Shake the Disease

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"Shake the Disease"
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Single by Depeche Mode
from the album The Singles 81→85
B-side"Flexible"
Released29 April 1985
RecordedMarch 1985
StudioHansa Mischraum (Berlin)
Genre
Length4:49
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)Martin L. Gore
Producer(s)
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody"
(1984) 		"Shake the Disease"
(1985) 		"It's Called a Heart"
(1985)
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 an innovative camera trick to make it appear as though the band members are falling.[2][3] It was shot in the town of Hounslow, London. 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 UK Singles Chart,[5] while charting within the top 10 in Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland and West Germany.[6][7] In France, it peaked at number 13, spending six months in the top 50.[8] The track also reached number 33 on the Hot Dance/Disco 12 Inch Singles Sales chart in the United States.[9]

It reached number one on the KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1985.[10]

Track listings[]

All tracks are written by Martin L. Gore.

Charts[]

References[]

  1. ^ Doole, Kerry (July 1989). "The Class of 101". Music Express. Vol. 13 no. 138. pp. 40–44. ISSN 0848-9645.
  2. ^ Miller, Jonathan (5 November 2009). Stripped: Depeche Mode. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-026-7. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ Baker, Trevor (5 November 2009). Dave Gahan - Depeche Mode & The Second Coming. Bonnier Zaffre. ISBN 978-1-78418-955-6. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ^ 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. 96. ISBN 978-1-4930-5400-8. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Depeche Mode: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Shake the Disease". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Swedishcharts.com – Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Lescharts.com – Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Depeche Mode Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  10. ^ "List of KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns". RadioHitlist.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  12. ^ "European Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol. 2 no. 24. 17 June 1985. p. 10. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  13. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  14. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Depeche Mode – Shake the Disease". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts – 1985" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

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