A Question of Time

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“A Question of Time”
Single by Depeche Mode from the album Black Celebration
B-side	"Black Celebration [Live]"
Released	August 11, 1986
Format	Vinyl record (7" and 12"), CD (1991 box set)
Recorded	Late 1985
Genre	Synthpop
Length	7" - 4:04 12" - 6:38
Label	Mute Records
Writer(s)	Martin Gore
Producer	Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller, Gareth Jones
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.

[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) (remixed by Phil Harding)
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) (remixed by Rico Conning)
2. "A Question of Time [Live Remix]" (4:10)
3. "Black Celebration [Black Tulip Mix]" (6:32) (remixed by Rico Conning)
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 10, 1986.

[edit] External links

• Single information from the official Depeche Mode web site