What are Depeche Mode's biggest songs?

9 May 2025, 10:00

Which tracks in the band's extensive back catalogue are the most popular?

By Radio X

@RadioX

• Current members: Dave Gahan, Martin L. Gore
• First single: Dreaming Of Me (February 1981)
• Album discography: Speak & Spell (October 1981); A Broken Frame (September 1982); Construction Time Again (August 1983); Some Great Reward (September 1984); Black Celebration (March 1986); Music For The Masses (September 1987); Violator (March 1990); Songs Of Faith & Devotion (March 1993); Ultra (Apri; 1997); Exciter (May 2001); Playing The Angel (October 2005); Sounds Of The Universe (April 2009); Delta Machine (March 2013); Spirit (March 2017); Memento Mori (March 2023).

1. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence: released 5th February 1990

   

   Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Official Video)

   Released a month before its parent album Violator in 1990, this Mode classic only made it to No 6 in the UK charts at the time, but its reputation has grown over the years. Enjoy The Silence has since notched up over 811 million Spotify plays, 479 million YouTube views and has also been given Platinum status in Germany, Italy and Denmark, and earning Gold discs in Sweden, Portugal and the US. Internationally, it's Depeche Mode's biggest hit, even making No 1 in the Spanish charts.

2. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus: released 29th August 1989

   

   Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (Official Video)

   The band's final single of the 80s was a preview for the mammoth Violator album that would appear in the early months of the new decade. The Anton Corbijn video has been watched 203 million times on YouTube and the track has been played 405 million times on Spotify.

3. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough: released 7th September 1981

   

   Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (Official Video)

   Depeche Mode's first Platinum disc in the UK, this 1981 single still only made it to No 8 on its initial release. Its popularity has only grown in the four decades since, with over 484 million streams on Spotify and 96 million views on YouTube.

4. Depeche Mode - Policy Of Truth: released 7th May 1990

   

   Depeche Mode - Policy Of Truth (Official Video)

   The third single to come from Violator, the original single didn't make the UK top 10 (it peaked at 16), but in more recent years the song has amassed 138 million Spotify streams and 117 million YouTube views...

5. Depeche Mode - Precious: released 3rd October 2005

   

   Depeche Mode - Precious (Official Video)

   A gold record in Germany and a Top 5 hit in the UK, this single from the 2005 album Playing The Angel was also a No 1 hit in Denmark, Italy, Spain and Sweden. It's had 157 million Spotify streams and 89 million YouTube views to date.

6. Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again: released 24th August 1987

   

   Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again (Official Video) (Heard on Episode 1 of The Last Of Us)

   After this 1987 track was used in a first season episode of the HBO series The Last Of Us in 2023, streams of the song tripled overnight. It's now had 113 million streams on Spotify and the incredibly atmospheric video has notched up 118 million views.

7. Depeche Mode - Strangelove: released 27th April 1987

   

   Depeche Mode - Strangelove (Official Video)

   Released in the Spring of 1987 as a trailer for the band's sixth album Music For The Masses, Strangelove was a huge alternative club hit, making the Top 10 in Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Sweden. Switzerland and West Germany. In recent years, it's achieves 108 million Spotify streams and 109 million YouTube views.

8. Depeche Mode - It's No Good: released 31st March 1997

   

   Depeche Mode - It's No Good (Official Video)

   The second single from the Ultra album made No 5 in the UK and topped the charts in Sweden, Spain, Italy and Denmark. The track has achieved 104 million Spotify streams and 75 million views on YouTube.

9. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts: released 11th July 1983

   

   Depeche Mode - Everything Counts (Official Video)

   The lead single from 1983's Construction Time Again has gone on to become a favourite at Depeche Mode live shows. Originally peaking at No 6 in the charts, the single as awarded Silver status by the BPI and has received 76 million YouTube views, with 64 million Spotify streams to date.

10. Depeche Mode - People Are People: released 12th March 1984

    

    Depeche Mode - People Are People (Official Video)

    Awarded a Silver disc in the UK and peaking at No 4 in the charts here, this memorable tune was also the first Mode track to break the US top 20 back in '84. It's now notched up 90 million Spotify streams and 41 million YouTube views.