"Behind the Wheel" | ||||
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Single by Depeche Mode | ||||
from the album Music for the Masses | ||||
B-side | "Route 66" | |||
Released | 28 December 1987 | |||
Format | 7", 12" | |||
Recorded | 1987 | |||
Genre | Dance-rock,electronic rock, alternative rock | |||
Length | 5:19 (album version) 4:03 (7" single version) 5:56 (12" single version) |
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Label | Mute Records | |||
Writer(s) | Martin Gore | |||
Producer(s) | Depeche Mode and David Bascombe | |||
Depeche Mode singles chronology | ||||
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"Behind the Wheel 2011" | |
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Promotional single by Depeche Mode from the album Remixes 2: 81-11 | |
Released | 6 June 2011 |
Format | Promotional CD, single |
Recorded | 1987-2011 |
Genre | Disco, house, electronica |
Label | Mute Records |
Writer(s) | Martin Gore |
Producer(s) | Vince Clarke |
"Behind the Wheel" is Depeche Mode's twentieth UK single, released on 28 December 1987, and the third single for the album Music for the Masses. Peaking at #21 in the UK charts, it hit #6 in West Germany.
In 1989, the single was ranked #30 on Spin magazine's list of the "The 100 Greatest Singles Of All Time".
"Behind the Wheel" was written by Martin Gore. "Route 66" was written by Robert William Troup Jr..
The music video was directed by Anton Corbijn and included on the Strange compilation. Shot entirely in black and white, the video depicts Dave Gahan's car being towed away while he waits on crutches, only to discard those crutches as he rides on the back of a Vespa SS180 driven by a female companion to a local southwestern village.
The video features a remix of the song, although an alternative video also exists set to the original album version.
"Behind the Wheel 2011" (Reprise / Rhino / Mute PRCD-400205) is a US-only promotional CD single, released 2011. The title track is a remix made by former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke for the band's Remixes 2: 81-11 album. The single was promotional only, and not for sale. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 2011.
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