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 the English electronic music band Depeche Mode. Written by Martin Gore and recorded in 1989, it was released as the second single from their seventh studio album, Violator (1990), on 5 February 1990 by Mute Records. The song topped the charts of Denmark and Spain and is the band's highest-charting single in the United States, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100. It won an award in the category of Best British Single at the Brit Awards 1991.^[9] The music video for the song was directed by Anton Corbijn and references The Little Prince from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. In the video, Dave Gahan appears, dressed as a king, wandering in the hillsides with a deck chair.

"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".

^ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 3 February 1990. p. 38. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
^ Cranna, Ian (April 1990). "Insidious". Q. p. 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.
^ Rolland, David (4 October 2023). "10 Songs That Show Depeche Mode Are Synth-Pop Masters". Miami New Times. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
^ 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.
^ "1991". BRIT Awards. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[1] "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 3 February 1990. p. 38. Retrieved 26 August 2024.

[Q90-2] Cranna, Ian (April 1990). "Insidious". Q. p. 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.

[5] Rolland, David (4 October 2023). "10 Songs That Show Depeche Mode Are Synth-Pop Masters". Miami New Times. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

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

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

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