Recorded and mixed at Westside Studios in London, and at Hansa Studios in Berlin, A Question Of Lust is the 16th single by Depeche Mode (and their ninth in the US). Originally released on 14 April 1986, it’s the second single sung by Martin Gore, rather than by lead singer David Gahan.
7-inch – UK
Mute – 7 BONG 11 (released 14 April 1986)
A1 A Question Of Lust 4:20
B1 Christmas Island 4:50 gw
12-inch – UK
Mute – 12 BONG 11 (released 14 April 1986, generic inner sleeve)
A1 A Question Of Lust (7-inch Version) 4:26
A2 Christmas Island (Extended) 5:30 gw
B1 People Are People (Live in Basel 1984) 4:21
B2 It Doesn’t Matter Two (Instrumental) 2:49
B3 A Question Of Lust (Minimal) 6:49
7-inch – red transparent vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 7 Bong 11 – Intercord Ton – INT 111.836 (released 14 April 1986)
A1 A Question Of Lust 4:19
B1 Christmas Island 4:52 gw
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12-inch – special edition – Germany
Mute – C Bong 11 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.844 (released 14 April 1986, includes an eight-page leaflet, generic inner sleeve)
A1 A Question Of Lust (Flood Remix) 5:08
A2 Christmas Island (7-inch Version) 4:50 gw
B1 If You Want (Live in Basel 1984) 5:16 aw
B2 Shame (Live in Basel 1984) 4:13
B3 Blasphemous Rumours (Live in Basel 1984) 5:30
Cassette – limited edition – UK
Mute – C BONG 11 (released 14 April 1986, packaged in a cardboard envelope, includes an eight-page leaflet and badge)
A1 A Question Of Lust (Flood Remix) 5:09
A2 Christmas Island (7-inch Version) 4:51 gw
B1 If You Want (Live in Basel 1984) 5:17 aw
B2 Shame (Live in Basel 1984) 4:09
B3 Blasphemous Rumours (Live in Basel 1984) 5:28
Note: A Question Of Lust was the first Depeche Mode single released on the cassette format (UK only).
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7-inch – US
Mute – Sire – 28697-7 (released 28 May 1986)
A1 A Question Of Lust (Edit) 4:16
B1 Christmas Island (7-inch Version) 4:50 gw
7-inch – promo – US
Mute – Sire – 7-28697 (released in April or May 1986)
A1 A Question Of Lust (Robert Margouleff Remix) 3:45
B1 A Question Of Lust (Edit) 4:16
12-inch – promo – US
Mute – Sire – PRO-A-2504 (released in April or May 1986, generic inner sleeve)
A1 A Question Of Lust (Robert Margouleff Remix) 3:45
B1 A Question Of Lust (Album Version) 4:26
7-inch – Japan
Mute – P-2097 (released 10 July 1986)
A1 A Question Of Lust (Edit) 4:16
B1 Christmas Island (7-inch Version) 4:50 gw
7-inch – Philippines
Mute – MUS-911 (released in 1986, no sleeve)
A1 A Question Of Lust (Edit) 4:18
B1 Satellite 4:32 (taken from A Broken Frame)
7-inch – US
Mute – Sire – 7-21994 (released in 1987 and combined with the 1984 single People Are People, the first US double A-side Depeche Mode release in a series of four called ‘Back to Back Hits’)
A1 A Question Of Lust (Robert Margouleff Remix) 3:45
AA1 People Are People 3:43
Note: A Question Of Lust is mislabeled as the commercial US 7-inch, it’s actually the shorter US promo version.
12-inch – grey marbled vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 12 Bong 11 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.841 (released in 1987 as part of the ‘Colour Collection’, generic inner sleeve)
A1 A Question Of Lust (7-inch Version) 4:26
A2 Christmas Island (Extended) 5:37 gw
B1 People Are People (Live in Basel 1984) 4:21
B2 It Doesn’t Matter Two (Instrumental) 2:45
B3 A Question Of Lust (Minimal) 6:47
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12-inch – yellow transparent vinyl special edition – Germany
Mute – C Bong 11 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.844 (released in 1987 as part of the ‘Colour Collection’ – reissue released in 1988, 8 page booklet included, generic inner sleeve)
A1 A Question Of Lust (Flood Remix) 5:08
A2 Christmas Island (7-inch Version) 4:50 gw
B1 If You Want (Live in Basel 1984) 5:16 aw
B2 Shame (Live in Basel 1984) 4:13
B3 Blasphemous Rumours (Live in Basel 1984) 5:30
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CD – Belgium / Germany
Mute – CD 12 Bong 11 – Intercord Ton – INT 826.841 (released in 1990)
- A Question Of Lust (7-inch Version) 4:27
- Christmas Island (Extended) 5:39 gw
- People Are People (Live in Basel 1984) 4:21
- It Doesn’t Matter Two (Instrumental) 2:47
- A Question Of Lust (Minimal) 6:49
CD – France
Mute – Virgin – 30167 (released in 1990)
- A Question Of Lust (Flood Remix) 5:08
- Christmas Island (7-inch Version) 4:50 gw
- If You Want (Live in Basel 1984) 5:16 aw
- Shame (Live in Basel 1984) 4:13
- Blasphemous Rumours (Live in Basel 1984) 5:30
CD – UK / US
Mute – CDBONG 11 / Mute – Sire – 40317-2 (released 25 November 1991 / 3 December, as part of the box set 3 – Singles 13-18, and separately)
- A Question Of Lust (7-inch Version) 4:28
- Christmas Island (7-inch Version) 4:51 gw
- Christmas Island (Extended) 5:39 gw
- People Are People (Live in Basel 1984) 4:23
- It Doesn’t Matter Two (Instrumental) 2:46
- A Question Of Lust (Minimal) 6:48
Music video – Worldwide
Mute – no catalogue number (directed by Clive Richardson, released in April 1986)
Depeche Mode – A Question Of Lust
- all tracks written by Martin Gore, except gw by Gore and Alan Wilder, aw by Wilder
- produced by Daniel Miller, Gareth Jones, and Depeche Mode
- highest chart position 28 (UK)
- the second single from the album Black Celebration, also appears on the compilation The Singles 86>98 and the box set Black Celebration | The 12″ Singles
- 1986 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, Martin Gore, and Alan Wilder
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