Full list of Depeche Mode songs, sorted alphabetically by name. You can also sort the list of songs by year recorded (from oldest to newest, and from most recent to first recorded), by Song Rank (popularity rank of song versus all other songs) and by album name. [To sort the list - you need to change the Display from 'List' to 'Table'].
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' has been referred to as the first industrial pop hit. Depeche Mode began using clanking, clanging sounds that evoke industry. This style was reportedly influenced by group member Martin Gore attending an Einsturzende Neubauten concert. The subject matter of the lyrics in 'Everything Counts' also took a turn away from love songs to commentary on greed and poverty. It was a top 10 pop single in the UK and a top 20 dance hit in the US. In 1989 a live version of the song was released as a single to promote the live album 101. It returned 'Everything Counts' to the top 20 of the dance chart in the US and broke it into the top 15 of the alternative radio chart. This was Depeche Mode's breakthrough pop single in the US rising to #13 on the pop singles chart. It utilized the industrial pop approach, but the melody was significantly more mainstream pop than most of the Depeche Mode music of the time.
New group member and keyboard player Alan Wilder is credited for much of that sound due to his work on arrangements. Martin Gore believes it is one of his least favorite Depeche Mode songs due to its lack of subtlety. He doesn't think 'People Are People' allows listeners to find their own meaning in the song. 'People Are People' peaked at #4 on the UK pop singles chart. ' was inspired by the Priscilla Presley book Elvis and Me and her descriptions of the relationship between herself and her husband Elvis Presley. The 12' single of 'Personal Jesus' became the biggest selling 12' single on Warner Brothers up to that point. It was the first single from the group's biggest hit album Violator.
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It peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Depeche Mode's first gold certified single in the US. 'Personal Jesus' went all the way to #3 on the alternative radio chart. Rolling Stone listed 'Personal Jesus' as one of the '500 Greatest Songs of All Time' while the UK's Q Magazine listed it as one of the '100 Greatest Songs Ever.' ' became Depeche Mode's biggest pop single in the US. It reached #6 in the UK and #8 in the US.
It earned the group the award for Best British Single at the Brit Awards. 'Enjoy the Silence' went all the way to #1 at alternative radio and became a big international breakthrough for the group reaching the pop top 10 across Europe. It was the second single from the album Violator and helped push the collection into the upper reaches of album charts on both sides of the Atlantic. It became the group's first album to reach the top 10 on the US album chart and their first to sell a million copies. ' is the first single from Depeche Mode's eighth studio album Songs of Faith and Devotion. It brought out an intense rock side of the band with Alan Wilder playing drums and Martin Gore playing guitar.
The result was a #1 alternative radio hit in the US and another top 10 pop hit in the UK. 'I Feel You' peaked at #3 on the dance chart and in the pop top 10 in countries across Europe. The single cover uses four symbols that represent each of the members of Depeche Mode. The symbols match up with images of the band members on the cover for the album Songs of Faith and Devotion. 'I Feel You' incorporates a very memorable screeching synthesizer introduction.