Just Can't Get Enough
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| "Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode" | ||
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| Single by Depeche Mode | ||
| from the album Speak and Spell | ||
| B-side(s) | "Any Second Now" | |
| Released | September 7, 1981 | |
| Format | Vinyl record (7" and 12"), CD (1991 box set) | |
| Recorded | 1981 | |
| Genre | Synthpop | |
| Length | 7" - 3:41 12" - 6:43 |
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| Label | Mute Records | |
| Writer(s) | Vince Clarke | |
| Producer(s) | Depeche Mode and Daniel Miller | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Depeche Mode singles chronology | ||
| "New Life" (1981) |
"Just Can't Get Enough" (1981) |
"See You" (1982) |
"Just Can't Get Enough" is the third UK single by Depeche Mode originally released on September 7, 1981. It was also the band's first single to be released in the United States, on February 18, 1982. The single was the final single to be written by Vince Clarke who left the band in October of 1981. The song would be included on the band's first album, Speak and Spell, which was released a month after the single.
The single version of "Just Can't Get Enough" is the same version that appears on the UK version of Speak and Spell. The "Schizo Mix" is an extended version with a different intro and an ambient tune popping up after the choruses. It appears on the US version of Speak and Spell, the UK rerelease of Speak and Spell, the rerelease of The Singles (81-85) and Remixes 81 - 04.
In addition, the single's B-side "Any Second Now" was the first commercially available Depeche Mode instrumental. It shows up on the UK rerelease of Speak and Spell. A version including vocals (the first Depeche Mode vocals to be handled by Martin Gore) would appear on the album as "Any Second Now (Voices)". There is also an extended version, the "Altered" Mix. In the United States, the B-side is "Tora! Tora! Tora!". On the Speak and Spell album, the song is crossfaded with the previous track, "Photographic", but on the single, the introduction is clean.
The single reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart and #26 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, making it their highest-charting single at the time on both counts. It also became the band's first (and biggest) hit in Australia, reaching #4.
"Just Can't Get Enough" is also the first Depeche Mode song to get a music video. It is the only DM video with Vince Clarke. The director was Clive Richardson.
In 2004, the French band Nouvelle Vague (band) adapted the song in a jazzy / bossa-nova style on the album Nouvelle Vague (album). Japanese musician Anna Tsuchiya covered this song on her 2007 single Kuroi Namida except it is re-arranged as a downbeat rock piece.
It was used in a promotion for the now-defunct ITV Day morning-afternoon service between 2003-5. The cover by Nouvelle Vague has been widely used as background music on British television, including being used as the theme for BBC One's Christmas promotions in 2004.
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[edit] Track listings
[edit] 7": Mute / 7Mute16 (UK)
- "Just Can't Get Enough" (3:41)
- "Any Second Now" (3:06)
[edit] 12": Mute / 12Mute16 (UK)
- "Just Can't Get Enough [Schizo Mix]" (6:43)
- "Any Second Now [Altered]" (5:41)
[edit] CD: Mute / CDMute16 (UK)
- "Just Can't Get Enough" (3:45)
- "Any Second Now" (3:09)
- "Just Can't Get Enough [Schizo Mix]" (6:48)
- "Any Second Now [Altered]" (5:42)
- CD released in 1991
[edit] 7": Sire / SRE50029 (US)
- "Just Can't Get Enough" (3:41)
- "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (4:23)
- All songs written by Vince Clarke except for "Tora! Tora! Tora!", written by Martin Gore
