10 Greatest Ever Depeche Mode Songs

After the surprising commercial success of Music For The Masses, the band's now legion of worldwide devotees were eagerly anticipating what was to follow. The first single from their follow up album, Violator, was Personal Jesus, one of the band's most enduring songs. It suggested a bluesier and more rock-oriented approach. While the band would adopt a harder edge in subsequent years, it was the contrast of the electric guitar with their more familiar synth sound that turned Violator into both a critical and commercial blockbuster.

Nowhere is this more apparent than on Enjoy The Silence. It is the ultimate song of contrasts, juxtaposing Martin Gore's minimalist guitar riff with a hypnotic synth undercurrent. Add in Dave Gahan's soulful vocal delivery and you have a ballad that can simultaneously be danced to.

The chorus "All I ever wanted / All I ever needed / Is here in my arms" could concern both embracing a loved one or injecting heroin, which continues the duality of sound and meaning that pervades the entire track.

Enjoy The Silence is, quite simply, one of the greatest songs ever written.