Behind the Wheel

"Behind the Wheel"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Music for the Masses
B-side"Route 66"
Released28 December 1987 (1987-12-28)[1]
RecordedFebruary–July 1987
Genre
Length5:18
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)Martin L. Gore
Producer(s)
  • Depeche Mode
  • David Bascombe
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Never Let Me Down Again"
(1987)
"Behind the Wheel"
(1987)
"Little 15"
(1988)
Music video
"Behind the Wheel" on YouTube

"Behind the Wheel" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode from their sixth studio album, Music for the Masses (1987). It was released on 28 December 1987 as the album's third single, reaching number 21 in the United Kingdom, number six in both Switzerland and West Germany, also entering the US Billboard Hot 100 as its predecessors.

  1. ^ "Xmas News". Record Mirror. 26 December 1987. p. 9. ISSN 0144-5804.
  2. ^ DiGravina, Tim. "Depeche Mode - Barrel of a Gun". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ Andy Kellman. "Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: Shep Pettibone - The Classic 12" Master-Mixes". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2022.