A Question of Time

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"A Question of Time"
"A Question of Time" cover
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Black Celebration
B-side(s) "Black Celebration [Live]"
Released August 11, 1986
Format Vinyl record (7" and 12"), CD (1991 box set)
Recorded 1986
Genre Synthpop
Length 7" - 4:04
12" - 6:38
Label Mute Records
Writer(s) Martin Gore
Producer(s) Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller, Gareth Jones
Chart positions
  • #17 (UK)
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"A Question of Lust"
(1986)
"A Question of Time"
(1986)
"Strangelove"
(1987)

"A Question of Time" is Depeche Mode's seventeenth UK single, released on August 11, 1986, following the similarly titled "A Question of Lust" single.

The 7" remix of "A Question of Time" might be more different from its album version than most other Depeche Mode singles, similar to Strangelove, Behind the Wheel, In Your Room and Freelove. The once industrial song became a dance track.

There is no new track for a B-Side (the first Depeche Mode single, other than the Double A-Side "Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody" with this dubious honor), just a remix of "Black Celebration" and various live tracks.

The New Town Remix directly floats into the Live Remix on the limited 12" single with no pause.

The music video for "A Question of Time" is the first DM video to be directed by Anton Corbijn and brought forth a big relationship with him and the band which still lasts to this day. It was included on the Strange video and The Videos 86-98.

Contents

[edit] Track listings

[edit] 7": Mute / 7Bong12 (UK)

  1. "A Question of Time [Remix]" (4:04)
  2. "Black Celebration [Live]" (6:05)

[edit] 12": Mute / 12Bong12 (UK)

  1. "A Question of Time [Extended]" (6:38)
  2. "Black Celebration [Live]" (6:05)
  3. "Something to Do [Live]" (3:50)
  4. "Stripped [Live]" (6:21)

[edit] 12": Mute / L12Bong12 (UK)

  1. "A Question of Time [New Town Remix]" (6:59)
  2. "A Question of Time [Live Remix]" (4:10)
  3. "Black Celebration [Black Tulip Mix]" (6:32)
  4. "More Than A Party [Live Remix]" (5:05)

[edit] CD: Mute / CDBong12 (UK)

  1. "A Question of Time [Remix]" (4:04)
  2. "Black Celebration [Live]" (6:05)
  3. "Something to Do [Live]" (3:50)
  4. "Stripped [Live]" (6:21)
  5. "More Than A Party [Live]" (5:07)
  6. "A Question of Time [Extended]" (6:38)
  7. "Black Celebration [Black Tulip Mix]" (6:32)
  8. "A Question of Time [New Town Remix] / A Question of Time [Live]" (11:08)

The CD single was released in 1991 as part of the singles box set compilations
"A Question of Time [New Town Remix]" and "A Question of Time [Live]" were always one track, but only on the CD is it labeled as such.

[edit] 12": Sire / 0-20530 (US)

  1. "A Question of Time [Extended]" (6:38)
  2. "Something to Do [Live]" (3:50)
  3. "A Question of Lust [Minimal]" (6:47)
  4. "Black Celebration [Live]" (6:05)
  • "A Question of Lust [Minimal]" is falsely titled "A Question of Lust [Extended Version]"
  • Double A-Side with "A Question of Lust"

All songs written by Martin L. Gore
All live tracks were recorded at the Birmingham N.E.C., on April 10th, 1986.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Depeche Mode
David Gahan | Martin Gore | Andrew Fletcher
Vince Clarke | Alan Wilder
Depeche Mode discography

Studio albums: Speak & Spell | A Broken Frame | Construction Time Again | Some Great Reward | Black Celebration | Music for the Masses | Violator | Songs of Faith and Devotion | Ultra | Exciter | Playing the Angel

Compilations: People Are People | The Singles 81>85 | Catching Up with Depeche Mode | The Singles 86>98 | Remixes 81 - 04 | The Best Of, Volume 1

Live Albums: 101 | Songs of Faith and Devotion Live

Tribute Albums: For the Masses | A Techno Tribute to Depeche Mode

Singles: Dreaming of Me | New Life | Just Can't Get Enough | See You | The Meaning of Love | Leave in Silence | Get the Balance Right | Everything Counts | Love, in Itself | People Are People | Master and Servant | Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody | Shake the Disease | It's Called a Heart | Stripped | A Question of Lust | A Question of Time | Strangelove | Never Let Me Down Again | Behind the Wheel | Little 15 | Everything Counts (Live) | Personal Jesus | Enjoy the Silence | Policy of Truth | World in My Eyes I Feel You | Walking in My Shoes | Condemnation | In Your Room | Barrel of a Gun | It's No Good | Home | Useless | Only When I Lose Myself | Dream On | I Feel Loved | Freelove | Goodnight Lovers | Enjoy the Silence 04 | Precious | A Pain That I'm Used To | Suffer Well | John the Revelator / Lilian | Martyr

Videography

Videos: The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg | Some Great Videos | Strange | 101 | Strange Too | Devotional | The Videos 86>98 | One Night in Paris | Touring the Angel: Live in Milan

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