Strangelove (song)

Not to be confused with Strange Love (song).

"Strangelove"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Music for the Masses
B-side
  • "Pimpf"
  • "Agent Orange"
Released27 April 1987 (1987-04-27)[1]
Length4:55
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)Martin L. Gore
Producer(s)
  • Depeche Mode
  • David Bascombe
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"But Not Tonight"
(1986) 		"Strangelove"
(1987) 		"Never Let Me Down Again"
(1987)
Music video
"Strangelove" on YouTube

"Strangelove" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 27 April 1987 as the lead single from their sixth studio album, Music for the Masses (1987).

It was an international success, reaching number 16 on the UK Singles Chart,[2] number two in West Germany and South Africa, and the top 20 in several other countries, including Ireland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. In the United States, it reached number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100[3] and was the first of nine number ones on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it stayed for three weeks at the top.[4]

  1. ^ Smith, Robin (25 April 1987). "News Digest". Record Mirror. p. 29. ISSN 0144-5804.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference UK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference hot100 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 75.