recorded a version which appeared on his 2005 album Strychnine... And Other Potent Poisons.

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