"Behind the Wheel" is Depeche Mode's twentieth UK single, released on 28 December 1987, and the third single for the album Music for the Masses. Peaking at #21 in the UK charts, it hit #6 in West Germany. The B-Side is a cover of Bobby Troup's standard "Route 66", named after the highway of the same name. The music for the cover is similar, sometimes identical to "Behind the Wheel" (specifically during the bridge). In fact, there are several mixes that combine the two together. Martin Gore is the lead singer on "Route 66", while David Gahan and Gore sing "Behind the Wheel" together. For The World Violation Tour in 1990, Gahan sang lead on "Route 66" instead of Gore. There is also a Beatmasters mix of both songs. "Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)" shows up on Remixes 81 - 04. The remixed version includes a promo for the TV game show Name That Tune and a radio announcement by Wolfman Jack urging young people to register for the Selective Service. There are two music videos for "Behind the Wheel". The original version, from Strange, uses the LP mix. There is also a shortened one using the 7" remix version of the song. It appears on The Videos 86-98. The videos were directed by Anton Corbijn. The video, shot in Italy, opens with the car used in the Never Let Me Down Again video being towed away - the video becoming an unofficial sequel to the one for the previous single. In 1989, the single was ranked #30 on Spin magazine's list of the "The 100 Greatest Singles Of All Time". "Behind the Wheel" is Depeche Mode's twentieth UK single, released on 28 December 1987, and the third single for the album Music for the Masses. Peaking at #21 in the UK charts, it hit #6 in West Germany. The B-Side is a cover of Bobby Troup's standard "Route 66", named after the highway of the same name. The music for the cover is similar, sometimes identical to "Behind the Wheel" (specifically during the bridge). In fact, there are several mixes that combine the two together. Martin Gore is the lead singer on "Route 66", while David Gahan and Gore sing "Behind the Wheel" together. For The World Violation Tour in 1990, Gahan sang lead on "Route 66" instead of Gore. There is also a Beatmasters mix of both songs. "Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)" shows up on Remixes 81 - 04. The remixed version includes a promo for the TV game show Name That Tune and a radio announcement by Wolfman Jack urging young people to register for the Selective Service. There are two music videos for "Behind the Wheel". The original version, from Strange, uses the LP mix. There is also a shortened one using the 7" remix version of the song. It appears on The Videos 86-98. The videos were directed by Anton Corbijn. The video, shot in Italy, opens with the car used in the Never Let Me Down Again video being towed away - the video becoming an unofficial sequel to the one for the previous single. In 1989, the single was ranked #30 on Spin magazine's list of the "The 100 Greatest Singles Of All Time". false 2023-07-15 10:19:12 8.7 1987 1987-12-28 1987-12-28 8 Electronic House Pop Rock Synth-Pop 111295 2177899 87910707-711d-444b-8ba9-4daac55cf9cd 8538e728-ca0b-4321-b7e5-cff6565dd4c0 e997b354-1044-3b56-ad1a-ac77a51fb83b /media/data/media5/Music/Depeche Mode/Behind the Wheel (1987)/folder.jpg Depeche Mode AlbumArtist Depeche Mode Artist Depeche Mode Depeche Mode 1 04:00 2 04:22 Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the lineup of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band currently consists of Gahan and Gore. With Clarke as their primary songwriter, Depeche Mode released their debut album Speak & Spell in 1981 amid the British new wave scene. Clarke left the band at the end of 1981, going on to form the groups Yazoo and later Erasure. The remaining trio recorded their second album, A Broken Frame (1982), with Martin Gore as chief songwriter. The band then recruited Alan Wilder, establishing a lineup that continued until 1995, beginning with the albums Construction Time Again (1983) and Some Great Reward (1984). The albums Black Celebration (1986) and Music for the Masses (1987) cemented them as a dominant force within the electronic and alternative music scenes, and their June 1988 concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl drew a crowd of over 60,000 people. In 1990, they released their seventh album, Violator, which reached number seven on the Billboard 200 and was certified triple platinum by the RIAA. The following album Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993) was also a success, though the band's internal struggles during recording and touring resulted in Wilder's departure in 1995. The band returned to the lineup of Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher, and released the album Ultra in 1997. The band continued touring and recorded five more albums as a trio—Exciter (2001), Playing the Angel (2005), Sounds of the Universe (2009), Delta Machine (2013) and Spirit (2017)—until Fletcher's death in 2022. Gahan and Gore have since continued as a duo. Their latest album, Memento Mori, was released in 2023. Depeche Mode have had 54 songs in the UK Singles Chart, 17 Top 10 albums in the UK chart, and have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Q included the band in its list of the "50 Bands That Changed the World!" Depeche Mode also rank No. 98 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In 2016, Billboard named Depeche Mode the 10th Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020. Mute