"A Question of Time" is Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

's seventeenth UK

United Kingdom

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 single, released on August 11, 1986, following the similarly titled "A Question of Lust

A Question of Lust

"A Question of Lust" is Depeche Mode's sixteenth UK single, released on 14 April 1986.It is the second Depeche Mode single with Martin Gore on lead vocals, after "Somebody" and the first to be released in its own right...

" single.

The 7" remix of "A Question of Time" runs at a slightly faster tempo and pitch than the original "Black Celebration" album version. A version of the remix with an even faster tempo appeared on The Singles 86-98.

There is no new track for a B-Side (the first Depeche Mode single, other than the Double A-Side "Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody

Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody

"Blasphemous Rumours"/"Somebody" is Depeche Mode's twelfth UK single and first double A-side single, released on 29 October, 1984.Both A-side songs are from the album Some Great Reward...

" without one), just a remix of "Black Celebration" and various live tracks.

The New Town Remix directly floats into the Live Remix on the limited 12" single with no pause.

The music video for "A Question of Time" is the first DM video to be directed by Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn

Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, music video and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade...

 and brought forth a big relationship with him and the band which still lasts to this day. It was included on the Strange

Strange (video)

Strange - A Black and White Mode by Anton Corbijn is the second music video compilation by Depeche Mode, featuring the first five Depeche Mode videos directed by Anton Corbijn, released in 1988. Corbijn shot the entire video album in Super-8....

 video and The Videos 86-98.

7": Mute / 7Bong12 (UK)

1. "A Question of Time (Remix)" – 4:04
2. "Black Celebration (Live)" – 6:05

12": Mute / 12Bong12 (UK)

1. "A Question of Time (Extended Remix)" – 6:38 (remixed by Phil Harding
   Phil Harding (producer)
   Phil Harding is an English audio engineer, producer and remixer, best known for his extended collaboration with keyboardist and programmer Ian Curnow....
   
   )
2. "Black Celebration (Live)" – 6:05
3. "Something to Do (Live)" – 3:50
4. "Stripped (Live)" – 6:21

12": Mute / L12Bong12 (UK)

1. "A Question of Time (New Town Mix)" – 6:59 (remixed by Rico Conning
   Rico Conning
   Rico Conning is a producer, songwriter, sound designer, and guitarist. In his early career he was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter with London based band the Lines. During the 80s he worked often at North London's Guerilla Studios, producing and mixing such artists as Depeche Mode, Renegade...
   
   )
2. "A Question of Time (Live Remix)" – 4:10
3. "Black Celebration (Black Tulip Mix)" – 6:32 (remixed by Rico Conning
   Rico Conning
   Rico Conning is a producer, songwriter, sound designer, and guitarist. In his early career he was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter with London based band the Lines. During the 80s he worked often at North London's Guerilla Studios, producing and mixing such artists as Depeche Mode, Renegade...
   
   )
4. "More Than a Party (Live Remix)" – 5:05

CD: Mute / CDBong12 (UK)

1. "A Question of Time (Remix)" – 4:04
2. "Black Celebration (Live)" – 6:05
3. "Something to Do (Live)" – 3:50
4. "Stripped (Live)" – 6:21
5. "More Than a Party (Live)" – 5:07
6. "A Question of Time (Extended Remix)" – 6:38
7. "Black Celebration (Black Tulip Mix)" – 6:32
8. "A Question of Time (New Town Mix/Live Remix)" – 11:08

The CD single was released in 1991 as part of the singles box set compilations.

CD: Intercord / Mute INT 826.850 (W.GERMANY)

1. "A Question of Time (Extended Remix)" – 6:39
2. "Stripped (Live)" – 6:22
3. "Black Celebration (Live)" – 5:54
4. "Something to Do (Live)" – 3:50
5. "A Question of Time (Remix)" – 4:06
   • Live tracks recorded on 10 April 1986 at the Birmingham N.E.C.

12": Sire / 0-20530 (US, 1989)

1. "A Question of Time (Extended Remix)" – 6:38
2. "Something to Do (Live)" – 3:50
3. "A Question of Lust (Minimal)" – 6:47
4. "Black Celebration (Live)" – 6:05
   • "A Question of Lust (Minimal)" is falsely titled "A Question of Lust (Extended Version)"
   • Double A-Side with "A Question of Lust"

All songs written by Martin L. Gore

All live tracks were recorded at the Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

N.E.C., on April 10, 1986.

Music video

The music video features all of the band members holding babies.In the beginning of the music video, Alan Wilder is shown on a porch waiting for something. A man dressed almost like a daredevil rides a motorcycle with a baby. He drives to Alan on the porch and hands him the baby. The video shows the other members of the band holding a baby. One baby grabs onto Martin's hair and yanks it profusely while he smiles.

External links

• Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site