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Like Shine, the song kind of starts, circles the standard verse/chorus structure but with no variation between verses apart from the lyrics, so its difficult to get a sense of the song reaching a conclusion, more of the song kind of puttering out when its finished without a resolution : much like a TV show that gets cancelled before they wrap up the plotlines. There's no sense of spiritual drama that makes the best Depeche Mode songs the best Depeche Mode songs : the classics always seem to walk the tightrope between delirium and disaster, between pleasure and pain, and there doesn't seem to be any of that here. Production wise, its pretty good but lacking in drama, with Martin again relying on a blues/slide guitar motif, a monotonous drum rhythm that Christian must find repetitive, but no underlying drama or tension. Whilst Gahan's singing is nowhere near as emotional as Shine, it's dirtier, rawer, slinkier, backed up with a effective production which is also sadly, not as complex, as layered, or as interesting as songs like In Your Room, though clearly revisiting the same lyrical focus. It's better when its 20 years in the mirror than it was at the time. This time though, whereas 1990 seemed unrepentent ( and when it all falls apart, and when the walls come tumbling in, though we will deserve it, it will have been worth it), there seems a distinct maturity - adding in the concept of sex as a compulsion, an addiction, and a horned beast, making clearer that songs like Barrel Of A Gun, Walking In My Shoes, Rush, could just as much be about the destructive power of compulsive sex as much as drugs. It was meant to represent a man who has everything simply looking for somewhere quiet to sit.Better, and more compelling than Shine, it follows a similar theme lyrically - yes, it's about sex - and revisiting also 1990's Sweetest Perfection, that of desire, connection, compulsion, and hmm, lovely silky bits of clothing worn by women.

The music video Anton Corbijn directed for "Enjoy the Silence" references components of the children's classic book The Little Prince. Depeche Mode's lead vocalist Dave Gahan is shown as a king wandering the highlands of Scotland, the Algarve coast in Portugal, and the Swiss Alps with a lawn chair. It became the group's first album to reach the top 10 on the US album chart and their first to sell a million copies. It was the second single from the album Violator and helped push the collection into the upper reaches of album charts on both sides of the Atlantic. "Enjoy the Silence" went all the way to #1 at alternative radio and became a big international breakthrough for the group reaching the pop top 10 across Europe.

It earned the group the award for Best British Single at the Brit Awards.

It reached #6 in the UK and #8 in the US. "Enjoy the Silence" became Depeche Mode's biggest pop single in the US. Pennebaker who also directed the 101 film. It was directed by legendary documentary filmmaker D.A. A music video was created to accompany the live release of "Everything Counts" in 1989. Lead vocalist Dave Gahan appears blonde in this music video instead of his natural black. The accompanying music video was directed by Clive Richardson who also directed the "Just Can't Get Enough" clip. In 1989 a live version of the song was released as a single to promote the live album 101. It returned "Everything Counts" to the top 20 of the dance chart in the US and broke it into the top 15 of the alternative radio chart. It was a top 10 pop single in the UK and a top 20 dance hit in the US. The subject matter of the lyrics in "Everything Counts" also took a turn away from love songs to commentary on greed and poverty. This style was reportedly influenced by group member Martin Gore attending an Einsturzende Neubauten concert. " Everything Counts" has been referred to as the first industrial pop hit. Depeche Mode began using clanking, clanging sounds that evoke industry.