| "Leave in Silence" | ||||
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 12″ single cover | ||||
| Single by Depeche Mode | ||||
| from the album A Broken Frame | ||||
| B-side | "Excerpt From: My Secret Garden" | |||
| Released | 16 August 1982 | |||
| Recorded | July 1982 | |||
| Studio | Blackwing (London) | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop[1] | |||
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| Label | Mute | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Martin L. Gore | |||
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| "Leave in Silence" on YouTube | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
"Leave in Silence" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode.[3][4] It was released as the third single from their second studio album, A Broken Frame (1982), on 16 August 1982.[5] Recorded at Blackwing Studios, the single became the band's fifth UK Top 20 hit, peaking at number 18. It was the first Depeche Mode single in the UK to use the "Bong" catalogue number system, which they used until "Heaven" in 2013. Three versions of the track were released on the 7″ and 12″ singles, while a fourth cut, running at four minutes and fifty-one seconds, was released on A Broken Frame.
- ^ Unterberger, Andrew (18 March 2017). "The 10 Most Underrated Depeche Mode Singles: Critic's Take". Billboard. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Leave in Silence – Depeche Mode". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ Bernhardt, Tonia (21 November 2007). Depeche Mode: A Band, Its Music, and the Cult. GRIN Verlag. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-638-76757-6. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Christopher, Michael (28 December 2020). Depeche Mode FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the World's Finest Synth-Pop Band. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-4930-5400-8. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Depeche Mode Discography".