B-side "The Great Outdoors!" | Genre Synthpop, new wave | |
Released 31 January 1983 (1983-01-31) Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, CD, box set Recorded December 1982 Blackwing Studios, London Length 3:12 (7"/single version)
7:56 (12" version) | ||
"Get the Balance Right!" is the seventh single by Depeche Mode, released on 31 January 1983. Recorded at Blackwing Studios, it is the first Depeche Mode single with Alan Wilder as an official band member (Wilder also co-wrote the B-side track "The Great Outdoors!").
Contents
"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 Gore and Wilder. It was featured on the Broken Frame Tour as the introduction theme for selected shows, after an incident with their Revox machine that destroyed almost all their previous intro, "Oberkorn (It's a Small Town)".
Included on the 12" releases is "Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live)", the first live song released on a Depeche Mode single. A limited edition 12" of the single was released, which features more live tracks: "My Secret Garden", "See You", and "Satellite". It was the first Depeche Mode 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 is the lead singer. The director made the assumption that Wilder was the singer and they were too embarrassed to point out his mistake.
Track listings
All songs written by Martin Gore, except "The Great Outdoors!" which was written by Martin Gore and Alan Wilder.
7" vinyl single
12" vinyl single
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.
CD single
Released 25 November 1991, from the Singles Box Set #2.
Released 26 November 1991, from the Singles Box Set #2.
Released 30 March 2004, from the Singles Box Set #1 reissue.