As Depeche Mode is set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, this weekend, we take a look at the Ten Best Songs by the group. An excusive HBO special honoring this year’s Inductees will air on HBO and to stream on HBO Max SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Inducted along with Depeche Mode are Nine Inch Nails, the Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, The Notorious B.I.G., T-Rex, and Ahmet Ertegun Award honorees Jon Landau and Irving Azoff.
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon in 1980. The group consists of a trio of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting), and Andy Fletcher (keyboards).
Depeche Mode released their debut album Speak & Spell in 1981, bringing the band onto the British new wave scene. Founding member Vince Clarke left after the release of the album; they recorded A Broken Frame as a trio. Gore took over as main songwriter and, later in 1982, Alan Wilder replaced Clarke, establishing a lineup that continued for 13 years.
Here are (in no particular order) our Ten Best Depeche Mode songs.
Personal Jesus
Just Can’t Get Enough
Enjoy the Silence
Never Let Me Down Again
Strange Love
Policy of Truth
World in My Eyes
It’s No Good
Everything Counts
Walking in My Shoes
