Get the Balance Right!

"Get the Balance Right!"
"Get the Balance Right!"
Song
B-side	"The Great Outdoors!"

"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!").

"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 vocalist. The director made the assumption that Wilder was the singer and they were too embarrassed to point out his mistake.^[2]

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

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get the Balance Right!"	3:12

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Great Outdoors!"	5:01

12" vinyl single

UK: Mute / 12Bong2

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get the Balance Right!" (Combination Mix)	7:56

Side two
No.	Title	Length
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)

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get the Balance Right!"	3:12
2.	"Get the Balance Right!" (Combination Mix)	7:56

Side two
No.	Title	Length
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]

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get the Balance Right!" (Combination Mix)	7:56

Side two
No.	Title	Length
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 (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]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get the Balance Right!"	3:12
2.	"The Great Outdoors!"	5:01
3.	"Get the Balance Right!" (Combination Mix)	7:56
4.	"Tora! Tora! Tora!" (Live, recorded 25 October 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon in London)	4:00

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[3]	13
Irish Singles Chart^[4]	16
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play^[5]	31

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Official Depeche Mode web site single information". Retrieved 4 July 2009.
^ Miller, Jonathan (2008). Stripped: Depeche Mode. London: Omnibus Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-84772-444-1.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
^ "irishcharts.ie search results". Retrieved 4 July 2009.
^ "allmusic ((( Depeche Mode > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Retrieved 4 July 2009 (2009-07-04). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

External links

[dm-1] "Official Depeche Mode web site single information". Retrieved 4 July 2009.

[2] Miller, Jonathan (2008). Stripped: Depeche Mode. London: Omnibus Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-84772-444-1.

[sc_UK_Depeche_Mode-3] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 September 2013.

[4] "irishcharts.ie search results". Retrieved 4 July 2009.

[5] "allmusic ((( Depeche Mode > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Retrieved 4 July 2009 (2009-07-04). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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