Enjoy the Silence
February 5, 1990
Enjoy the Silence (English for: "Enjoy the Silence" ) is a song by British synthpop band Depeche Mode in 1990 The song is one of the best known and most commercially successful of the repertoire of the group.. Text and music were provided by Martin Gore.
Formation
Martin L. Gore had recorded a demo version of " Enjoy the Silence ", on which he accompanied himself on a harmonium only. This original version was significantly slower than the later published version. Alan Wilder recognized in the composition of a hit - potential and created with producer Flood faster, restructured version. Gore, who was not involved in this work, agreed after initial skepticism with this new version. The new version has not added a striking guitar riff and the vocals of Dave Gahan.
The original demo version was never released, but re-recorded for the first single release.
Is unusual in the conception of the song that the title "Enjoy the Silence" - is not sung - at least in the popular single version. In the album version, the line is only after the song is completely hidden, a cappella added. In contrast, we find the line in the numerous remixes of the song again, and also the live version ends regularly with it.
Success
" Enjoy the Silence " was released on 5 February 1990 as a single and was also included on the a few weeks later released album Violator. The single was one of the most successful until the time of release singles by Depeche Mode. In particular, in the United States the song was extremely popular and placed in the U.S. Billboard charts in the top 10 in Germany reached "Enjoy the Silence" # 2 on the singles chart.
Since the publication 's "Enjoy the Silence" an integral part of the live program of Depeche Mode and is on the stage usually presents with sweeping instrumental passages, which come from the remixes.
2004 was the song in a new version that produced the Linkin Park producer and rapper Mike Shinoda, re-published (under the name "Enjoy the Silence ( Reinterpreted )"). This new version was able to place in the top 10 worldwide.
The success of the song is also expressed in a large number of cover versions. The most common interpretations come from Tori Amos, Nada Surf, Lacuna Coil and failure. The latter group also released the song as a single. In the fall of 2011, the 19 -year-old Polish singer Kacper Sikora won the Polish TV casting show " Mam talent " (engl.: "I have Talent" ), by interpreting a version of the song in the final.
Versions
Depeche Mode is basically known for the songs of the band in many different versions are released, which usually differ significantly from each other. Thus, there are of "Enjoy the Silence" in addition to the 7 "single version and the extended 12" mix ( " Hands and Feet Mix" ) are several other versions, including:
- Single Version - 4:15
- Album Version - 6:12
- Hands and Feet Mix - 7:18
- Ecstatic Dub - 5:54
- Bassline - 7:40
- Harmonium - 2:41
- Ricky Tik Tik Mix - 5:27
- The Quad: Final Mix - 15:30
The " Harmonium " version corresponds to the original demo version, sung by Martin Gore. The " The Quad: Final Mix " is the longest release of Depeche Mode at all. In addition to these versions also various live versions released on CD and DVD.
In addition, several remixes of "Enjoy the Silence" published by other artists, including the published as a single " Reinterpreted " by Mike Shinoda. Among the best known - published as part of Enjoy the Silence 04 - include:
- Reinterpreted - 3:32
- Timo Maas Extended Remix - 8:41
- Ewan Pearson Remix - 3:33
- Richard X Extended Mix - 8:22
B-sides
To "Enjoy the Silence" Depeche Mode issued two written by Martin Gore instrumental B-sides, " Memphisto " and " Sibeling ". " Memphisto ", a portmanteau of Memphis and Mephisto, according to Gore is the name of an imaginary film in which Elvis Presley plays the devil. To " Sibeling " to let Gore inspired by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
Videos
To "Enjoy the Silence", there are several videos. The actual video for the single shows Dave Gahan dressed as a king and a folding chair in hand. So he wanders through a hilly landscape in Scotland, on a coast in Portugal and finally in the Swiss Alps. In between, he sits down again on the chair and looks into the distance. Are interrupted these scenes of black and white shots of the band and a rose, the symbol of the single and the album Violator. The director Anton Corbijn got the inspiration for this video of the story The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint- Exupéry. The mix used in the video for " Enjoy the Silence " is slightly different from the single version, in essence, he has a different intro and Dave Gahan sings at the end similar to the album version the line " Enjoy the Silence ".
In the second, rotated for promotion video, the band plays the song on the roof of the World Trade Center.
For published in 2004 Remix " Enjoy the Silence ( Reinterpreted ) " also created a by Uwe Flade produced, animated video. In this, a large office complex is seen working in the exclusively black and white men in suits at desks. The building is evacuated, while it is überwuchtert inside and outside of a huge, very fast growing plant. In the last sequence, the buds bloom on this on the roof and form the above-mentioned rose. On virtual monitors further excerpts from the concert films Devotional and One Night in Paris are shown by Depeche Mode.
The British band Coldplay released in 2008, a tribute to the first music video by Anton Corbijn. The video showed the city eat singer Chris Martin dressed as a king. It is the second music video of the band to the single Viva la Vida.
Awards (selection)
- BRIT Awards 1991 " Best British Single"