Some Great Videos

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Some Great Videos
Directed by	Clive Richardson Peter Care
Produced by	Clive Richardson Productions GLO Productions Ltd.
Written by	Depeche Mode
Starring	David Gahan Martin L. Gore Andrew Fletcher Alan Wilder Vince Clarke
Distributed by	Virgin Video
Release date(s)	1985 (UK)
Running time	46 minutes
Language	English
Budget	unknown
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Some Great Videos is the first music video compilation by Depeche Mode, featuring ten music videos directed by Clive Richardson or Peter Care, released in 1985. It coincides with The Singles 81>85

There are ten videos in the original version, the first video "Just Can't Get Enough", and all videos from "Everything Counts" in 1983 to "It's Called a Heart" in 1985. There's also a bonus live video of "Photographic".

To coincide with the rerelease of The Singles 81>85, "Some Great Videos" was re-released as "Some Great Videos 81>85". The tracklist is the same as the original UK version, but the artwork is all from the rereleased Singles 81>85.

[edit] Videos

[edit] VHS: Virgin / VVD193 (UK)

1. Just Can't Get Enough
2. Everything Counts
3. Love, in Itself
4. People Are People [Different Mix]
5. Master and Servant
6. Blasphemous Rumours
7. Somebody
8. Shake the Disease
9. It's Called a Heart
10. Photographic [Live]

[edit] VHS: Sire / 38124-3 (US)

1. Just Can't Get Enough
2. Everything Counts
3. Love, in Itself
4. People Are People [Different Mix]
5. Master and Servant
6. Blasphemous Rumours
7. Somebody
8. Shake the Disease
9. It's Called a Heart
10. Photographic [Live]
11. "A Question of Lust"

[edit] LD (CLV): Sire / 38124-6 (US)

1. Just Can't Get Enough
2. Everything Counts
3. Love, in Itself
4. People Are People [12" version]
5. Master and Servant
6. Blasphemous Rumours
7. Somebody
8. Shake the Disease
9. It's Called a Heart
10. Photographic [Live]
11. "A Question of Lust"

[edit] VHS: Mute Film / MF034 (UK - 1998)

• re-issued as "Some Great Videos 81>85" to coincide with the release of "The Videos 86>98". Contains the same tracklisting as the 1985 release.

Notes

• All songs were written by Martin L. Gore except "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Photographic" which were written by Vince Clarke.
• Vince Clarke only appears in the "Just Can't Get Enough" video, Alan Wilder was not a member at the time, but is in all of the other videos.
• Though a video for the single version of "People are People" was made, the label decided to use the "Different Mix" of the video. The original video was never released on a public video until the DVD "The Best Of, Volume 1" in 2006.
• "Photographic" is taken from the video The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg, released in the same year.
• All videos were directed by Clive Richardson except "Shake the Disease" and "It's Called a Heart" which were directed by Peter Care.
• All the videos by Julien Temple, were not included in the compilation. This includes See You, The Meaning Of Love, and Leave in Silence.
  Alan Wilder once commented on the videos, when asked about them on his website:

"You can pretty much lump all the Julian Temple videos ('See You', 'Meaning Of Love', 'Leave In Silence') into one collective disaster."

• Though "Get the Balance Right" was not directed by Temple, it wasn't included either as it wasn't very well liked by the band as well.