Where's the Revolution

"Where's The Revolution"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Spirit
B-side "Various remixes"
Released 3 February 2017 (2017-02-03)
Format Digital download, CD, 7", 2×12"
Recorded 2016
Genre Synthpop
Length 4:59
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Martin L. Gore
Producer(s) James Ford
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Should Be Higher"
(2013)		 "Where's The Revolution"
(2017)		 "Going Backwards"
(2017)

"Should Be Higher"
(2013)		 "Where's The Revolution"
(2017)		 "Going Backwards"
(2017)

"Where's The Revolution" is a song by English electronic band Depeche Mode from their fourteenth studio album Spirit. It was released as the album's first single on 3 February 2017, on the 20th anniversary of "Barrel of a Gun". The cover art was designed by Anton Corbijn. The single was premiered on the Polish radio Trójka - Polskie Radio Program III at midnight on 3 February.[1][2]

Promotion

The song was premiered audio-only on YouTube. A dystopian-themed black-and-white music video was released a week later, on 9 February. The music video, as well as the animated visuals with flying flags and marching boots for the audio-only video, were directed and designed by Anton Corbijn.[3]

Releases

The song is available as digital download from Amazon, HMV, Google Play Music and iTunes. It is also available as a 5-track CD Single, as a double vinyl (containing 9 remixes, released on 28 April 2017) and as an exclusive 7" vinyl promotional release in the April edition of the German music magazine Musik Express, with a live version of a Delta Machine song "Should Be Higher" as B-side.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Where's The Revolution" – 4:59
  1. "Where's The Revolution" – 4:59
  2. "Where's The Revolution (Ewan Pearson Remix)" – 8:36
  3. "Where's The Revolution (Algiers Remix)" – 4:55
  4. "Where's The Revolution (Terence Fixmer Remix)" – 6:23
  5. "Where's The Revolution (Autolux Remix)" – 4:17
  1. "Where's The Revolution (Autolux Remix)" – 4:17
  2. "Where's The Revolution (Pearson Sound Remix)" – 6:28
  3. "Where's The Revolution (Algiers Click Farm Remix)" – 3:28
  4. "Where's The Revolution (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)" – 8:46
  5. "Where's The Revolution (Pearson Sound Beatless Remix)" – 4:20
  6. "Where's The Revolution (Simian Mobile Disco Dub)" – 8:45
  7. "Where's The Revolution (Terence Fixmer Spatial Mix)" – 6:34
  8. "Where's The Revolution (Patrice Bäumel Remix)" – 6:57
  9. "Where's The Revolution (Ewan Pearson Kompromat Dub)" – 8:20

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Qobuz.com[5]

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[7] 15
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[8] 13
France (SNEP)[9] 22
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 29
Hungary (Single Top 40)[11] 3
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[12] 76
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[13] 18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 57
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[15] 40

References

  1. ↑ Nowy singiel Depeche Mode premierowo w Trójce!, 02.02.2017, polskieradio.pl.
  2. ↑ "Where's The Revolution", 02.02.2017, instagram.com.
  3. ↑ Blistein, Jon (10 February 2017). "Watch Depeche Mode's Dystopian 'Where's the Revolution' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "MUSIKEXPRESS-AUSGABE 4/2017 MIT EXKLUSIVER DEPECHE MODE VINYL-7-INCH-SINGLE" [Musik Express edition 4/2017 with exclusive Depeche Mode vinyl 7-inch single] (in German). Musik Express. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  5. 1 2 http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/wheres-the-revolution-depeche-mode/0886446298962
  6. ↑ https://www.amazon.de/Wheres-Revolution-Remixes-Depeche-Mode/dp/B06X9M2KNV/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Depeche Mode – Where's the Revolution" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Depeche Mode – Where's the Revolution" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 12, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Depeche Mode – Where's the Revolution". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2017-02-10". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Depeche Mode – Where's the Revolution" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Depeche Mode – Where's the Revolution". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Depeche Mode – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for Depeche Mode. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
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