Shake the Disease
"Shake the Disease" | ||||
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Single by Depeche Mode | ||||
from the album The Singles 81→85 | ||||
B-side | "Flexible" | |||
Released | 29 April 1985 | |||
Recorded | March 1985 | |||
Studio | Hansa Mischraum (Berlin) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:49 | |||
Label | Mute | |||
Songwriter(s) | Martin L. Gore | |||
Producer(s) |
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Music video | ||||
"Shake the Disease" on YouTube |
"Shake the Disease" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released as a single on 29 April 1985. "Shake the Disease" was one of two new songs on the 1985 compilation albums The Singles 81→85 and Catching Up with Depeche Mode, along with the band's subsequent single "It's Called a Heart".
Song information
Band member Alan Wilder felt this song captured the essence of the band, saying that "there's a certain edge to what we do that can make people think twice about things. If we've got a choice between calling a song 'Understand Me' or 'Shake the Disease', we'll call it 'Shake the Disease'. There's a lot of perversity and innuendo in our lyrics, but nothing direct."[1]
Music video
The music video is the first Depeche Mode video directed by Peter Care, and features a camera trick that makes the band members appear to slowly tip over.[2][3] It was shot in the Docklands area of London, prominently featuring the cranes that were still in situ at that time. Between May and July 1985 the video was performed on 10 television programs across Europe.[4]
Commercial performance
"Shake the Disease" reached number 18 on the
It reached number one on the
Allmusic reviewer Dave Thompson praised the song, saying, "with its plump melody and stirring refrain, it's a haunting and soulful number that deserved better than its #18 chart position."
Track listings
All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore
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References
- ISSN 0848-9645.
- ISBN 978-0-85712-026-7. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-78418-955-6. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-4930-5400-8. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Depeche Mode: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Shake the Disease". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Les classement single. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Depeche Mode Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "List of KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns". RadioHitlist.
- ^ "Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History.
- ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2022. Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "Depeche Mode" in the "Artista" field and press "cerca".
- ^ "Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ISBN 0-95172-069-4. Archived from the originalon 5 June 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts – 1985" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 6 February 2021.