Get the Balance Right!
"Get the Balance Right!" is the seventh single by Depeche Mode, originally released on 31 January 1983. It is the first Depeche Mode single with Alan Wilder as an official band member, and the first with a song written by both Martin Gore and Wilder ("The Great Outdoors!").
"Get the Balance Right!" was not included on the following album Construction Time Again, but does appear on the American compilation People Are People and the compilation The Singles 81-85.
B-sides
The B-side is "The Great Outdoors!", an instrumental written by Martin Gore and Alan Wilder. It was featured on the Broken Frame Tour as the introduction theme on selected shows, after an incident with their Revox machine which destroyed almost all their previous intro, "Oberkorn".
Included on the 12" releases is "Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live)", the first live song released on a Depeche Mode single. A limited edition of the single was released, which features more live tracks: "My Secret Garden", "See You", and "Satellite". It was the first DM single to have a Limited Edition.
Music video
In the music video Wilder lip-syncs the first lines of the song, even though Dave Gahan should be singing it. The band were too afraid to tell the director that Gahan was the lead singer.[2] For some reason the director made the assumption that the singer was Wilder and they were too embarrassed to point out his mistake, the video remains this way today. The music video is not commercially available.
Track listings
All songs written by Martin Gore, except "The Great Outdoors!" which was written by Martin Gore and Alan Wilder.
7" vinyl single
- UK: Mute / 7Bong2
| 1. |
"Get the Balance Right!" |
3:12 |
| 1. |
"The Great Outdoors!" |
5:01 |
12" vinyl single
- UK: Mute / 12Bong2
| 1. |
"Get the Balance Right!" (Combination Mix) |
7:57 |
| 1. |
"The Great Outdoors!" |
5:01 |
| 2. |
"Tora! Tora! Tora!" (Live, recorded 25 October 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon in London) |
4:00 |
- UK: Mute / L12Bong2 (Limited edition)
| 1. |
"Get the Balance Right!" |
3:12 |
| 1. |
"My Secret Garden" (Live, recorded 25 October 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon in London) |
7:28 |
| 2. |
"See You" (Live, recorded 25 October 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon in London) |
4:11 |
| 3. |
"Satellite" (Live, recorded 25 October 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon in London) |
4:28 |
| 4. |
"Tora! Tora! Tora!" (Live, recorded 25 October 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon in London) |
4:00 |
- US: Sire / 0-29704
Released 7 September 1983, the first two tracks on side two are listed as one track on the sleeve, when they are actually two separate tracks[1].
| 1. |
"Get the Balance Right!" (Combination Mix) |
7:57 |
| 1. |
"The Great Outdoors!" |
5:01 |
| 2. |
"Tora! Tora! Tora!" (Live, recorded 25 October 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon in London) |
4:00 |
| 3. |
"Get the Balance Right!" (Edited Mix (is the same as the original version)) |
3:12 |
CD single
- UK: Mute / CDBong2
Released 25 November 1991, from the Singles Box Set #2.[1]
- US: Sire/Reprise 40295-2
Released 26 November 1991, from the Singles Box Set #2.[1]
- US: Reprise CD BONG 2 (R2 78890A)
Released 30 March 2004, from the Singles Box Set #1 reissue.[1]
| 1. |
"Get the Balance Right!" |
3:12 |
| 2. |
"The Great Outdoors!" |
5:01 |
| 3. |
"Get the Balance Right!" (Combination Mix) |
7:57 |
| 4. |
"Tora! Tora! Tora!" (Live, recorded 25 October 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon in London) |
4:00 |
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