DEPECHE MODE

Depeche Mode are an English synthesizer-based outfit who formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Depeche Mode’s original members included keyboardist and songwriter Vince Clarke (born July 3, 1960 in South Woodford), keyboardist, singer and songwriter Martin Gore (born July 23, 1961 in Dagenham), keyboardist Andy Fletcher (born July 9, 1960 in Nottingham) and singer and songwriter Dave Gahan (born May 9, 1962 in Epping, London).

Depeche Mode made their chart debut in June 1981 with their second single New Life, however after the success of its follow-up Just Can’t Get Enough, Vince Clarke left the band at the end of 1981 for pastures new (most notably Erasure). Depeche Mode filled the Vince gap with keyboardist Alan Wilder in 1983 who stayed with the band until 1995, and they proceeded to become one of the biggest UK acts of the decade.

Their biggest song success came with the BRIT Award-winning single Enjoy The Silence in 1990, but the band have delivered more than 40 Top 40 hits on the Official Singles Chart. Depeche Mode's highest-charting singles are People Are People (1984), Barrel Of A Gun (1997) and Precious (2005), all of which peaked at Number 4.

Depeche Mode have also achieved two Number 1 albums on the UK Official Albums Chart – Songs of Faith and Devotion in 1993 and 1997’s Ultra.

DEPECHE MODE Songs stats

UK No1s: 0
UK Top 10s: 14
UK Top 40s: 43
UK Top 75s: 48
Weeks at No1: 0
Weeks in the Top 10: 25
Weeks in the Top 40: 173
Weeks in the Top 75: 264

DEPECHE MODE Albums stats

UK No1s: 2
UK Top 10s: 18
UK Top 40s: 21
UK Top 75s: 22
Weeks at No1: 2
Weeks in the Top 10: 30
Weeks in the Top 40: 115
Weeks in the Top 75: 205

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Official Singles Chart

Apr

1981

DREAMING OF ME
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 57,
Weeks: 4

Jun

1981

NEW LIFE
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 11,
Weeks: 15

Sep

1981

JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 8,
Weeks: 11

Feb

1982

SEE YOU
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 6,
Weeks: 10

May

1982

THE MEANING OF LOVE
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 12,
Weeks: 8

Aug

1982

LEAVE IN SILENCE
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 18,
Weeks: 10

Feb

1983

GET THE BALANCE RIGHT
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 13,
Weeks: 8

Jul

1983

EVERYTHING COUNTS
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 6,
Weeks: 11

Oct

1983

LOVE IN ITSELF.2
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 21,
Weeks: 7

Mar

1984

PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 4,
Weeks: 11

Sep

1984

MASTER AND SERVANT
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 9,
Weeks: 9

Nov

1984

SOMEBODY/BLASPHEMOUS RUMOURS
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 16,
Weeks: 6

May

1985

SHAKE THE DISEASE
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 18,
Weeks: 9

Sep

1985

IT'S CALLED A HEART
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 18,
Weeks: 4

Feb

1986

STRIPPED
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 15,
Weeks: 8

Apr

1986

A QUESTION OF LUST
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 28,
Weeks: 7

Aug

1986

A QUESTION OF TIME
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 17,
Weeks: 7

May

1987

STRANGELOVE
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 16,
Weeks: 5

Sep

1987

NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 22,
Weeks: 4

Jan

1988

BEHIND THE WHEEL
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 21,
Weeks: 5

May

1988

LITTLE 15
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 60,
Weeks: 2

Feb

1989

EVERYTHING COUNTS (LIVE)
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 22,
Weeks: 7

Sep

1989

PERSONAL JESUS
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 13,
Weeks: 9

Feb

1990

ENJOY THE SILENCE
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 6,
Weeks: 9

May

1990

POLICY OF TRUTH
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 16,
Weeks: 6

Sep

1990

WORLD IN MY EYES
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 17,
Weeks: 6

Feb

1993

I FEEL YOU
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 8,
Weeks: 7

May

1993

WALKING IN MY SHOES
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 14,
Weeks: 4

Sep

1993

CONDEMNATION (EP)
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 9,
Weeks: 4

Jan

1994

IN YOUR ROOM
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 8,
Weeks: 4

Feb

1997

BARREL OF A GUN
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 4,
Weeks: 10

Apr

1997

IT'S NO GOOD
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 5,
Weeks: 7

Jun

1997

HOME
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 23,
Weeks: 6

Nov

1997

USELESS
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 28,
Weeks: 2

Sep

1998

ONLY WHEN I LOSE MYSELF
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 17,
Weeks: 4

May

2001

DREAM ON
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 6,
Weeks: 9

Aug

2001

I FEEL LOVED
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 12,
Weeks: 7

Nov

2001

FREELOVE
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 19,
Weeks: 3

Oct

2004

ENJOY THE SILENCE 04
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 7,
Weeks: 5

Dec

2004

HALO
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 78,
Weeks: 1

Dec

2004

SOMETHING TO DO
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 75,
Weeks: 1

Oct

2005

PRECIOUS
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 4,
Weeks: 6

Dec

2005

A PAIN THAT I'M USED TO
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 15,
Weeks: 4

Apr

2006

SUFFER WELL
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 12,
Weeks: 3

Jun

2006

JOHN THE REVELATOR/LILIAN
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 18,
Weeks: 3

Nov

2006

MARTYR
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 13,
Weeks: 4

Apr

2009

WRONG
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 24,
Weeks: 2

Jun

2009

PEACE
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 57,
Weeks: 1

Mar

2013

HEAVEN
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 60,
Weeks: 1

Jun

2013

SOOTHE MY SOUL
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 88,
Weeks: 1

Oct

2013

SHOULD BE HIGHER
DEPECHE MODE

Peak: 81,
Weeks: 1

SteveL

16th February 2023

New single 'Ghosts Again' is so amazing! Cannot wait for the new album.

Simon

17th September 2021

Epping is in Essex not London, re biography notes.

addickted2hcharlton

20th October 2021

Yeah but came ahrt of Basildon juss like Alison Moyet.

Simon

20th October 2021

That’s what I thought but it’s obviously possible for Dave to be born in Epping, grow up in Basildon where the band was then founded when they were adults