"Enjoy The Silence" is a song by the English electronic band Depeche Mode, taken from their seventh studio album, Violator. The song was recorded in 1989 and released on 16 January 1990 as the album's second single.
It was re-released as a single in 2004 for the band's remix project Remixes 81–04. On the standard edition of the album (with 1 dot on the title), Mike Shinoda's remix is track 12, but on the Limited Edition (3-CD edition with 3 dots on the title) it is track 13 on disc 3. The remix isn't found on the 2-CD edition (with 2 dots) of the album.
Singles were released for 3 remixes of "Enjoy The Silence", each of which can be differentiated by the number of dots on the title: Mike's remix has either 1 or none while "Timo Maas Extended Remix" has 2 or 3 and "Richard X Extended Mix" has 4. Promo releases are titled "Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted)" while singles are titled "Enjoy The Silence 04".
Background
Martin Gore explained how the song came together on issue 37 of Bong Magazine (the official Depeche Mode fan club magazine): "This was the only time ever in the studio when we thought we had a hit single. When I finished the demo of this song it was more of a ballad and sounded a bit like the harmonium version that came out on one of the formats. Alan had this idea to speed it up and make it a bit more disco which I was really averse to at first, because I thought ‘the song is called 'Enjoy The Silence' and it’s supposed to be about serenity, and serenity doesn’t go with the disco beat’. So I was sulking for about two days but after he sped it up, I got used to it and added the guitar part, which adds to the whole atmosphere. We could really hear that it had a crossover potential. I have to say that I was sulking for two days for no reason."[1]
As for the meaning of the song, he said, "It's just about a feeling of not wanting anything else, feeling totally satisfied, and even the words and everything seem an intrusion. You don't need anything else, you're totally happy. It's a nice song, it's nice, that's a way to put it, it's nice."[2]
On Depeche Mode's 2004 album Remixes 81-04, "Enjoy The Silence" was reimagined by Mike Shinoda[3] as a distortion guitar-driven version of the song, in which he imprinted what, at the time, was Linkin Park's distinctive nu-metal sound. Despite his bandmate Rob Bourdon being credited for drums on the remix, Mike said "They are VST drums, synth drums. I made them. I played them with the keyboard".[4]
On a May 18, 2020 stream, Mike said about the remix, "I think they were doing like a remaster / compilation /greatest hits thing and they asked me to do it. I don't know how my name got added to the mix but I think I had mentioned a bunch of times that I loved Depeche Mode. I didn't meet them at the time, I just did the remix and sent it. Their management sent it back a note saying, "oh the guys liked it." We never met, and then I saw them play like fifteen years later I saw them play in LA. I met the band then, and they were great. They realized, they said, "oh thanks for doing that remix."[5]
Linkin Park wrote about the impact Depeche Mode's music had on them: "We grew up on the band. They were one of our earliest influences--from the sounds they used to the ways they put a song together."[6] Linkin Park songs influenced by Depeche Mode include "Crawling", "Numb", "Heavy", "Breaking The Habit", "The Catalyst", "In Pieces" and "Pushing Me Away".[7]
Tracklist
CD Single
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted) | Martin Gore | 3:32 |
| 2 | Halo (Goldfrapp Remix) | Martin Gore | 4:22 |
| 3 | Enjoy The Silence (Video) | Martin Gore | 3:25 |
Promo Single
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted By Mike Shinoda) | Martin Gore | 3:32 |
| 2 | Enjoy The Silence (Richard X Mix) | Martin Gore | 3:30 |
| 3 | Enjoy The Silence (Ewan Pearson Remix Radio Edit) | Martin Gore | 3:33 |
Promo Vinyl Single 1
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted By Mike Shinoda) | Martin Gore | 3:32 |
| 2 | Nothing (Headcleanr Rock Mix) | Martin Gore | 3:30 |
| 3 | Halo (Goldfrapp Remix) | Martin Gore | 4:22 |
Promo Vinyl Single 2
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted By Mike Shinoda) | Martin Gore | 3:32 |
| 2 | Enjoy The Silence (Ewan Pearson Extended Remix) | Martin Gore | 8:39 |
| 3 | Enjoy The Silence (Richard X Extended Mix) | Martin Gore | 8:22 |
| 4 | Enjoy The Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix) | Martin Gore | 8:41 |
| 5 | Enjoy The Silence (Cicada Remix) | Martin Gore | 6:18 |
| 6 | Something To Do (Black Strobe Remix) | Martin Gore | 7:11 |
Music Video
An animated music video was directed by Uwe Flade. Monitors in the animation show performances of "Enjoy the Silence" excerpted from Devotional and One Night in Paris, as well as footage from a concert from The Singles Tour filmed in Cologne in 1998 for MTV.
Artist Name: Depeche Mode
Song Name: Enjoy the Silence '04
Director: Uwe Flade
Director of Photography: Fabian Hothan
Production Companies: QFilmproduktion, Cops And Robbers
Producer: Mark Entzelmann
Post Producer: Kristina Flach
Video Commissioner: John Moule
Production Designer: Niklas Briner
Storyboard Artist: Niklas Briner
Art Director: Kaja Busse
Inferno Artist: Sebastian Locker, Jörg Brümmer, Steffen Thron
Post Production Company: Das Werk
Online Editor: Christian Esquerre, Gregor Landgraf
3D Artist: Christian Laskawi, Jürgen Biehlstein, Carlos Fleischer
VFX Artist: Philipp Danner, Alex Kähler, Florian Alt, Alex Brommer, Philipp Schneider
Combustion Artist: Heike Mauer, Andreas Rathmacher
Versions
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.
| Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted) | Enjoy The Silence 04
Remixes 81-04 |
3:30 | 2004 | October 18, 2004 |
|
| Enjoy The Silence (Mike Shinoda Mix) | Remixes 81-04 (Unmastered) | 3:33 | 2004 |
Promotion
Personnel
- Produced by Depeche Mode and Flood
- Reinterpreted by Mike Shinoda for Cinematic Productions
- Remixed and recorded at The Stockroom
- Guitar, bass, piano, keyboard by Mike Shinoda
- Drums by Rob Bourdon and Mike Shinoda
- Mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent
- Assisted by David Treahearn
- 2nd Assistant - Rob Haggett
- Written by Martin L. Gore
- Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd., assigned by Grabbing Hands Music Ltd.
- The original version of 'Enjoy The Silence' appears on the album 'Violator'
- Management: Jonathan Kessler for Baron Inc.
- Depeche Mode office: JD Fanger, Venusnote Ltd.
- Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange
- Design by Intro
Lyrics
Words like violence / break the silence
Come crashing in / into my little world
Painful to me / pierce right through me
Can't you understand / oh, my little girl?
All I ever wanted / all I ever needed
Is here / in my arms
Words are very / unnecessary
They can only do harm
Vows are spoken / to be broken
Feelings are intense / words are trivial
Pleasures remain / so does their pain
Words are meaningless / and forgettable
All I ever wanted / all I ever needed
Is here / in my arms
Words are very / unnecessary
They can only do harm
All I ever wanted / all I ever needed
Is here / in my arms
Words are very / unnecessary
They can only do harm
All I ever wanted / all I ever needed
Is here / in my arms
Words are very / unnecessary
They can only do harm
(Enjoy the silence)
(Enjoy the silence)
(Enjoy the silence)
(Enjoy the silence)
(Enjoy the silence)
(Enjoy the silence)
Gallery
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Single
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Remixes 81-04 (1 disc edition)
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Remixes 81-04 (2 discs edition). This version doesn't contain Mike's remix, but its artwork is used for the single in some digital stores
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Remixes 81-04 (3 discs edition)
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External Links
References
- ↑ Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode Live Wiki
- ↑ Depeche Mode on 120 Minutes (1990) - YouTube, August 06, 2017
- ↑ Depeche Mode - Fun Fact - Mike Shinoda remixed "Enjoy the... | Facebook, May 19, 2017
- ↑ Details I found watching Mike's livestreams - Everything Linkin Park - Linkin Park Live, April 15, 2020
- ↑ Mike Q&A Summary 5/18/2020 - Newswire - Linkin Park Live, May 20, 2020
- ↑ Depeche Mode - We’re taking over the Depeche Mode Facebook..., May 19, 2017
- ↑ Depeche Mode - Here are some of our favorite DM songs + a... | Facebook, May 19, 2017
- ↑ Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence '04 (2004) | IMVDb
- ↑ Depeche Mode - Remixes 81-04 (Unmastered) (CD) at Discogs