It is the second Depeche Mode single with Martin Gore on lead vocals, after "Somebody," and the first to be released in its own right. However, the 12" single was released as a double A-side with "A Question of Time" in the US, like "Somebody".

The single hit number 28 in the UK single charts. In West Germany, the single became a top ten hit on the sales chart.

The B-side is an instrumental called "Christmas Island", named after the island of the same name. It is penned by both Martin Gore and Alan Wilder and was produced by Depeche Mode themselves.

The live tracks available on some versions of the single are taken from a 1984 concert in Basel, Switzerland.

The music video for "A Question of Lust" features the return of director Clive Richardson for his last video with the band. It also became the last music video the band filmed before the arrival of Dutch director Anton Corbijn, who since August 1986, became a regular collaborator for the band until mid-2010s.

The CD single was released in 1991 as part of the singles box set compilations

This was the only 12" release of the UK Mute CBONG11 Cassette

The Germany CD was released in 1986

This was the only CD release of UK Mute CBONG11 Cassette. It was released in 1986

All songs written by Martin L. Gore, except "Christmas Island" was written by Martin Gore and Alan Wilder and "If You Want" was written by Alan Wilder.

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