Enjoy the Silence

"Enjoy the Silence"
"Enjoy the Silence"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Violator
B-side	"Memphisto"; "Sibeling";
Released	5 February 1990
Recorded	1989
Studio	Puk (Gjerlev); Logic (Milan);
Genre	Synth-pop; synth-rock; alternative rock;
Length	6:12 (album version); 4:15 (single version); 7:18 (12-inch version);
Label	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Martin Gore
Producer(s)	Depeche Mode; Flood;
Depeche Mode singles chronology
Music video
	"Enjoy the Silence" on YouTube

"Enjoy the Silence" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. Recorded in 1989, it was released as the second single from their seventh studio album, Violator (1990), on 5 February 1990. The single is certified Gold in the US and Germany.^[8] The song won Best British Single at the Brit Awards 1991.^[9]

"Enjoy the Silence" was re-released as a single in 2004 for the Depeche Mode remix project Remixes 81–04, and was titled "Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" or, more simply, "Enjoy the Silence 04".

^ "Depeche Mode 'Enjoy the Silence' 1990". depmode.com. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ Cranna, Ian (April 1990), "Insidious", Q Magazine: 77
^ "The 25 Best Synthpop Tracks Ever". Synthtopia. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ Cinquemani, Sal (29 September 2003). "Depeche Mode – Violator". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
^ Billboard Staff (19 October 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved 11 February 2024. 80s veterans Depeche Mode capping a decade's commercial growth with a truly singular synth-rock song that absolutely nobody could deny.
^ Pollock, Bruce (1993). Hipper than our kids : a rock & roll journal of the baby boom generation. New York: Schirmer Books. p. 273. ISBN 0-02-872063-6. OCLC 27010539.
^ "Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit From Worst to Best". 28 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Enjoy the Silence')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
^ "1991". BRIT Awards. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[1] "Depeche Mode 'Enjoy the Silence' 1990". depmode.com. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

[Q90-2] Cranna, Ian (April 1990), "Insidious", Q Magazine: 77

[3] "The 25 Best Synthpop Tracks Ever". Synthtopia. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[4] Cinquemani, Sal (29 September 2003). "Depeche Mode – Violator". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

[Billboard_Pop_500-5] Billboard Staff (19 October 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved 11 February 2024. 80s veterans Depeche Mode capping a decade's commercial growth with a truly singular synth-rock song that absolutely nobody could deny.

[6] Pollock, Bruce (1993). Hipper than our kids : a rock & roll journal of the baby boom generation. New York: Schirmer Books. p. 273. ISBN 0-02-872063-6. OCLC 27010539.

[7] "Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit From Worst to Best". 28 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[German-8] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Enjoy the Silence')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

[9] "1991". BRIT Awards. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

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