- Leave in Silence
Infobox Single
Name = Leave in Silence
Artist =Depeche Mode
from Album =A Broken Frame
B-side = Excerpt from: "My Secret Garden"
Released =August 16 1982
Format =Vinyl record (7" and 12"),CD (1991 box set)
Recorded =1982
Genre =Synthpop
Length = 7" - 4:00
12" - 6:30
Label =Mute Records
Writer =Martin Gore
Producer =Depeche Mode and Daniel Miller
Chart position =
*# 17 (Sweden )
*# 18 (UK)
*# 58 (Germany )
Reviews =
* allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ex1uaknkgm3m link]
Last single = "The Meaning of Love "
(1982)
This single = "Leave in Silence"
(1982)
Next single = "Get the Balance Right! "
(1983)"Leave in Silence" is the sixth UK
single byDepeche Mode originally released onAugust 16 1982 . It is the first Depeche Mode single in the UK with the "Bong" label, which is still used to this day. It is also the first Depeche Mode song to have more than oneremix of itself."Leave in Silence" appears in three versions. The single version is the "
A Broken Frame " version with the small interlude at the end removed. There is also a longer version, and a quieter version, which is an almosta cappella version of the song, except that most of the small samples are still there. The "Longer" version of "Leave in Silence" replaces the "Album" version on the American version of "A Broken Frame".The
b-side is "Excerpt From: My Secret Garden", which is aninstrumental version of "My Secret Garden", which along with "Leave in Silence" eventually appear on "A Broken Frame" a little more than a month later. "Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden" is a longer version which appears as abonus track on some versions of "A Broken Frame".The video for "Leave in Silence" is directed by
Julien Temple , and features the band (which, by this time, includedAlan Wilder ) breaking things and talking to each other while wearingface paint . The band did not include the video on the "Some Great Videos "VHS compilation album.In February
2006 , "Leave in Silence" was sung (acoustically) byMartin Gore to aParis audience , and the song has rotated into the schedule ever since. It is interesting to note, since it is the first time a song from "A Broken Frame" was played live in almost two decades, when "Leave in Silence" was played during the "Black Celebration Tour" in1986 , by far the longest deficit of any of Depeche Mode's albums. (Tied second was "Speak and Spell" which only had a 11 year deficit)Meaning
Though Depeche Mode have never said what "Leave in Silence" is about, it seems to be about the
Cold War , with lyrics like "everybody's waiting for the big drop", referring tonuclear war and lines about "emotional violence" and "diplomatic relations".Track listings
7": Mute / 7Bong1 (UK)
# "Leave in Silence" – 4:00
# "Excerpt From: My Secret Garden" – 3:1612": Mute / 12Bong1 (UK)
# "Leave in Silence (Longer)" – 6:32
# "Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden" – 4:23
# "Leave in Silence (Quieter)" – 3:42CD: Mute / CDBong1 (UK)
# "Leave in Silence" – 4:00
# "Excerpt From: My Secret Garden" – 3:16
# "Leave in Silence (Longer)" – 6:32
# "Further Excerpts From: My Secret Garden" – 4:23
# "Leave in Silence (Quieter)" – 3:42*CD released in 1991
*All songs written byMartin Gore External links
* [http://archives.depechemode.com/discography/singles/06_leaveinsilence.html Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site]
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