"Enjoy the Silence" 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 twenty-fourth UK

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 single, released on 16 January 1990, and the second single from the then upcoming album Violator

Violator (album)

Violator is the seventh studio album by the English electronic group Depeche Mode, released by Mute Records on 19 March 1990.Preceded by the hit singles "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence" , Violator propelled the band into international stardom. The album yielded two further hit singles,...

.

As it is one of Depeche Mode's most well-known songs to date, it has been recorded as a cover version

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 by many other artists, including Breaking Benjamin

Breaking Benjamin

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, Keane, Tori Amos

Tori Amos

Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...

, Lacuna Coil

Lacuna Coil

Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. Formed in 1994, the group has had two name changes since being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal and was inspired by the combination of gothic imagery and music...

, Nada Surf

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Nada Surf is an American alternative rock band. Formed in 1992, the New York band consists of Matthew Caws , Ira Elliot and Daniel Lorca .-Early years:...

, Scala

Scala & Kolacny Brothers

Scala & Kolacny Brothers is a Belgian women's choir, conducted by Stijn Kolacny and arranged and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano. Formed in 1996 and winning the Belgian 'Choir of the Year'-contest in 2000, they have made five studio albums, starting with On The Rocks in 2002.Most songs...

, Entwine

Entwine

Entwine is a Finnish gothic metal band.-Biography:Entwine was originally assembled as a death metal band in 1995 by guitarist and vocalist Tom Mikkola, drummer Aksu Hanttu and bassist Taipale. In 1997 they decided to change Entwine's musical style to gothic metal. Rhythm guitarist and vocalist Panu...

, Failure

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, It Dies Today

It Dies Today

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, Evergreen Terrace

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Evergreen Terrace is a five-piece melodic hardcore/metalcore band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1999, they are named after the street on which The Simpsons claim residence...

, Tanghetto

Tanghetto

Tanghetto is a musical group based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and one of the most important on the neo tango scene.The style of Tanghetto is a blend of tango and electronic music. Formed in 2001 by producer and composer/songwriter Max Masri . Then Max Masri asked guitarist and composer Diego S...

, The Academy Is...

The Academy Is...

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 with Cobra Starship

Cobra Starship

Cobra Starship is an American synthpop band created by former Midtown bassist and lead vocalist Gabe Saporta in 2003 in New York City, New York...

, Anberlin

Anberlin

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, HIM, Matthew Good

Matthew Good

Matthew Frederick Robert Good is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer for the Matthew Good Band, one of Canada's most successful alternative rock bands in the 1990s, before dissolving the band in 2002...

, Bell X1, Apoptygma Berzerk

Apoptygma Berzerk

Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian musical group. They have achieved success with a brand of synthpop, and ballads backed with electronic rhythms, commonly known within the scene and referring to themselves as "futurepop". Apop has won awards and top-10 spots in Germany and Scandinavia...

, No Use for a Name

No Use for a Name

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 and Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle

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. Today, many people consider this as Depeche Mode's signature song

Signature song

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.

"Enjoy the Silence" was re-released as a single in 2004 for the Depeche Mode remix project Remixes 81 - 04

Remixes 81 - 04

-remixes 81·04:* LCDMUTEL8 – one CD edition# "Never Let Me Down Again " – 9:32# "Personal Jesus " – 7:47# "Barrel of a Gun " – 9:36# "Route 66 " – 6:18...

, and was titled "Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" or, more simply, "Enjoy the Silence 04". The "Reinterpreted" version was remixed by Mike Shinoda

Mike Shinoda

Michael "Mike" Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist. He is best known as the rapper, principal songwriter, keyboardist, vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Linkin Park, along with his co-frontman and lead singer Chester Bennington, and as a solo rapper in...

, the rapper and producer for the American

United States

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 band Linkin Park

Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries...

.

The single is Gold certificated in the US and Germany.

The song won Best British Single at the 1991 BRIT Awards

1991 BRIT Awards

The 1991 BRIT Awards were the 11th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 10th February 1991 at Dominion Theatre in London.-Nominations:...

.

Background

When "Enjoy the Silence" was written by Martin Gore

Martin Gore

Martin Lee Gore is an English songwriter, lyricist, singer, guitarist, keyboardist, remixer and DJ. He is a founding member of Depeche Mode and has written the vast majority of their songs...

, it was intended to be a slow-paced ballad in C minor; the demo featured a harmonium

Harmonium

A harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion...

 with Gore singing. Alan Wilder

Alan Wilder

Alan Charles Wilder is a British musician, formerly of Depeche Mode. His current musical project is called Recoil, started as a side project to Depeche Mode. When he left the latter in 1995, it became Wilder's primary project...

 saw hit potential in the track, and composed an upbeat tempo and structure for the song. Despite initial resistance from songwriter Gore, who felt the spirit of the song was not suited to an upbeat track, the rest of the group liked it. After some self-described "sulking", Gore came around and added more to the embryonic fast version together with producer Mark "Flood" Ellis, notably the guitar riff heard throughout. Depeche Mode lead singer David Gahan

David Gahan

Dave Gahan is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the baritone lead singer for the British electronic music band Depeche Mode since their debut in 1980. He is also an accomplished solo artist, releasing albums in 2003 and 2007...

 contributed his distinctive lead vocals to the track and within hours the band was convinced they had a hit single on their hands. At Gore's insistence, the demo would later be remade into the "Harmonium" version (available on the limited edition 12" vinyl and Maxi CD releases), featuring Gore on vocals.

Chart success

"Enjoy the Silence" became one of the band's most successful singles, and its first UK Top 10 hit since 1984. The single rocketed up the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 to #6, remaining there for three weeks. This was the band's highest-charting single since "People Are People

People Are People

"People Are People" is Depeche Mode's tenth UK single it was their first hit single in the US and the first single for the Some Great Reward album....

" peaked at #4 in 1984. Additionally, other than "People Are People", only two other singles released by the band had reached as high as #6: 1982's "See You

See You

"See You" is the fourth UK single by Depeche Mode and the first written by Martin Gore. The single was released on 29 January 1982 and was later included on the band's second album A Broken Frame. The single launched a small world tour, with extra band member Alan Wilder, although he did not...

" and 1983's "Everything Counts

Everything Counts

"Everything Counts" was Depeche Mode's eighth UK single and third US single , from the then upcoming album Construction Time Again...

".

On top of this, the song reached #8 on the US Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, to date the only Depeche Mode single to achieve top 10 status. At the time, the only other Depeche Mode single to hit the US Top 20 was "People Are People", which hit #13. The single also topped the US Modern Rock Tracks

Modern Rock Tracks

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 chart, another first for the band (as this chart had been created in 1988). The chart measures radio airplay on US modern rock

Modern rock

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 stations.

"Enjoy the Silence 04" was almost equally successful in the UK, peaking at #7 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it reached #25 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play. In addition, the limited edition vinyl releases also charted, but due to the fact that their lead track was not "Enjoy the Silence", these releases charted separately. As a result, "Something to Do", the A-side to the L12 release, spent one week at #75 on the UK Singles Chart.

Song versions

The original release of the single included a wide variety of remixes. The standard 12" version of the song is the "Hands and Feet Mix", while the B-side of the 12" version included a dub

Dub music

Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...

 mix called the "Ecstatic Dub". The limited edition 12" release included three more remixes: the aforementioned "Harmonium" version which follows the structure of the original demo, the "Bass Line" version, and the "Ricki Tik Tik Mix." The latter one is actually an edit omitting a synth part in the middle because Mute had to fit everything on a 3" CD. The boxed rerelease finally had the full version. One of the more unusual mixes is "The Quad: Final Mix" which expands the song to over fifteen minutes in length, making it the longest commercially available Depeche Mode track.

In addition to the "reinterpretation" by Mike Shinoda, there were several more remixes of the song released in 2004. The 12" version of the release included remixes by Timo Maas

Timo Maas

Timo Maas is an electronic music DJ/producer and remixer.-Career:Maas bought his first set of turntables at the age of 17, and played his very first DJ set in 1982 at a party in his friend's home...

 and Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...

, while one of the limited edition CDs included a remix from Richard X

Richard X

Richard Philips, best known by his stage name Richard X, is a British songwriter and music producer. Gaining attention as a pioneer of the bootleg craze, Richard X has earned success as a producer and remixer. He has helmed hit singles for artists including Annie, Kelis, Liberty X, Rachel Stevens...

.

"Enjoy the Silence 04" also included a variety of remixes of other Depeche Mode songs, including a Goldfrapp

Goldfrapp

Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London, England, that consists of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory ....

 remix of the Violator track "Halo", a Black Strobe

Black Strobe

Black Strobe were formed in Paris in 1997 by producer Arnaud Rebotini and DJ Ivan Smagghe, and were instrumental in the rise of the electroclash movement in the UK with their breakthrough single Me And Madonna...

 remix of the Some Great Reward

Some Great Reward

Some Great Reward is the fourth album by the British electronic group Depeche Mode, released in 1984. The album peaked at #5 in the UK and at #51 in the US. The title comes from the last lines of the bridge in "Lie to Me" when it repeats near the end....

track "Something to Do", a Cicada

Cicada (band)

Cicada is the name of a United Kingdom based electronic music band. Members include producers Aaron Gilbert , Alex Payne and several guest vocalists including Tom Smith from Editors, Heidrun Bjornsdottir, Ben Onono, Max Berlin, Bjorn from Pacific! and most recently Megan Quashie, Joel Pott, Nik...

 remix of the single "World in My Eyes", and a Rex the Dog

JX (artist)

Jake Williams is a British dance DJ and remixer, who has recorded as JX and Rex the Dog. JX found success in 1993 following a recording contract with Hooj Choons, a United Kingdom dance independent record label.-Chart success:...

 remix of the Speak & Spell

Speak & Spell (album)

Speak & Spell is the first album from the British electronic group Depeche Mode, recorded and released in 1981. The album peaked at #10 in the UK Albums Chart.-Overview:This was the only Depeche Mode album with Vince Clarke as a member of the band...

track "Photographic".

The album version on Violator

Violator (album)

Violator is the seventh studio album by the English electronic group Depeche Mode, released by Mute Records on 19 March 1990.Preceded by the hit singles "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence" , Violator propelled the band into international stardom. The album yielded two further hit singles,...

contains a hidden track called "Crucified", which has Andrew Fletcher on vocals, albeit highly distorted.

B-sides

There are two instrumental B-sides to "Enjoy the Silence". "Sibeling" (the 12" B-side) is a soft piano-tune while "Memphisto" (the 7" B-side) is a darker, eerier track. The title of "Sibeling" refers to Finnish

Finland

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 classical composer

Composer

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 Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius

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. Regarding "Memphisto", according to Martin Gore, "Memphisto is the name of an imaginary film about Elvis

Elvis Presley

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 as a Devil

Devil

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, that I created in my mind". As such, the title is a portmanteau of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

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 and Mephisto

Mephisto

Mephisto or Mephistopheles is one of the chief demons of German literary tradition.Mephisto or Mephistopheles may also refer to:* Mephisto , a high-speed human-powered vehicle...

. "Sibeling" was produced by the combination of the band and Flood, who produced much of Depeche Mode's work from 1990 to 1993, while "Memphisto" was produced by the band alone.

Original version

The 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...

-directed music video

Music video

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 for "Enjoy the Silence" references the themes and storyline of the philosophical children's book The Little Prince

The Little Prince

The Little Prince , first published in 1943, is a novella and the most famous work of the French aristocrat writer, poet and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ....

. Footage of Gahan dressed as a stereotypical king wandering the hillsides of the Scottish Highlands

Scottish Highlands

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, the coast of Portugal and finally the Swiss Alps

Swiss Alps

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 with a deck chair is intercut with black-and-white footage of the band posing. Brief flashes of a single rose (which is also on the album cover of Violator

Violator (album)

Violator is the seventh studio album by the English electronic group Depeche Mode, released by Mute Records on 19 March 1990.Preceded by the hit singles "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence" , Violator propelled the band into international stardom. The album yielded two further hit singles,...

) appear throughout the scenes.

When Corbijn presented the concept of the video to the band, which at the time was simply "Dave dressed up as a king, walking around with a deck chair", they initially rejected it. They changed their minds, when he explained that the idea was that the King (Dave) was represented "a man with everything in the world, just looking for a quiet place to sit"; a king of no kingdom. Andy Fletcher jokes that he favoured the video because "[he] only had to do about an hour's worth of work".

The video uses a slightly different mix of the song (the most notable difference being a new and extended introduction) that has not been released in any audio format. The final long shots of the king walking through the snow are not Gahan but rather the video's producer, Richard Bell. Gahan had left the set, tiring of the cold in Switzerland (recounted by Gahan in the intro to The Videos (86-98)).

World Trade Center Promo Video

In 1990 a promotional video for Enjoy the Silence was shot by French TV featuring Depeche Mode lip-syncing the song while standing atop the World Trade Center

World Trade Center

The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...

 at the WTC rooftop World observatory.

Homages

One of the two videos for Coldplay

Coldplay

Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...

's 2008 song "Viva La Vida

Viva la Vida (song)

"Viva la Vida" , is a song by the British alternative rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends , and was released as the second single from the album. On the album, this song segues directly into the next track,...

" is a homage/tribute to the "Enjoy the Silence" video (it was also directed by Corbijn and features Coldplay singer Chris Martin

Chris Martin

Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin is an English song-writer, who is the lead vocalist, pianist and rhythm guitarist of the band Coldplay. He is married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow.-Early life:...

 walking around dressed as a king).

Mike Shinoda's "Enjoy the Silence 04" was a distortion guitar-driven version of the song, in which he imprinted Linkin Park

Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries...

's distinctive nu metal

Nu metal

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 sound.
Uwe Flade

Uwe Flade

Uwe Flade is a German music video director. He has directed videos for many artists, such as a-ha, Depeche Mode, Franz Ferdinand, In Extremo, Nickelback and Rammstein.-Videography:Music videos:Music documentaries:...

 directed an animated music video for "Enjoy the Silence 04". Monitors in the animation show performances of "Enjoy the Silence" excerpted from Devotional

Devotional (video)

Devotional - A Performance Filmed by Anton Corbijn is a video release by Depeche Mode, featuring almost an entire concert from their 1993-1994 Devotional Tour, filmed in Barcelona, Spain , Liévin, France and Frankfurt, Germany...

and One Night in Paris

One Night in Paris

One Night in Paris - The Exciter Tour - A Live DVD by Anton Corbijn is a video release by Depeche Mode, featuring an entire concert from their 2001 Exciter Tour, shot at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy on October 9 and 10, 2001...

, as well as footage from a concert from The Singles Tour filmed in Cologne in 1998 for MTV.

A version of the song by Anberlin, from the album Punk Goes 90s, was used in the Vampire Diaries episode "Lost Girls" (episode 1.06).

12": Mute / 12Bong18 (UK)

1. "Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix)" – 7:18
3. "Enjoy the Silence (Ecstatic Dub)" – 5:54
4. "Sibeling" – 3:14

12": Mute / L12Bong18 (UK)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:40
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Harmonium)" – 2:41
3. "Enjoy the Silence (Ricki Tik Tik Mix)" – 5:27
4. "Memphisto" – 4:05

CD: Mute / CDBong18 (UK)

1. "Enjoy the Silence" – 4:16
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix 3" Edit)" – 6:41
3. "Enjoy the Silence (Ecstatic Dub Edit)" – 5:45
4. "Sibeling" – 3:15
   • released as 3" CD, rereleases as 5" CD

CD: Mute / LCDBong18 (UK)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:40
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Harmonium)" – 2:41
3. "Enjoy the Silence (Ricki Tik Tik Mix)" – 5:27
4. "Memphisto" – 4:05
   • released as 3" CD

CD: Mute / CDBong18X (EU)

1. "Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15
2. "Memphisto" – 4:02
3. "Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix 3" Edit)" – 6:41
4. "Enjoy the Silence (Ecstatic Dub Edit)" – 5:45
5. "Sibeling" – 3:15
6. "Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:42
7. "Enjoy the Silence (Harmonium)" – 2:41
8. "Enjoy the Silence (Ricki Tik Tik Mix Promo Version)" – 5:59
9. "Enjoy the Silence (The Quad: Final Mix)" – 15:30
   • This CD is the 2004 box set re-release

Promo 12": Mute / P12Bong18 (UK)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:40
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix 3" Edit)" – 6:41
3. "Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15

12"/Cassette: Sire/Reprise / 0-21490 / 4-21490 (US)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (The Quad: Final Mix)" – 15:27
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Ecstatic Dub)" – 5:54
3. "Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:40
4. "Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix)" – 7:20
5. "Memphisto" – 4:05

CD: Sire/Reprise / 21490-2 (US)

1. "Enjoy the Silence" – 4:15
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix)" – 7:18
3. "Sibeling" – 3:15
4. "Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:40
5. "Enjoy the Silence (Ecstatic Dub)" – 5:54
6. "Memphisto" – 4:02
7. "Enjoy the Silence (Ricki Tik Tik Mix)" – 5:27
8. "Enjoy the Silence (Harmonium)" - 2:41

Promo CD: Sire/Reprise / PRO-CD-3976 (US)

1. "Enjoy the Silence" – 4:18
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix)" – 7:20
3. "Enjoy the Silence (Bass Line)" – 7:40

CD: Mute / CDBong34 (EU)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" – 3:32
2. "Halo (Goldfrapp
   Goldfrapp
   Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London, England, that consists of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory ....
   
    Remix)" – 4:22

CD: Mute / LCDBong34 (EU)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas
   Timo Maas
   Timo Maas is an electronic music DJ/producer and remixer.-Career:Maas bought his first set of turntables at the age of 17, and played his very first DJ set in 1982 at a party in his friend's home...
   
    Extended Remix)" – 8:41
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...
   
    Remix [Radio Edit])" – 3:33
3. "Something to Do (Black Strobe
   Black Strobe
   Black Strobe were formed in Paris in 1997 by producer Arnaud Rebotini and DJ Ivan Smagghe, and were instrumental in the rise of the electroclash movement in the UK with their breakthrough single Me And Madonna...
   
    Remix)" – 7:11

CD: Mute / XLCDBong34 (EU)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Richard X
   Richard X
   Richard Philips, best known by his stage name Richard X, is a British songwriter and music producer. Gaining attention as a pioneer of the bootleg craze, Richard X has earned success as a producer and remixer. He has helmed hit singles for artists including Annie, Kelis, Liberty X, Rachel Stevens...
   
    Extended Mix)" – 8:22
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...
   
    Extended Remix)" – 8:39
3. "World in My Eyes (Cicada
   Cicada (band)
   Cicada is the name of a United Kingdom based electronic music band. Members include producers Aaron Gilbert , Alex Payne and several guest vocalists including Tom Smith from Editors, Heidrun Bjornsdottir, Ben Onono, Max Berlin, Bjorn from Pacific! and most recently Megan Quashie, Joel Pott, Nik...
   
    Remix)" – 6:18
4. "Mercy in You (The BRAT Mix)" – 7:03

12": Mute / 12Bong34 (EU)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)" – 8:41
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...
   
    Extended Remix)" – 8:39

12": Mute / L12Bong34 (EU)

1. "Something to Do (Black Strobe Remix)" – 7:11
2. "World in My Eyes (Cicada Remix)" – 6:18
3. "Photographic (Rex the Dog
   JX (artist)
   Jake Williams is a British dance DJ and remixer, who has recorded as JX and Rex the Dog. JX found success in 1993 following a recording contract with Hooj Choons, a United Kingdom dance independent record label.-Chart success:...
   
    Dubb Mix)" – 6:20

12": Mute / XL12Bong34 (EU)

1. "Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)" – 4:22
2. "Clean (Colder
   Colder (artist)
   Colder is a French dance project.The project is the work of Marc Nguyen Tan , a graphic designer who also is a DJ and remixer who remains actively involved in dance music and other projects....
   
    Version)" – 7:09
3. "Little 15 (Ulrich Schnauss
   Ulrich Schnauss
   -Biography:Ulrich Schnauss was born in the northern German seaport of Kiel in 1977. He became interested in a range of music: My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Tangerine Dream, Chapterhouse, and early bleep & breakbeat tracks...
   
    Remix)" – 4:52

Promo 2x12": Mute / P12Bong34 (EU)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)" – 8:41
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...
   
    Extended Remix)" – 8:39
3. "Enjoy The Silence (Richard X Extended Mix)" - 8:22
4. "Enjoy The Silence (Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...
   
    Extended Instrumental)" - 8:35

Promo 12": Mute / PL12Bong34 (EU)

1. "Something to Do (Black Strobe Remix)" – 7:11
2. "World in My Eyes (Cicada Remix)" – 6:18
3. "Photographic (Rex the Dog
   JX (artist)
   Jake Williams is a British dance DJ and remixer, who has recorded as JX and Rex the Dog. JX found success in 1993 following a recording contract with Hooj Choons, a United Kingdom dance independent record label.-Chart success:...
   
    Dubb Mix)" – 6:20

Promo 12": Mute / PXL12Bong34 (EU)

1. "Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)" – 4:22
2. "Clean (Colder
   Colder (artist)
   Colder is a French dance project.The project is the work of Marc Nguyen Tan , a graphic designer who also is a DJ and remixer who remains actively involved in dance music and other projects....
   
    Version)" – 7:09
3. "Little 15 (Ulrich Schnauss
   Ulrich Schnauss
   -Biography:Ulrich Schnauss was born in the northern German seaport of Kiel in 1977. He became interested in a range of music: My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Tangerine Dream, Chapterhouse, and early bleep & breakbeat tracks...
   
    Remix)" – 4:52

Radio Promo CD: Mute / RCDBong34 (EU)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted By Mike Shinoda)" – 3:32
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Richard X Mix)" – 3:30
3. "World in My Eyes (Ewan Pearson Remix (Radio Edit))" – 3:33

12": Reprise / 42757-0 (US)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)" – 8:41
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...
   
    Extended Remix)" – 8:39
3. "Enjoy the Silence (Richard X Extended Mix)" – 8:22
4. "World in My Eyes (Cicada Remix)" – 6:18

CD: Reprise / 42757-2 (US)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" – 3:32
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)" – 8:41
3. "Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson
   Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...
   
    Extended Remix)" – 8:39
4. "Enjoy the Silence (Richard X Extended Mix)" – 8:22
5. "World in My Eyes (Cicada Remix)" – 6:18
6. "Something to Do (Black Strobe Remix)" – 7:11

Promo 12": Reprise / PRO-A-101419A (US)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" – 3:32
2. "Nothing (Headcleanr Rock Mix)" – 3:30
3. "Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)" – 4:22

Promo 2x12": Reprise / PRO-A-101430 (US)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" – 3:32
2. "Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson Extended Remix)" – 8:39
3. "Enjoy the Silence (Richard X Extended Mix)" – 8:22
4. "Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)" – 8:41
5. "World In My Eyes (Cicada Remix)" – 6:18
6. "Something To Do (Black Strobe Remix)" – 7:11

Promo CD: Reprise / PRO-CDR-101419 (US)

1. "Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" – 3:33
2. "Nothing (Headcleanr Rock Mix)" – 3:31
3. "Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)" – 4:22

Peak positions

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	13
Canadian RPM Top Singles	14
Canadian RPM Dance/Urban	5
Danish Singles Chart	1
Dutch Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	5
Finnish Singles Chart	2
French Singles Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	9
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	2
Hungarian Singles Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary....	2
Irish Singles Chart	3
Italian Singles Chart	5
Spanish Singles Chart	5
Swedish Singles Chart	5
Swiss Singles Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	2
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	6
US Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	8
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	6
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...	1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1990)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	66

Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales/shipments
Germany	Gold	250,000
United States	Gold	500,000

Covers

• The Academy Is...
  The Academy Is...
  The Academy Is... was an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2003. Before dispersing, they were signed by the Decaydance imprint of the Fueled by Ramen label. They were originally known as "The Academy", but added the "Is..." in 2004 to avoid legal complications with other...
  
   with Cobra Starship
  Cobra Starship
  Cobra Starship is an American synthpop band created by former Midtown bassist and lead vocalist Gabe Saporta in 2003 in New York City, New York...
  
   released a cover of "Enjoy the Silence" as a single from The Academy Is...'
• Anberlin
  Anberlin
  Anberlin is an American rock band formed in Winter Haven, Florida in 2002. Since the beginning of 2007, the band has consisted of lead vocalist Stephen Christian, guitarists Joseph Milligan and Christian McAlhaney, bassist Deon Rexroat, and drummer Nathan Young.Members of Anberlin originally formed...
  
   covered this song for Fearless Records
  Fearless Records
  Fearless Records is an alternative rock-oriented record label that has been signing artists since 1994. Fearless is based in Westminster, California and are best known for their early pop-punk moments captured in the Fearless Flush Sampler and Punk Bites releases, as well as additional releases by...
  
   compilation, Punk Goes '90s; it also appears on their b-sides album, Lost Songs
  Lost Songs (Anberlin album)
  Lost Songs is a compilation album from the alternative rock band Anberlin, released on November 20, 2007. It is a collection of covers, unreleased songs from previous album sessions and acoustic versions...
  
  . It was used in Season 1 Episode 6 of the TV series "The Vampire Diaries".
• Antimatter
  Antimatter (band)
  Antimatter, a UK Melancholic Rock band, is currently the project of long time member Mick Moss. The project was formed in 1997 by Duncan Patterson and Moss. The pair released three albums together - Saviour, Lights Out and Planetary Confinement. Shortly after the completion of Planetary...
  
   did a cover of it live with Danny Cavanagh of Anathema
  Anathema (band)
  Anathema are an English band from Liverpool primarily known for their ever evolving sound. Beginning as pioneers of the death/doom metal sub-genre, their later albums have been associated with genres such as alternative rock, progressive rock, art rock, new prog, and post-rock.-History:Anathema...
  
  .
• Apoptygma Berzerk
  Apoptygma Berzerk
  Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian musical group. They have achieved success with a brand of synthpop, and ballads backed with electronic rhythms, commonly known within the scene and referring to themselves as "futurepop". Apop has won awards and top-10 spots in Germany and Scandinavia...
  
   covered "Enjoy the Silence" on their APBL98 album which was based on the APB Europe tour in 1997-98. The version has never been released as a studio recording.
• Bell X1 covered the song on The Ray D'Arcy
  Ray D'Arcy
  Raymond 'Ray' D'Arcy is an Irish television and radio presenter. He currently presents a weekday morning radio programme, The Ray D'Arcy Show, on Today FM...
  
   Show on Today FM
  Today FM
  Radio Ireland Ltd, trading as 100-102 Today FM is an Irish commercial FM radio station which is available nationally. The station, which commenced broadcasting on Saint Patrick's Day in 1997, can be received nationally and carries a mix of music and talk...
  
   and occasionally incorporate it into their song "I'll See Your Heart And I'll Raise You Mine". It is a B-side to the single "Rocky Took A Lover."
• The Bloodhound Gang
  The Bloodhound Gang
  The Bloodhound Gang may be a reference to:*The Bloodhound Gang , a segment on the program 3-2-1 Contact*The Bloodhound Gang, a band that took its name from the TV show segment...
  
   covered the song at Rock am Ring
  Rock am Ring
  The Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals are two simultaneous rock music festivals held annually in Germany....
  
   festival.
• Bonehead
  Bonehead (band)
  Bonehead were an American alternative rock band active in the late 1990s and early 2000s. They are best known for their US radio hit, "The Question".-History:...
  
   has covered this song for the Trancemode Express 2.01 tribute album.
• The Brains
  The Brains
  The Brains were a rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, led by songwriter Tom Gray in the early 1980s. Their 1980 debut album was entitled The Brains, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite for Mercury Records. The set is probably most noteworthy for the band's own song, "Money Changes Everything", which...
  
   covered this song on their 2010 album Zombie Nation
  Zombie Nation
  Zombie Nation may refer to:*Zombie Nation , a German techno artist*Zombie Nation , a 1990 NES video game*Zombie Nation , a 2004 independent film...
  
  released by Stomp Records.
• Breaking Benjamin
  Breaking Benjamin
  Breaking Benjamin is an American rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, currently consisting of Benjamin Burnley and Chad Szeliga. The band has released four studio albums to date and a greatest hits album that was released on August 16, 2011. The group initially went on indefinite hiatus due...
  
   have covered the song live, and even recorded it. It was released on their 2011 compilation album, Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin
  Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin
  -Personnel:*Benjamin Burnley - lead vocals, rhythm guitar*Aaron Fink - lead guitar*Mark Klepaski - bass*Chad Szeliga - drums, percussionsAdditional musicians*David Bendeth, Wayne C...
  
  .
• Caater
  Caater
  Caater is a euro-dance duo of Kalle Kukk and Markku Tiidumaa from Tallinn, Estonia. Caater is signed with Sony Music.In 1999, Caater was awarded the "Kuldne Plaat" at the Estonian Music Awards for the single, O Si Ne Ne...
  
  , an Estonian trance/euro-dance duo covered this song on their 2002 album Club Space.
• Division Day
  Division Day
  Division Day is an alternative rock band based in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of four members: Ryan Wilson , Rohner Segnitz , Kevin Lenhart and Seb Bailey ....
  
   has also covered the song.
• DJ Tatana has also covered the song for her album Goliath 4.
• easyworld
  Easyworld
  Easyworld were a British indie alternative rock/pop band hailing from Eastbourne, consisting of David Ford on vocals, Jo Taylor on bass and Glenn Hooper on drums, active between 2001 and 2004...
  
   have also covered this song.
• Engerica released an acoustic cover of the song on the b-side of The Smell.
• Entwine
  Entwine
  Entwine is a Finnish gothic metal band.-Biography:Entwine was originally assembled as a death metal band in 1995 by guitarist and vocalist Tom Mikkola, drummer Aksu Hanttu and bassist Taipale. In 1997 they decided to change Entwine's musical style to gothic metal. Rhythm guitarist and vocalist Panu...
  
   have covered the song on their album The Treasures Within Hearts
  The Treasures Within Hearts
  The Treasures Within Hearts is the first release from the band Entwine released in 1999 on Spikefarm Records. This is the only album to feature original vocalist Panu Willman and bass player Teppo Taipale, as well as marks the band's transition to a more melodic sound.- Track listing :All songs...
  
  .
• Evergreen Terrace
  Evergreen Terrace (band)
  Evergreen Terrace is a five-piece melodic hardcore/metalcore band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1999, they are named after the street on which The Simpsons claim residence...
  
  , Floridan metalcore band, covered the song at the end of their album Burned Alive by Time
  Burned Alive By Time
  Burned Alive By Time is the second full-length album released by melodic hardcore band Evergreen Terrace. It was released on vinyl LP in 2009 via the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based label Mind Over Matter Records.-Track listing:...
  
  under the track Heavy Number One (AKA: Shizzle My Nizzle).
• Failure
  Failure (band)
  Failure was an American rock band that was active from 1990 to 1997, during which they recorded and released three critically acclaimed albums...
  
  , alternative rock
  Alternative rock
  Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
  
   band, covered it for the DM tribute album For the Masses
  For the Masses
  For the Masses is a 1998 tribute album to Depeche Mode, specifically the works of Martin Gore. The album charted in America and reached the Top 20 in Germany, making it the most successful Depeche Mode tribute album of all time....
  
  .
• Gregorian
  Gregorian (band)
  Gregorian is a German band headed by Frank Peterson that performs Gregorian chant-inspired versions of modern pop and rock songs. The band features both vocal harmony and instrumental accompaniment.- Band history :...
  
  , German Gregorian chant
  Gregorian chant
  Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical music within Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services...
  
   band, covered the song in their album Masters of Chant Chapter VII
  Masters of Chant Chapter VII
  Masters of Chant Chapter VII is the tenth album by Gregorian. The album was released September 25, 2009.- Track listing :# "Meadows of Heaven" # "One" # "It Will Be Forgiven"# "Sweet Child of Mine"...
  
  .
• HIM, Finnish Love Metal band, used to cover the song on their early tours.
• It Dies Today
  It Dies Today
  It Dies Today is a metalcore band that formed in Buffalo, New York during September, 2001.- History :It Dies Today formed in August 2001. The group was established in Buffalo, New York by vocalist Nicholas Brooks, guitarist Chris Cappelli and guitarist Steve Lemke...
  
  , American metalcore
  Metalcore
  Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
  
   band, has also covered the song which was featured on the soundtrack for the Showtime horror series Masters of Horror
  Masters of Horror
  Masters of Horror is an informal social group of international film writers and directors specializing in horror movies and an American television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network.- Origin :...
  
  .
• Janita
  Janita
  Janita Maria Ervi , better known by her stage name Janita, is a Finnish soul, alternative rock, and R&B singer–songwriter. Born in Helsinki, she started her career in Finland and later moved to Brooklyn at the age of 17...
  
  , another Finnish native, recorded a melodic jazz
  Jazz
  Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
  
  /soul
  Soul music
  Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
  
   version of the song on the 2006 re-release of her fifth album, 2005's Seasons of Life.
• Jeff Bujak
  Jeff Bujak
  Jeff Bujak is a pianist, music producer and live performer from Syracuse, New York. Born on June 6, 1979, he began classical piano lessons at age 5. He now resides in Northampton, Massachusetts....
  
   does a piano and Fender Rhodes version live. There is no available recording.
• Keane covered this song as acoustic version, they released the song as B side of their single "A Bad Dream
  A Bad Dream
  You might also be looking for Nightmare."A Bad Dream", often mistitled as "Bad Dream", is a song by English piano rock band Keane appearing as the fifth track on their second album, Under the Iron Sea. It was released on 22 January 2007 as the sixth and final single from the album...
  
  " from their second album "Under The Iron Sea
  Under the Iron Sea
  Under the Iron Sea is the second studio album by English rock band Keane, released in 2006. During its first week on sale in the UK, the album went to #1, selling 222,297 copies according to figures from the Official Chart Company...
  
  ". The Video of the cover on YouTube has over 1 million views.
• Kim Wilde
  Kim Wilde
  Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
  
   released her live version of Enjoy the Silence on the single Baby Obey Me
  Baby Obey Me
  "Baby Obey Me" is the fourth and last single from the Kim Wilde album Never Say Never, released in 2006. The album contained new songs as well as re-recorded versions of some of Wilde's 1980s hits....
  
  in 2007.
• Lacuna Coil
  Lacuna Coil
  Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. Formed in 1994, the group has had two name changes since being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal and was inspired by the combination of gothic imagery and music...
  
   features it as their album Karmacode
  Karmacode
  Karmacode is the fourth studio album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released on 31 March 2006 in several countries in Europe, 3 April in the UK and other European countries, April 4th in North America, and 5 April in several other European countries...
  
  s 13th and final track.
• Linkin Park
  Linkin Park
  Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries...
  
   also covered this song.
• Margret Heater
  Margret Heater
  -Biography:Margret Heater formed in 1997 Fayetteville, North Carolina and later relocated to Baltimore, Maryland. The group had experimented with many styles in the metal and heavy metal genre. In 2000, the band toured both the East and West Coasts extensively without major label support, all...
  
  , Baltimore metal band, released their version on the album Manifest.
• Matthew Good Band
  Matthew Good Band
  Matthew Good Band was a Canadian alternative rock band formed by Matthew Good that existed from 1993 to 2002. The band consisted of Good , Dave Genn , Ian Browne and Geoff Lloyd from 1995 to 1999...
  
  , a Canadian alternative band, covered the song for their 1998 limited EP
  Extended play
  An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
  
  , Lo-Fi B-Sides
  Lo-Fi B-Sides
  Released in 1998, Lo-Fi B-Sides was the second EP produced by the now-defunct Matthew Good Band. The EP was limited to 5000 copies and was included as a bonus with purchase of the band's 1997 album Underdogs. It became a highly sought-after collectors item by fans, occasionally commanding a...
  
  . It was later re-released for the lead singer's solo compilation release In A Coma
  In a Coma
  In a Coma: 1995-2005 is the title of the Matthew Good "best of" album, featuring both his solo work and work from the Matthew Good Band.-Details:...
  
  , on the Deluxe Edition's second CD, in 2005.
• Progressive Trance producer Andrew Bennett, who produces as Memento, produced an official cover track based on "Enjoy the Silence" in 2010, entitled "Enjoy The Silence". The track features vocalist Ken Spector, and the radio edit was featured on producer Sander Van Doorn
  Sander van Doorn
  Sander van Doorn Sander van Doorn Sander van Doorn (born Sander Ketelaars [] on February 28, 1979 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands is a Dutch tech trance DJ and producer...
  
  's 2 CD mixed compilation album release entitled "Dusk Till Doorn" released on August 16, 2010 on New State Music. The radio edit was also included on Progressive Trance producers Moonbeam's 2 CD mixed compilation album release called "Moonbeam Presents: Space Odyssey - Venus" released on September 27, 2010 on Black Hole Recordings. On February 21, 2011 the single was released on Big And Dirty records with a Starkillers remix.
• Trance
  Trance music
  Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
  
   producer Mike Koglin
  Mike Koglin
  Mike Koglin is a German trance DJ and producer who lives in London since 1990.- Biography :1998 Mike Koglin had a huge club success with his single "The Silence", a remake of Depeche Modes "Enjoy the Silence". The song reached number 20 in the UK Top 40. He has since produced a large number of...
  
   recorded a trance track based on "Enjoy the Silence" in 1998, entitled "The Silence".
• Moke
  Moke (Amsterdam band)
  Moke is a Dutch band from Amsterdam, which was founded in 2005. They published their debut album Shorland in 2007. Their music is often referred to as Britpop. The band is most popular in the Netherlands, where they became commonly known after a performance in the daily television show 'De Wereld...
  
  , a Dutch rock band has covered this song live on multiple occasions.
• Moonlight
  Moonlight (band)
  -Discography:* Moonlight * Kalpa Taru * Meren Re * Wiem * Inermis...
  
  , a Polish progressive/Gothic band covered the song on their 1999 Inermis album.
• Moriarty
  Moriarty (band)
  -History:Moriarty is made up of five artists of French, American, and Swiss origin. The members were mainly born in France to American parents. The group was named Moriarty in reference to Dean Moriarty, the hero of On the Road by Jack Kerouac....
  
  , Franco-American band did an acoustic cover of the song on the 2008 compilation La Musique de Paris Dernière.
• Brooklyn Alt-Country band My Cousin, The Emperor released their version in June 2011 on their "Don't Steal The Covers!" project
• Nada Surf
  Nada Surf
  Nada Surf is an American alternative rock band. Formed in 1992, the New York band consists of Matthew Caws , Ira Elliot and Daniel Lorca .-Early years:...
  
   cover the song on their 2010 album If I Had a Hi-Fi.
• No Use For a Name
  No Use for a Name
  No Use for a Name is a punk rock band from San Jose, California, United States formed in 1987 by Chris Dodge , Steve Papoutsis , Rory Koff and John Meyers...
  
   covered this song for the Warped Tour: 2001 Compilation CD.
• Nullsleep
  Nullsleep
  Nullsleep is an American electronic musician and computer artist currently residing in New York City. In 1999 he co-founded the low-bit art collective 8bitpeoples, and has served as its lead director since its inception...
  
   recorded eight-bit
  Chiptune
  A chiptune, also known as chip music, is synthesized electronic music often produced with the sound chips of vintage computers and video game consoles, as well as with other methods such as emulation. In the early 1980s, personal computers became cheaper and more accessible than they had previously...
  
   covers of this and several other Depeche Mode songs in his Depeche Mode Megamix.
• Phillip Boa
  Phillip Boa
  Phillip Boa is a German independent music singer, guitarist and composer.-Music:In 1985, he founded the Independent band Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub...
  
   & The Voodooclub did a cover of the song that was released on their single Eugene.
• Alternative rock band The Posies
  The Posies
  The Posies are an alternative rock/power pop group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. They are best known for their radio hits "Golden Blunders" , as well as "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and "Flavor of the Month"...
  
   covered the song as well.
• Ryan Star
  Ryan Star
  Ryan Star is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Long Island, New York. He was also a reality television contestant on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova.-Biography:...
  
  , a contestant on the CBS television show Rockstar: Supernova, performed his own arrangement during his elimination night performance, which aided in saving him from being kicked-off.
• Scala & Kolacny Brothers
  Scala & Kolacny Brothers
  Scala & Kolacny Brothers is a Belgian women's choir, conducted by Stijn Kolacny and arranged and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano. Formed in 1996 and winning the Belgian 'Choir of the Year'-contest in 2000, they have made five studio albums, starting with On The Rocks in 2002.Most songs...
  
  , a Belgian
  Belgium
  Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
  
   girls choir
  Choir
  A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
  
   covered the song for their album It All Leads To This.
• Star Industry
  Star Industry
  Star Industry are a gothic rock band formed in 1996 in Belgium. They have since released three studio albums, a live album and one EP and frequently play festivals...
  
   also covered the song.
• Stigmata also covered the song.
• Susan Boyle
  Susan Boyle
  Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ...
  
  , a Scottish singer, covered the song on her 2011 album Someone to Watch Over Me
  Someone to Watch Over Me (album)
  *The album is also available in a Special Edition that features a bonus DVD with music videos of the songs "You Have to Be There", "Unchained Melody", "Autumn Leaves", and "Perfect Day".-Charts:-Release history:...
  
  .
• Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
  Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
  Susanna and the Magical Orchestra is the moniker of singer Susanna Karolina Wallumrød , and keyboard player Morten Qvenild . Their style of music can be described as quiet, slow pop mixed with elements from electronica and jazz...
  
   recorded a slow, stripped down version of the song on the record Melody Mountain
  Melody Mountain
  Melody Mountain is Norwegian group Susanna and the Magical Orchestra's second album, released in 2006. It is a collection of low-key cover versions from a variety of artists.-Track listing:...
  
  in 2006.
• Tanghetto
  Tanghetto
  Tanghetto is a musical group based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and one of the most important on the neo tango scene.The style of Tanghetto is a blend of tango and electronic music. Formed in 2001 by producer and composer/songwriter Max Masri . Then Max Masri asked guitarist and composer Diego S...
  
  , an Argentine neo-tango band from Buenos Aires
  Buenos Aires
  Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
  
  , did an instrumental version with the bandoneon
  Bandoneón
  The bandoneón is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It plays an essential role in the orquesta típica, the tango orchestra...
  
   taking the role of the lead voice. This was included in their Buenos Aires Remixed
  Buenos Aires Remixed
  Buenos Aires Remixed is a remix album from the Argentine neotango band Tanghetto. The album includes 12 remixes of older songs from the band in a house / progressive mood...
  
  album as track #3. Tanghetto's version charted in Greece and other countries of Eastern Europe.
• Texas Lightning
  Texas Lightning
  Texas Lightning is a German quintet from Hamburg which fits in the country music genre and describes itself as old fashioned and hip. Their music is a mix of country and pop drawing from country classic stars like Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash and Tammy Wynette and pop stars such as ABBA,...
  
  , a German country band with Olli Dittrich, did a cover of the song.
• Tori Amos
  Tori Amos
  Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
  
   recorded a sparse-sounding cover of the song for her Strange Little Girls
  Strange Little Girls
  Strange Little Girls is a concept album released by singer-songwriter Tori Amos in 2001. The album's 12 tracks are covers of songs written and originally performed by men, reinterpreted by Amos from a female's point of view. Amos created female personae for each track and was photographed as...
  
  album.
• Vernon Reid
  Vernon Reid
  Vernon Reid is an English-born American guitarist, songwriter, composer, and bandleader. Best known as the founder and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Living Colour, Reid was named #66 on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.Critic Steve Huey writes, "[Reid's]...
  
   recorded an instrumental hard rock
  Hard rock
  Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
  
  /reggae
  Reggae
  Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
  
   version of the song on his album Other True Self.
• Vitamin String Quartet covered the song for their album String Quartet Tribute to Depeche Mode.
• Sylvain Chauveau
  Sylvain Chauveau
  Sylvain Chauveau is a critically acclaimed instrumental music and electronic music artist and composer from Bayonne, France.-Background:Sylvain Chauveau was born in Bayonne, France , and now lives in Brussels, Belgium...
  
   covered the song for Down to the Bone - An Acoustic Tribute to Depeche Mode with Ensemble Nocturne.

Lacuna Coil version

"Enjoy the Silence" is the second single by Lacuna Coil

Lacuna Coil

Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. Formed in 1994, the group has had two name changes since being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal and was inspired by the combination of gothic imagery and music...

 from their album Karmacode

Karmacode

Karmacode is the fourth studio album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released on 31 March 2006 in several countries in Europe, 3 April in the UK and other European countries, April 4th in North America, and 5 April in several other European countries...

. It made the New York Post

New York Post

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s Top 100 Cover Songs list.

There is a UK version of the video and an International one. Both videos include the band performing in a dark room, but aside from that the UK version shows live clips of the London Forum show, while the International one shows scenes of a city (Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

), the countryside, and a bay.

There are three "volumes" of the single.

Volume I

1. "Enjoy the Silence" - 4:08
2. The Edge (Live) - 3:28
3. Fragile (Live) - 4:40
4. Video Interview (Enhanced Video)

Volume II

1. "Enjoy the Silence"
2. "To the Edge" (Live)
3. "Fragile" (Live)
4. "Tight Rope" (Live)

Volume III (Picture Disc)

1. "Enjoy the Silence"
2. "Silence"

Digital Single

1. "Enjoy the Silence" - 4:06
2. "Virtual Environment" - 5:23
3. "To the Edge" (Live) - 3:28
4. "Fragile" (Live) - 4:40
5. "Tight Rope" (Live) - 4:54
6. "Enjoy the Silence" (Live) - 4:22

External links

• "Enjoy the Silence" single information