Shake the disease
| Shake the disease | |
|---|---|
| Depeche Mode | |
| publication | April 29, 1985 |
| length | 4:48 (7 "single / album version), 3:59 (fadeout version), 8:46 (12" version) |
| Genre (s) | Synthpop , New Wave |
| Author (s) | Martin Gore |
| album | The Singles 81 → 85 |
Shake the Disease is a song by the British band Depeche Mode . It was released in April 1985 as a single from their album The Singles 81> 85 . In Great Britain the song reached number 18, in the Federal Republic of Germany number 4 in the charts. The song reached number 26 in the German annual charts. It is one of the few singles by the band that cannot be found on a studio album.
history
Shake the Disease was recorded in early 1985 with Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones and was the first single from the compilation album, followed by the second new song on the album, It's Called a Heart . Shake the Disease used sampling sounds similar to rubbing along a metal grille. Alan Wilder said the song captured "the essence of the band".
Music video
The music video was the first of the band with director Peter Care . Extensive trickery was used to make the band members appear to be falling.
reception
Allmusic's Ned Raggett described the interplay of the vocal parts of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore as "lovely". The arrangement is "sly, sensuous, and just harsh enough, a combination of clattering noise samples and soothing synth wash and melody". He gave the piece four out of five stars.
Individual evidence
- ↑ release date
- ↑ http://chartarchive.org/r/12253
- ↑ http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Depeche+Mode&title=Shake+The+Disease&cat=s&country=de
- ↑ Kerry Doole, The Class of 101 , Music Express, 13 (138), July 1989, pp. 40-44.
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/shake-the-disease-mw0000653701