Recorded at Blackwing Studios in London and originally released on 16 August 1982, Leave In Silence is the sixth single by Depeche Mode. It was the first release from Mute Records to use ‘BONG’ as a catalogue reference. Leave In Silence was initially not released as a single in the US.
7-inch – UK
Mute – 7 BONG 1 (released 16 August 1982)
A1 Leave In Silence 4:00
B1 Excerpt From: My Secret Garden 3:14
12-inch – UK
Mute – 12 BONG 1 (released 16 August 1982, textured cover – repress with plain cover was also issued, generic inner sleeve)
A1 Leave In Silence (Longer) 6:30
B1 Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden 4:23
B2 Leave In Silence (Quieter) 3:40
7-inch – red transparent vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 7 Bong 1 – Intercord Ton – INT 111.806 (released 16 August 1982)
A1 Leave In Silence 4:00
B1 Excerpt From: My Secret Garden 3:14
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12-inch – clear vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 12 Bong 1 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.807 (reissue released in 1987 as part of the ‘Colour Collection’, generic inner sleeve)
A1 Leave In Silence (Longer) 6:29
B1 Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden 4:22
B2 Leave In Silence (Quieter) 3:41
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CD – Germany / France
Mute – CD BONG 1 – Intercord Ton INT 826.807 / Mute – Virgin 30306 (released in 1988)
- Leave In Silence (Longer) 6:30
- Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden 4:22
- Leave In Silence (Quieter) 3:42
- Leave In Silence (7-inch Version) 3:59
CD – UK /US
Mute – CDBONG 1 / Mute – Sire – 40294-2 (released 25 November 1991 / 26 November, as part of the box set 1 – Singles 1-6, and separately)
- Leave In Silence 4:01 / 3:59
- Excerpt From: My Secret Garden 3:15 / 3:14
- Leave In Silence (Longer) 6:31 / 6:32
- Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden 4:23 / 4:23
- Leave In Silence (Quieter) 3:43 / 3:40
Music video – Worldwide
Mute – no catalogue number (directed by Julien Temple, released in August 1982)
Depeche Mode – Leave In Silence
- written by Martin Gore
- produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode
- highest chart position 18 (UK)
- the third and final single from the album A Broken Frame, also appears on the compilations People Are People and The Singles 81→85, plus the box set A Broken Frame | The 12″ Singles
- 1982 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, and Martin Gore (even though Alan Wilder appears in the music video for Leave In Silence and toured with the band, he was not yet officially a member)