Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence

Recorded at PUK Studios in Denmark and mixed at Master Rock Studios in London, Enjoy The Silence is the 24th single by Depeche Mode (and their 18th in the US). Originally released on 5 February 1990, it’s one of the band’s most popular and well-known tracks. Martin Gore initially intended the song to be a ballad, hence its name, but Alan Wilder had other ideas and together with producer Flood, transformed Enjoy The Silence into the classic it became.

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7-inch – UK
Mute – Bong 18 (released 5 February 1990)

A1 Enjoy The Silence 4:15
B1 Memphisto 4:05

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12-inch – UK
Mute – 12 Bong 18 (released 5 February 1990, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Enjoy The Silence (7-inch Version) 4:17
A2 Enjoy The Silence (Hands And Feet Mix Edit) 6:41
B1 Enjoy The Silence (Ecstatic Dub Edit) 5:44
B2 Sibeling 3:11

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12-inch – Germany
Mute – 12 Bong 18 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.922 (released in February 1990, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Enjoy The Silence (7-inch Version) 4:15
A2 Enjoy The Silence (Hands And Feet Mix) 7:21
B1 Enjoy The Silence (Ecstatic Dub Edit) 5:52
B2 Sibeling 3:16

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12-inch limited edition – UK
Mute – L12 Bong 18 (released 5 February 1990, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Enjoy The Silence (Bass Line) 7:42
A2 Enjoy The Silence (Harmonium) 2:41
B1 Enjoy The Silence (Ricki Tik Tik Mix) 5:30
B2 Memphisto 4:02

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12-inch limited edition – UK
Mute – XL12 Bong 18 (released in February 1990)

A1 Enjoy The Silence (The Quad: Final Mix) 15:27
B    etching

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7-inch promo – UK
Mute – Bong 18 (released in January or February 1990)

A1 Enjoy The Silence 4:15
B1 Memphisto 4:05

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12-inch promo – UK
Mute – P12 Bong 18 (released in January 1990)

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3-inch CD – UK
Mute – CD Bong 18 (released 5 February 1990)

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3-inch CD – Germany / CD – France
Mute – Intercord Ton – INT 826.922 / Mute – Virgin – 30290 (released 5 February 1990)

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3-inch CD limited edition – UK
Mute – LCD Bong 18 (released 5 February 1990)

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3-inch CD limited edition – UK
Mute – XLCD Bong 18 (released in February 1990)

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3-inch CD promo – UK
CD – BONG 18R (released in January or February 1990)

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7-inch – US
Mute – Sire – 7-19885 (released 27 February 1990, generic sleeve)

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12-inch – US
Mute – Sire – 0-21490 (released 27 February 1990, generic inner sleeve)

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CD – US
Mute – Sire – 2-21490 (released 27 February 1990)

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CD promo – US
Mute – Sire – PRO-CD-3976 (released in 1990)

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3-inch mini-CD – Japan
Mute – Alfa – ALDB-19 (released 10 March 1990, snap-pack cover)

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CD limited edition promo – Japan
Mute – Alfa – Y12-3B (replacement CD for erroneous Violator bonus disc, released in 1990)

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12-inch – Philippines
Mute – EPM-89-044 (released in 1990, generic inner sleeve)

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7-inch – US
Mute – Sire – Reprise Records – 7-18890 (released 2 June 1992 and combined with the single World In My Eyes, the fourth US double A-side Depeche Mode release in a series of four called ‘Back to Back Hits’)

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5-inch CD – US
Mute – Sire – Reprise Records – 9 18890-2 (released 2 June 1992 and combined with the single World In My Eyes, CD version of the 7-inch ‘Back to Back Hits’ series)

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CD – Europe / US
Mute – CD BONG 18X / Mute – Reprise – R2 78892F (released 29 March 2004 / 30 March, as part of the box set 4 – Singles 19-24, and separately)

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Note: Enjoy The Silence was also released on the cassette format.

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Music video – Worldwide
Mute – no catalogue number (directed by Anton Corbijn, released in February 1990)

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Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence

• all tracks written by Martin Gore
• produced by Flood (Mark Ellis) and Depeche Mode
• highest chart position 6 (UK 8 (US)
• the second single from the album Violator, also appears on the compilations The Singles 86>98 and The Best Of Volume 1, plus the box set Violator | The 12″ Singles
• 1990 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, Martin Gore, and Alan Wilder

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