Enjoy the Silence

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"Enjoy the Silence" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode. Written by Martin Gore and recorded in 1989, it was released as the second single from their seventh studio album, Violator (1990), on 5 February 1990 by Mute Records. The song topped the charts of European Hit Radio, Denmark and Spain, and is the band's highest-charting single in the United States, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Cash Box Top 100. Originally written as a ballad, band member Alan Wilder saw the potential for the song as a dance-floor hit, and re-arranged the song with producer Flood into the form it was released. Their best-selling single, it is included in several "best of" lists, including coming in at number one on Billboard magazine's list of top Depeche Mode songs ever. It won Depeche Mode their first award in the category of Best British Single at the Brit Awards 1991. The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Anton Corbijn and features...

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