It was meant to represent a man who has everything simply looking for somewhere quiet to sit. Answer (1 of 7): The most hyper-specific label Depeche Mode would have today is synthpop. 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. Depeche Mode has come a long way in their nearly 40-year existence, from a New Wave cult band of upbeat synthesizer-based songs to a stadium band of portentous and deep, bleak pop hits. 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. Not least compared to its successor, Songs Of Faith And Devotion. Yes, certainly some of the tracks you probably wouldn’t play at a kid’s birthday party, but overall it is for many a rather uplifting body of work. It earned the group the award for Best British Single at the Brit Awards. Perhaps to some Depeche fans it’s a strange addition to such a downbeat collection of albums. 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. Depeche Mode never meant anything by this song, and they never will, for its cringey, painfully cheery nature (even Just Cant Get Enough is puking rainbows at it), lifeless and meaningless lyrics, and processed and SAT-fill the blanks instrumentation, Whats Your Name should be rightfully forgotten in the throes of 80s filler music. 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.
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