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Enjoy the Silence

"Enjoy the Silence" is Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode is an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke ....
's twenty-fourth UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
single, released on January 16 1990, and the second single from the then upcoming album Violator
Violator (album)

Violator is the seventh album by the England electrorock group Depeche Mode, released by Mute Records in 1990. Preceded by the hit singles "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence" , Violator propelled the band into international stardom....
. "Enjoy the Silence" was re-released as a single in 2004 for the Depeche Mode remix project Remixes 81 - 04
Remixes 81 - 04

Remixes 81?04 is an album by British electronic music group Depeche Mode which was released on October 25, 2004.It was the band's first release since Daniel Miller independent label Mute Records was acquired by industry major EMI in 2002....
, and was titled "Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" or, more simply, "Enjoy the Silence 04". The "Reinterpreted" version was remixed by Mike Shinoda

Mike Shinoda

Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
, the rapper and producer for the American

United States

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nu metal

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Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
/alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. Alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980s, such as Grunge music, Britpop, gothic rock, and indie pop....
band Linkin Park

Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
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"Enjoy the Silence" is Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

United Kingdom

Mike Shinoda

United States

Nu metal

Alternative rock

Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
. As it is one of Depeche Mode's most well-known songs to date, it has been recorded as a cover version

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
by many other artists, including Breaking Benjamin

Breaking Benjamin

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, Keane, Tori Amos

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Tori Amos is a pianist and singer-songwriter of dual United Kingdom and United States citizenship. She is married to England sound engineer Mark Hawley, with whom she has one child, Natashya "Tash" L?rien Hawley, born on September 5, 2000....
, Lacuna Coil

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Lacuna Coil is an Italy gothic metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 1994. Formerly known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal, the band was inspired by the combination of Gothic aesthetics imagery and music, and the members have been known, musically, for composing midtempo songs consisting of guitar lines overlaid with prominent key...
, Failure

Failure

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, It Dies Today

It Dies Today

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Tanghetto

Tanghetto is a musical Musical band based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and one of the most important on the neo tango scene.The style of Tanghetto is a blend of Tango music and electronic music....
, The Academy Is...

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The Academy Is... is a rock band from Chicago, Illinois, and signed by the Decaydance imprint of the Fueled by Ramen label. They were originally known as "The Academy", but added the "Is..." in 2004 to avoid legal complications with other established bands already under that name....
with Cobra Starship

Cobra Starship

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, Anberlin

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, HIM, Matthew Good

Matthew Good

Matthew Frederick Robert Good is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer for the Matthew Good Band, one of Canada's most successful alternative rock bands in the 1990s, before dissolving the band in 2002....
, Bell X1, and No Use for a Name

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Background

When "Enjoy the Silence" was written by Martin Gore

Martin Gore

Martin Gore is an English songwriter, lyricist, singer, guitarist and keyboardist. He is a founding member of Depeche Mode. His work now spans three decades, but he is best known as the composer of chart-topper such as "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence"....
, it was intended to be a slow-paced ballad in C minor; the demo featured a harmonium

Harmonium

A harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ or pipe organ. Sound is produced by air, supplied by foot-operated or hand-operated bellows, being blown through sets of Free reed aerophone, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion....
with Gore singing. Alan Wilder

Alan Wilder

Alan Charles Wilder is a Great Britain musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil , started as a side project to Depeche Mode, but when he left the latter in 1995, it evolved into Wilder's primary project....
saw hit potential in the track, and composed an upbeat tempo and structure for the song. Despite initial resistance from songwriter Gore, who felt the spirit of the song was not suited to an upbeat track, the rest of the group liked it. After some self-described "sulking", Gore came around and added more to the embryonic fast version together with producer Mark "Flood" Ellis, notably the guitar riff heard throughout. Depeche Mode lead singer David Gahan

David Gahan

Dave Gahan is the baritone lead singer for the United Kingdom electronic band Depeche Mode, and is also an accomplished solo artist....
contributed his distinctive lead vocals to the track and within hours the band was convinced they had a hit single on their hands. At Gore's insistence, the demo would later be remade into the "Harmonium" version (available on the limited edition 12" vinyl and Maxi CD releases), featuring Gore on vocals.

Chart success

"Enjoy the Silence" became one of the band's most successful singles, and its highest-charting since the early '80s. The single rocketed up the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
to #6, remaining there for three weeks. This was the band's highest-charting single since "People Are People

People Are People

"People Are People" is Depeche Mode's tenth UK single it was their first hit single in the US and the first single for the Some Great Reward album....
" peaked at #4 in 1984. Additionally, other than "People Are People", only two other singles released by the band had reached as high as #6: 1982's "See You

See You

"See You" is the fourth UK single by Depeche Mode, and the first written by Martin Gore, released on January 29 1982. The single launched a small world tour, with extra band member Alan Wilder, although he did not contribute to the song, or to the album the song eventually appeared on, A Broken Frame....
" and 1983's "Everything Counts

Everything Counts

"Everything Counts" is Depeche Mode's eighth UK single and third US single , from the then upcoming album Construction Time Again. ]. It was the first in a long line of industrial music-inspired singles released by the band, and has been referred to as "arguably...the first English-language industrial pop hit." The single was re-releas...
".

On top of this, the song reached #8 on the US Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
, to date the only Depeche Mode single to achieve top 10 status. At the time, the only other Depeche Mode single to hit the US Top 20 was "People Are People", which hit #13. The single also topped the US Modern Rock Tracks

Modern Rock Tracks

Hot Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock radios, most of which are alternative rock songs....
chart, another first for the band (as this chart had been created in 1988). The chart measures radio airplay on US modern rock

Modern rock

Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a rock music Radio format found on United States commercial radio. Generally beginning with late 1970s punk rock but referring especially to rock music since the 1980s, the phrase "modern rock" is used to differentiate the music from "classic rock", which focuses on music recorded in the 1960s t...
stations.

"Enjoy the Silence 04" was almost equally successful in the UK, peaking at #7 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it reached #25 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play. In addition, the limited edition vinyl releases also charted, but due to the fact that their lead track was not "Enjoy the Silence", these releases charted separately. As a result, "Something to Do", the A-side to the L12 release, spent one week at #75 on the UK Singles Chart.

Song versions

The original release of the single included a wide variety of remixes. The standard 12" version of the song is the "Hands and Feet Mix", while the B-side of the 12" version included a dub

Dub music

Dub is a form of music, evolved from reggae that involves revisions of existing songs. The dub sound consists predominantly of instrumental remixes of existing recordings and is achieved by significantly manipulating and reshaping the recordings, usually by removing the vocals from an existing music piece, emphasizing the drum and bass frequ...
mix called the "Ecstatic Dub". The limited edition 12" release included three more remixes: the aforementioned "Harmonium" version which follows the structure of the original demo, the "Bass Line" version, and the "Ricki Tik Tik Mix." The latter one is actually an edit omitting a synth part in the middle because Mute had to fit everything on a 3" CD. The boxed rerelease finally had the full version. One of the more unusual mixes is "The Quad: Final Mix" which expands the song to over fifteen minutes in length, making it the longest commercially available Depeche Mode track.

In addition to the "reinterpretation" by Mike Shinoda, there were several more remixes of the song released in 2004. The 12" version of the release included remixes by Timo Maas

Timo Maas

Timo Maas is an electronic music DJ/Record producer and remixer....
and Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson is an England electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox....
, while one of the limited edition CDs included a remix from Richard X

Richard X

Richard Philips is a songwriter and record producer, best known by his stage name Richard X. In an early issue of the now defunct Popworld#Magazine magazine, Phillips told of how he had simply sealed a postcard with a kiss which was misinterpreted as the letter X; from then on he has used the alias Richard X....
.

"Enjoy the Silence 04" also included a variety of remixes of other Depeche Mode songs, including a Goldfrapp

Goldfrapp

Goldfrapp is a British people electronic music group known for their visual theatrics and contribution to the popularization of electronic dance music....
remix of the Violator track "Halo", a Black Strobe

Black Strobe

Black Strobe were formed in Paris in 1997 by producer Arnaud Rebotini and DJ Ivan Smagghe, and were instrumental in the rise of the electroclash movement in the UK with their breakthrough single Me And Madonna....
remix of the Some Great Reward
Some Great Reward

Some Great Reward is the fourth album by the British electronic group Depeche Mode, released in 1984. The album peaked at No. 5 in the UK....
track "Something to Do", a Cicada

Cicada (band)

Cicada is the name of a UK-based electronica band. Members include producers Aaron Gilbert , Alex Payne and Icelandic vocalist Heidrun Anna Bj?rnsdottir ....
remix of the single "World in My Eyes", and a Rex the Dog

JX (artist)

JX was a United Kingdom dance music project by Disc jockey and remixer Jake Williams, who now records as Rex the Dog. JX found success in 1993 following a deal struck with Hooj Choons, a UK dance record label....
remix of the Speak and Spell
Speak & Spell (album)

Speak & Spell is the debut album from the British synthpop group Depeche Mode, recorded and released in 1981. The album peaked at no.10 in the UK Album Charts....
track "Photographic".

B-sides

There are two instrumental B-sides to "Enjoy the Silence". "Sibeling" (the 12" B-side) is a soft piano-tune while "Memphisto" (the 7" B-side) is a darker, eerier track. The title of "Sibeling" refers to Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
classical composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius

Johan Julius Christian Sibelius was a Finland composer of the later Romantic music whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity....
. Regarding "Memphisto", according to Martin Gore, "Memphisto is the name of an imaginary film about Elvis

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
as a Devil

Devil

The Devil is the title given to the supernatural being, who, in mainstream Christianity, Islam, and some other religions, is believed to be a powerful, evil entity and the tempter of humankind....
, that I created in my mind". As such, the title is a portmanteau of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
and Mephisto

Mephisto

Mephisto or Mephistopheles is one of the chief demons of European literary tradition.Mephisto or Mephistopheles may also refer to:...
. "Sibeling" was produced by the combination of the band and Flood, who produced much of Depeche Mode's work from 1990 to 1993, while "Memphisto" was produced by the band alone.

Music videos

Original version

The Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn is a photographer and Music video director from Strijen, the Netherlands. He is well known for directing music videos, including Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" and Nirvana 's "Heart-Shaped Box" , as well as directing the Ian Curtis biopic Control ....
-directed music video

Music video

A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a pop music or rock music song with lyrics. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings....
for "Enjoy the Silence" references the themes and storyline of the philosophical children's book The Little Prince
The Little Prince

The Little Prince , published in 1943, is France aviator Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry's most famous novel. He wrote it in the United States while renting The Bevin House in Asharoken, New York, on Long Island....
. Footage of Gahan dressed as a stereotypical king wandering the hillsides with a deck chair is intercut with black-and-white footage of the band posing. Brief flashes of a single rose (which is also on the album cover of Violator
Violator (album)

Violator is the seventh album by the England electrorock group Depeche Mode, released by Mute Records in 1990. Preceded by the hit singles "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence" , Violator propelled the band into international stardom....
) appear throughout the scenes.

When Corbijn presented the concept of the video to the band, which at the time was simply "Dave dressed up as a king, walking around with a deck chair", they initially rejected it. They changed their minds, when he explained that the idea was that the King (Dave) was represented "a man with everything in the world, just looking for a quiet place to sit". Andy Fletcher jokes that he favoured the video because "[he] only had to do about an hour's worth of work".

The video uses a slightly different mix of the song (the most notable difference being an extended introduction) that has not been released in any audio format. Long shots of the king walking through the snow are not Gahan but rather the video's producer, Richard Bell. Gahan had left the set, tiring of the cold in Switzerland (recounted by Gahan in the intro to the The Videos (86-98)
The Videos (86-98)

The Videos 86>98 is a music video compilation by Depeche Mode, featuring almost two dozen music videos directed by a variety of music video director, released in 1998....
).

Homage

One of the two videos for Coldplay

Coldplay

Coldplay are a United Kingdom alternative rock Musical ensemble formed in London, England in 1998. The group comprises vocalist/pianist/guitarist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Will Champion....
's 2008 song "Viva La Vida

Viva la Vida (song)

"Viva la Vida" is a song by English alternative rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends ....
" is a homage/tribute to the "Enjoy the Silence" video (it was also directed by Corbijn and features Coldplay singer Chris Martin

Chris Martin

Christopher Anthony John Martin is an England singer-songwriter and instrumentalist, best known for his work as lead vocalist of the band Coldplay....
walking around dressed as a king).

Significant TV Performance

A lip-sync performance of the song was filmed for a French TV show atop the former World Trade Center

World trade center

The World Trade Centers Association founded in 1970, is a not-for-profit, non-political association dedicated to the establishment and effective operation of World Trade Centers as instruments for trade expansion representing 316 members in 91 countries....
in the Top of the World observatory.

04 version

Mike Shinoda's "Enjoy The Silence 04" was a distortion guitar-driven version of the song, in which he imprinted Linkin Park

Linkin Park

Uwe Flade

Uwe Flade is a Germany music video music-video director. He has directed videos for many artists, such as Depeche Mode, Franz Ferdinand , In Extremo, Nickelback and Rammstein....
directed an animated music video for "Enjoy the Silence 04". Monitors in the animation show performances of "Enjoy the Silence" excerpted from Devotional
Devotional (video)

Devotional is a video release by Depeche Mode, featuring almost an entire concert from their 1993-1994 Devotional Tour, filmed in Barcelona, Spain, Li?vin, France and Frankfurt, Germany....
and One Night in Paris
One Night in Paris

One Night in Paris is a video release by Depeche Mode, featuring an entire concert from their 2001 Exciter Tour, shot at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy on October 9 and 10, 2001....
, as well as footage from a concert from The Singles Tour filmed in Cologne in 1998 for MTV.

Track listing

Enjoy the Silence

7": Mute / Bong18 (UK)

"Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15
"Memphisto" – 4:02

12": Mute / 12Bong18 (UK)

"Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15
"Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix)" – 7:18
"Enjoy the Silence (Ecstatic Dub)" – 5:54
"Sibeling" – 3:14

12": Mute / L12Bong18 (UK)

"Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:40
"Enjoy the Silence (Harmonium)" – 2:41
"Enjoy the Silence (Ricki Tik Tik Mix)" – 5:27
"Memphisto" – 4:05

12": Mute / XL12Bong18 (UK)

"Enjoy the Silence (The Quad: Final Mix)" – 15:30

CD: Mute / CDBong18 (UK)

"Enjoy the Silence" – 4:16
"Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix 3" Edit)" – 6:41
"Enjoy the Silence (Ecstatic Dub Edit)" – 5:45
"Sibeling" – 3:15

released as 3" CD, rereleases as 5" CD

CD: Mute / CDBong18 (UK)

"Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:40
"Enjoy the Silence (Harmonium)" – 2:41
"Enjoy the Silence (Ricki Tik Tik Mix)" – 5:27
"Memphisto" – 4:05

released as 3" CD

CD: Mute / XLCDBong18 (UK)

"Enjoy The Silence (The Quad: Final Mix)" - 15:27

CD: Mute / CDBong18X (EU)

"Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15
"Memphisto" – 4:02
"Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix 3" Edit)" – 6:41
"Enjoy the Silence (Ecstatic Dub Edit)" – 5:45
"Sibeling" – 3:15
"Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:42
"Enjoy the Silence (Harmonium)" – 2:41
"Enjoy the Silence (Ricki Tik Tik Mix Promo Version)" – 5:59
"Enjoy the Silence (The Quad: Final Mix)" – 15:30

This CD is the 2004 box set re-release

Promo 12": Mute / P12Bong18 (UK)

"Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:40
"Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix 3" Edit)" – 6:41
"Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15

Promo CD: Mute / CDBong18R (UK)

"Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15
"Memphisto" – 4:02

12": Sire/Reprise / 0-21490 (US)

"Enjoy the Silence (The Quad: Final Mix)" – 15:27
"Enjoy the Silence (Ecstatic Dub)" – 5:54
"Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:40
"Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix)" – 7:20
"Memphisto" – 4:05

CD: Sire/Reprise / 21490-2 (US)

"Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15
"Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix)" – 7:18
"Sibeling" – 3:15
"Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:40
"Enjoy the Silence (Ecstatic Dub)" – 5:54
"Memphisto" – 4:02
"Enjoy the Silence (Ricki Tik Tik Mix Promo Version)" – 5:59
"Enjoy the Silence (Harmonium)" – 2:41

Promo CD: Sire/Reprise / PRO-CD-3976 (US)

"Enjoy the Silence" – 4:18
"Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix)" – 7:20
"Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:40

Enjoy the Silence 04

CD: Mute / CDBong34 (EU)

"Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" – 3:32
"Halo (Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp

Goldfrapp is a British people electronic music group known for their visual theatrics and contribution to the popularization of electronic dance music....
Remix)" – 4:22

CD: Mute / LCDBong34 (EU)

"Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas
Timo Maas

Timo Maas is an electronic music DJ/Record producer and remixer....
Extended Remix)" – 8:41
"Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson is an England electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox....
Remix [Radio Edit])" – 3:33
"Something to Do (Black Strobe
Black Strobe

Black Strobe were formed in Paris in 1997 by producer Arnaud Rebotini and DJ Ivan Smagghe, and were instrumental in the rise of the electroclash movement in the UK with their breakthrough single Me And Madonna....
Remix)" – 7:11

CD: Mute / XLCDBong34 (EU)

"Enjoy the Silence (Richard X
Richard X

Richard Philips is a songwriter and record producer, best known by his stage name Richard X. In an early issue of the now defunct Popworld#Magazine magazine, Phillips told of how he had simply sealed a postcard with a kiss which was misinterpreted as the letter X; from then on he has used the alias Richard X....
Extended Mix)" – 8:22
"Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson is an England electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox....
Extended Remix)" – 8:39
"World in My Eyes (Cicada
Cicada (band)

Cicada is the name of a UK-based electronica band. Members include producers Aaron Gilbert , Alex Payne and Icelandic vocalist Heidrun Anna Bj?rnsdottir ....
Remix)" – 6:18
"Mercy in You (The BRAT Mix)" – 7:03

12": Mute / 12Bong34 (EU)

"Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)" – 8:41
"Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson is an England electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox....
Extended Remix)" – 8:39

12": Mute / L12Bong34 (EU)

"Something to Do (Black Strobe Remix)" – 7:11
"World in My Eyes (Cicada Remix)" – 6:18
"Photographic (Rex the Dog
JX (artist)

JX was a United Kingdom dance music project by Disc jockey and remixer Jake Williams, who now records as Rex the Dog. JX found success in 1993 following a deal struck with Hooj Choons, a UK dance record label....
Dubb Mix)" – 6:20

12": Mute / XL12Bong34 (EU)

"Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)" – 4:22
"Clean (Colder
Colder (artist)

Colder is a French people dance music project.The project is the work of Marc Nguyen Tan , a graphic designer who also is a Disc jockey and remixer who remains actively involved in dance music and other projects....
Version)" – 7:09
"Little 15 (Ulrich Schnauss
Ulrich Schnauss

Ulrich Schnauss is an electronic musician and producer based in Germany....
Remix)" – 4:52

Promo 12": Mute / P12Bong34 (EU)

"Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)" – 8:41
"Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson is an England electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox....
Extended Remix)" – 8:39

Promo 12": Mute / PL12Bong34 (EU)

"Something to Do (Black Strobe Remix)" – 7:11
"World in My Eyes (Cicada Remix)" – 6:18
"Photographic (Rex the Dog
JX (artist)

JX was a United Kingdom dance music project by Disc jockey and remixer Jake Williams, who now records as Rex the Dog. JX found success in 1993 following a deal struck with Hooj Choons, a UK dance record label....
Dubb Mix)" – 6:20

Promo 12": Mute / PXL12Bong34 (EU)

"Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)" – 4:22
"Clean (Colder
Colder (artist)

Colder is a French people dance music project.The project is the work of Marc Nguyen Tan , a graphic designer who also is a Disc jockey and remixer who remains actively involved in dance music and other projects....
Version)" – 7:09
"Little 15 (Ulrich Schnauss
Ulrich Schnauss

Ulrich Schnauss is an electronic musician and producer based in Germany....
Remix)" – 4:52

Radio Promo CD: Mute / RCDBong34 (EU)

"Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted By Mike Shinoda)" – 3:32
"Enjoy the Silence (Richard X Mix)" – 3:30
"World in My Eyes (Ewan Pearson Remix (Radio Edit))" – 3:33

12": Reprise / 42757-0 (US)

"Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)" – 8:41
"Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson is an England electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox....
Extended Remix)" – 8:39
"Enjoy the Silence (Richard X Extended Mix)" – 8:22
"World in My Eyes (Cicada Remix)" – 6:18

CD: Reprise / 42757-2 (US)

"Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" – 3:32
"Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)" – 8:41
"Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson is an England electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox....
Extended Remix)" – 8:39
"Enjoy the Silence (Richard X Extended Mix)" – 8:22
"World in My Eyes (Cicada Remix)" – 6:18
"Something to Do (Black Strobe Remix)" – 7:11

Promo 12": Reprise / PRO-A-101419A (US)

"Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" – 3:32
"Nothing (Headcleanr Rock Mix)" – 3:30
"Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)" – 4:22

Promo 2x12": Reprise / PRO-A-101430 (US)

"Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" – 3:32
"Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson Extended Remix)" – 8:39
"Enjoy the Silence (Richard X Extended Mix)" – 8:22
"Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)" – 8:41
"World In My Eyes (Cicada Remix)" – 6:18
"Something To Do (Black Strobe Remix)" – 7:11

Promo CD: Reprise / PRO-CD-101419 (US)

"Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" – 3:32
"Nothing (Headcleanr Rock Mix)" – 3:30
"Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)" – 4:22

Covers

The Academy Is...
The Academy Is...

The Academy Is... is a rock band from Chicago, Illinois, and signed by the Decaydance imprint of the Fueled by Ramen label. They were originally known as "The Academy", but added the "Is..." in 2004 to avoid legal complications with other established bands already under that name....
with Cobra Starship
Cobra Starship

Cobra Starship is an American pop band created by former Midtown bassist/lead vocalist Gabe Saporta. The members consist of lead vocalist Saporta, guitarist Ryland Blackinton, bassist Alex Suarez, Nate Novarro on drums and keytarist Victoria Asher, all of whom provide backing vocals....
released a cover of "Enjoy The Silence" as a single from The Academy Is...'
Anberlin
Anberlin

Anberlin is an alternative rock band from Winter Haven, Florida, United States formed in 2002. Since the beginning of 2007 their line-up has consisted of lead vocalist Stephen Christian, bassist Deon Rexroat, lead guitarist Joseph Milligan, drummer Nathan Young and rhythm guitarist Christian McAlhaney....
covered this song for Fearless Records
Fearless Records

Fearless Records is an alternative rock-oriented record label that, according to their website, has been signing artists since 1994 in music. They are based out of Westminster, California, California....
compilation, Punk Goes '90s; it also appears on their b-sides album, Lost Songs
Lost Songs (Anberlin album)

Lost Songs is a compilation album from the alternative rock band Anberlin, released on November 20, 2007. It is a collection of covers, unreleased songs from previous album sessions and acoustic versions....
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Antimatter
Antimatter (band)

Antimatter is a band formed by Duncan Patterson and Mick Moss. The pair released three albums together - Saviour_, Lights_Out_ and Planetary_Confinement....
did a cover of it live with Danny Cavanagh of Anathema
Anathema (band)

Anathema are an England band from the city of Liverpool, which, together with Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride, helped to develop the Death/Doom sound, a subgenre of doom metal....
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Apoptygma Berzerk
Apoptygma Berzerk

Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norway musical group. They have achieved success with a unique brand of upbeat, danceable synthpop, and haunting ballads backed with electronic rhythms, winning awards and top-10 spots in Germany and Scandinavia....
covered "Enjoy the Silence" on their APBL98 album which was based on the APB Europe tour in 1997-98. The version has never been released as a studio recording.
Bell X1 covered the song on The Ray D'Arcy
Ray D'Arcy

Ray D'Arcy is an Republic of Ireland television and radio presenter. He currently presents The Ray D'Arcy Show on Today FM on weekday mornings....
Show on Today FM
Today FM

For the similarly named Australian radio station, see 2Day FMRadio Ireland Ltd, trading as 100-102 Today FM is an Republic of Ireland Commercial broadcasting Frequency modulation radio station....
and occasionally incorporate it into their song "I'll See Your Heart And I'll Raise You Mine". It is a B-side to the single "Rocky Took A Lover."
The Bloodhound Gang
The Bloodhound Gang

The Bloodhound Gang may be a reference to:*The Bloodhound Gang , a segment on the program 3-2-1 Contact*The Bloodhound Gang, a band that took its name from the TV show segment...
covered the song at Rock am Ring
Rock am Ring

The Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals are two simultaneous rock music festivals held annually in Germany.While Rock am Ring takes place at the N?rburgring racetrack in the west of Germany, Rock im Park takes place in and around the Frankenstadion in N?rnberg, in the south east of Germany....
festival.
Bonehead (band)
Bonehead (band)

Bonehead were an American alternative rock band active in the late 1990s and early 2000s. They are best known for their US radio hit, "The Question"....
has covered this song for the Trancemode Express 2.01 tribute album.
Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin

Breaking Benjamin is an alternative rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Their music is most often classed as alternative rock or post-grunge....
have covered the song live, and even recorded it, however it is unreleased but is a fan favourite.
Caater
Caater

Caater is a euro-dance duo of Kalle Kukk and Markku Tiidumaa from Tallinn, Estonia. Caater is signed with Sony Music.In 1999, Caater was awarded the "Kuldne Plaat" at the Estonian Music Awards for the single, O Si Ne Ne....
, an Estonian trance/euro-dance duo covered this song on their 2002 album Club Space.
Dead Souls Rising has covered this song for the Children of Depeche Mode tribute album.
Division Day has also covered the song.
easyworld
Easyworld

Easyworld were a United Kingdom indie alternative rock/pop band hailing from Eastbourne, consisting of David Ford on vocals, Jo Taylor on Bass guitar and Glenn Hooper on Drum kit, active between 2001 and 2004....
have also covered this song.
Engerica
Engerica

Engerica were a British, Essex based punk band. The group incorporated several styles into their repertoire, varying from punk and metal, to instances of grunge and goth-inspired lyrics....
released an acoustic cover of the song on the b-side of 'The Smell'
Entwine
Entwine

Entwine is a Finland gothic metal band....
have covered the song on their album The Treasures Within Hearts.
Evergreen Terrace
Evergreen Terrace

Evergreen Terrace may refer to:*742_Evergreen_Terrace, a fictional neighborhood in The Simpsons television series*Evergreen Terrace , an American hardcore band...
, Floridan metalcore band, covered the song at the end their album Burned Alive By Time under the track "Heavy Number One (AKA: Shizzle My Nizzle)".
Everwake has covered this song.
Failure
Failure (band)

Failure was an influential United States rock band that was active from 1990 to 1997, during which they recorded and released three Music critic albums....
, alternative rock
Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. Alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980s, such as Grunge music, Britpop, gothic rock, and indie pop....
band, covered it for the DM tribute album For the Masses
For the Masses

For the Masses is a 1998 tribute album to Depeche Mode, specifically the works of Martin Gore; the fact that no songs by Vince Clarke or Alan Wilder were chosen was not a coincidence....
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HIM
HiM (band)

HiM is a dub music influenced post-rock group formed in 1995 in music by Doug Scharin, drummer for the bands Codeine , Rex and June of 44. Their first album, Egg, was their most dub-based effort....
, Finnish Love Metal band, used to cover the song on their early tours.
It Dies Today
It Dies Today

It Dies Today is a metalcore band that formed in Buffalo, New York during September, 2001.On January 17, 2007 it was announced that frontman/lead vocals Nick Brooks had left the band and that Jason Wood would be the new vocalist....
, American metalcore
Metalcore

Metalcore is an umbrella term used to describe fusion genres that incorporate elements of the hardcore punk and heavy metal music genres; but this isn't a true metal genre....
band, has also covered the song which was featured on the soundtrack for the Showtime
Showtime

Showtime is a Pay TV brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States....
horror series Masters of Horror
Masters of Horror

Masters of Horror is an informal social group of international film writers and directors specializing in horror movies and an United States television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network....
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Janita
Janita

Janita is a Finnish smooth jazz, soul music, and contemporary R&B singer-songwriter. Born in Helsinki, she started her career in Finland and moved to Brooklyn later....
, another Finnish native, also covered a melodic jazz/R&B version of the single which was released on her junior album titled Seasons of Life in May 2006.
Jeff Bujak
Jeff Bujak

Jeff Bujak is a pianist/keyboardist from Syracuse, New York. Born on June 6, 1979, he began classical piano lessons at age 5. Since then, he has performed in, with or toured with Remnants of the Addiction, Transcendental Blue, Somebody's Closet, Shokazoba Afrobeat Battalion, Ryan Montbleau Band, BuzzUniverse, The Magnetic Pull, The Phil DaRosa Ba...
does a piano and Fender Rhodes version live. There is no available recording.
Keane covered this song.
Kilna covered this song.
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde is an England pop singer.Wilde burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the new wave music classic "Kids in America ", which hit number two in the UK Singles Chart....
released her live version of "Enjoy the Silence" on the single "Baby Obey Me
Baby Obey Me

"Baby Obey Me" is the fourth and last single from the Kim Wilde album Never Say Never , released in 2006. The album contained new songs as well as re-recorded versions of some of Wilde's 1980s hits....
" in 2007.
Klaus Y Maria Castel covered this song for the Tributo Argentino tribute album.
Lacuna Coil
Lacuna Coil

Lacuna Coil is an Italy gothic metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 1994. Formerly known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal, the band was inspired by the combination of Gothic aesthetics imagery and music, and the members have been known, musically, for composing midtempo songs consisting of guitar lines overlaid with prominent key...
features it as their album Karmacode
Karmacode

Karmacode is the fourth studio album by Italy rock music band Lacuna Coil, released on March 31, 2006 in several countries in Europe, April 3rd in the United Kingdom and other European countries, April 4th in North America, and April 5th in several other European countries....
s 13th and final track.
Low Memory covered this song.
Margret Heater
Margret Heater

Margret Heater was a Baltimore, Maryland rock and metal band from 1997?2003....
, Baltimore metal band, released their version on the album Manifest.
Matt Samules, a DJ and producer released the song in October 2008 on Toolroom Records.
Matthew Good Band, a Canadian alternative band, covered the song for their 1998 limited EP, Lo-Fi B-Sides
Lo-Fi B-Sides

Released in 1998, Lo-Fi B-Sides was the second Extended play produced by the now-defunct Matthew Good Band. The EP was limited to 5000 copies, and was included as a bonus with purchase of the band's 1997 album Underdogs....
. It was later re-released for the lead singer's solo compilation release In A Coma
In a Coma

In a Coma is the title of the Matthew Good "best of" album, featuring both his solo work and work from the Matthew Good Band....
, on the Deluxe Edition's second CD, in 2005.
Trance
Trance music

Trance is a style of electronic dance music developed in the early 1990s. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between approximately 128 and 150 beats per minute, melodic synthesizer phrase , and a musical form that is progressive as it builds up and down throughout a track....
producer Mike Koglin recorded a trance track based on "Enjoy the Silence" in 1998, entitled "The Silence".
Moonlight
Moonlight (band)

Moonlight is a Poland gothic metal/progressive metal band....
, a Polish progressive/Gothic band covered the song on their 1999 Inermis album.
No Use For a Name
No Use for a Name

No Use for a Name is a punk rock Band from San Jose, California, United States formed in 1987 by Chris Dodge , Steve Papoutsis , Rory Koff , and John Meyers ....
covered this song for the Warped Tour: 2001 Compilation CD.
Noxious Emotion covered the song.
Perfect Nova, a Brazilian alternative rock band based in Long Beach, California, recorded a version of this song and its videoclip is available on YouTube.
Phillip Boa
Phillip Boa

Phillip Boa is a German independent music singer, guitarist and composer....
& The Voodooclub did a cover of the song that was also released as a single.
Preternatural also covered the song.
Rasta also covered the song.
Ryan Star
Ryan Star

Ryan Star, also known as r.star is a singer-songwriter and musician. He was also a reality television contestant on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova....
, a contestant on the CBS television show Rockstar: Supernova, performed his own arrangement during his elimination night performance, which aided in saving him from being kicked-off.
Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Scala & Kolacny Brothers

Scala & Kolacny Brothers is a Belgium girls' choir, conducted by Stijn Kolacny and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano.Formed in 1996 in music and winning the Belgian 'Choir of the Year'-contest in 2000, they have made 5 studio albums, starting with On The Rocks in 2002 in music....
, a Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
girls choir
Choir

A choir, chorale, or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral Music, in turn, is the music written specifically for a choir to perform....
covered the song for their latest album.
Soul Whirling Somewhere
Soul Whirling Somewhere

Soul Whirling Somewhere is the name of an Ambient music and ethereal wave musical group and project of who is headed up by singer Michael Plaster of Phoenix, Arizona....
, an independent artist on Projekt records, has featured a cover on their myspace page.
The Spirit That Guides Us has covered this song on tours for years, and has recently included it on their We Are Under Reconstruction CD (2006) and DVD (2007). Before that it could be found on a Sally Forth Records sampler called Hits of the Eighties.
Squealer also covered the song.
Star Industry
Star Industry

Star Industry are a gothic rock band formed in 1996 in Belgium. They have since released three studio albums, a live album and one EP and frequently play festivals....
also covered the song.
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra

Susanna and the Magical Orchestra is the moniker of singer Susanna Karolina Wallumr?d , and keyboard player Morten Qvenild . Their style of music can be described as quiet, slow pop music mixed with elements from electronica and jazz....
recorded a slow, stripped down version of the song on the record Melody Mountain
Melody Mountain

Melody Mountain is Norwegian group Susanna and the Magical Orchestra's second album, released in 2006. It is a collection of low-key cover versions from a variety of artists....
in 2006.
Tanghetto
Tanghetto

Tanghetto is a musical Musical band based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and one of the most important on the neo tango scene.The style of Tanghetto is a blend of Tango music and electronic music....
, an Argentine neo-tango band from Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
, did an instrumental version with the bandoneon
Bandoneón

The bandone?n is a free-reed instrument particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It plays an essential role in the orquesta tipica, the Tango music orchestra....
taking the role of the lead voice. This was included in their Buenos Aires Remixed
Buenos Aires Remixed

Buenos Aires Remixed is a remix album from the Argentine neotango band Tanghetto. The album includes 12 remixes of older songs from the band in a house / progressive mood....
album as track #3. Tanghetto's version charted in Greece and other countries of Eastern Europe.
Texas Lightning
Texas Lightning

Texas Lightning is a Germany quintet from Hamburg which fits in the country music genre and describes itself as old fashioned and hip. Their music is a mix of country and Popular music drawing from country classic stars like Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash and Tammy Wynette and pop stars such as ABBA, Nancy Sinatra, Linda Ronstadt, Ma...
, a German country band with Olli Dittrich, did a cover of the song.
Tori Amos
Tori Amos

Tori Amos is a pianist and singer-songwriter of dual United Kingdom and United States citizenship. She is married to England sound engineer Mark Hawley, with whom she has one child, Natashya "Tash" L?rien Hawley, born on September 5, 2000....
recorded a sparse-sounding cover of the song for her Strange Little Girls
Strange Little Girls

Strange Little Girls is a concept album released by singer-songwriter Tori Amos in 2001. The album's twelve tracks are covers of songs written and originally performed by men , reinterpreted by Amos from a female's point of view....
album.
Vernon Reid
Vernon Reid

Vernon Reid is an English guitarist, songwriter, composer and bandleader. Best known as the founder and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Living Colour, Reid was named #66 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time....
recorded an instrumental hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
/reggae
Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s.While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Music of Jamaica, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady....
verson of the song on his album Other True Self
Whiskyn's, a Catalan band, recorded a version translated to Catalan
Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
in order to help raise funds for investing cures to diseases in TV3
TV3 (Catalonia)

TV3 is the name of Catalonia's first public broadcasting Television station. It belongs to Televisi? de Catalunya , a subsidiary of the Corporaci? Catalana de R?dio i Televisi?....
's annual Telethon
Telethon

A Examples...
in 2006.
Y Front also covered the song.

Lacuna Coil version

"Enjoy the Silence" was the second single by Lacuna Coil
Lacuna Coil

Lacuna Coil is an Italy gothic metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 1994. Formerly known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal, the band was inspired by the combination of Gothic aesthetics imagery and music, and the members have been known, musically, for composing midtempo songs consisting of guitar lines overlaid with prominent key...
from their album Karmacode
Karmacode

Karmacode is the fourth studio album by Italy rock music band Lacuna Coil, released on March 31, 2006 in several countries in Europe, April 3rd in the United Kingdom and other European countries, April 4th in North America, and April 5th in several other European countries....
. It made the New York Post
New York Post

The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually as a daily, although -- like most other papers -- its publication has been interrupted by labor actions....
Top 100 Cover Songs list.

There is a UK version of the video and an International one. Both videos include the band performing in a dark room, but aside from that the UK version shows live clips of the London Forum show, while the International one shows scenes of a city (Portland, Oregon), the countryside, and a bay.

There are three "volumes" of this single.

Volume I:
"Enjoy the Silence"
"Virtual Environment" (An unreleased bonus track)

Volume II:
"Enjoy the Silence"
"To the Edge" - Live
"Fragile" - Live
"Tight Rope" - Live

Volume III (Picture Disc):
"Enjoy the Silence"
"Silence"

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