Shake the Disease

"Shake the Disease"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album The Singles 81→85
B-side "Flexible"
Released 29 April 1985
Format Vinyl record (7" and 12"), CD (1991 box set)
Recorded March 1985 Hansa Mischraum, Berlin
Length 4:48 (7"/single/album version)
3:59 (Fade)
8:45 (12" version)
Label Mute Records
Writer(s) Martin Gore
Producer(s) Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody"
(1984)
"Shake the Disease"
(1985)
"It's Called a Heart"
(1985)

"Shake the Disease" is Depeche Mode's thirteenth UK single recorded at Hansa Mischraum in Berlin (released on 29 April 1985), and was one of two new songs released on the compilation The Singles 81→85 the same year, along with "It's Called a Heart". It reached number 18 in the UK singles chart. The American version of The Singles 81-85, Catching Up with Depeche Mode, also includes "Shake the Disease"'s B-side, "Flexible". The track reached the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in November 1985.

Band member Alan Wilder felt this song captured the essence of the band, stating "there's a certain edge to what we do that can make people think twice about things. If we've got a choice between calling a song "Understand Me" or "Shake the Disease", we'll call it "Shake the Disease". There's a lot of perversity and innuendo in our lyrics, but nothing direct."[1]

Music video

The music video is the first Depeche Mode video directed by Peter Care and features an innovative camera trick to make it appear as though the band members are falling. It was shot in the town of Hounslow in London.

Chart success

This single became a big success in Continental Europe, reaching the Top 10 in Germany, Sweden, Switzerland,[2] etc.; the song also entered the Irish Top 10 and even reached the #1 spot in Poland,[3] where the band was very popular at that time. In France, Shake the Disease peaked at #13, remaining in the Top 50 for six consecutive months.[4]

Track listings

7": Mute / 7Bong8 (UK)

  1. "Shake the Disease" – 4:48
  2. "Flexible" – 3:11

7": Sire / 7-28835 (US)

  1. "Shake the Disease (Fade)" – 3:59
  2. "Flexible" – 3:11

12": Mute / 12Bong8 (UK)

  1. "Shake the Disease (Remixed Extended Version)" – 8:45 (engineered by Flood)
  2. "Flexible (Remixed Extended Version)" – 6:13 (engineered by Flood)

12": Mute / L12Bong8 (UK)

  1. "Shake the Disease (Edit the Shake)" – 7:10
  2. "Master and Servant (Live)" – 5:38
  3. "Flexible (Pre-Deportation Mix)" – 4:40 (remixed by Bert Bevans)
  4. "Something to Do (Metal Mix)" – 7:25 (remixed by Gareth Jones)

12": Mute / Vogue (France)

  1. "Shake the Disease (Edit the Shake)" – 7:10
  2. "Master and Servant (Live)" – 5:38
  3. "Flexible (Pre-Deportation Mix)" – 4:40 (remixed by Bert Bevans)
  4. "Something to Do (Metal Mix)" – 7:25 (remixed by Gareth Jones)

CD: Mute / CDBong8 (UK)

  1. "Shake the Disease" – 4:48
  2. "Flexible" – 3:11
  3. "Shake the Disease (Remixed Extended Version)" – 8:43
  4. "Flexible (Remixed Extended Version)" – 6:15
  5. "Shake the Disease (Edit the Shake)" – 7:11
  6. "Something to Do (Metal Mix)" – 7:26

CD: Intercord / INT 826.829 / CDL12Bong8 (Germany)

  1. "Shake the Disease (Edit the Shake)" – 7:10
  2. "Master and Servant (Live)" – 5:38
  3. "Flexible (Pre-Deportation Mix)" – 4:40 (remixed by Bert Bevans)
  4. "Something to Do (Metal Mix)" – 7:25 (remixed by Gareth Jones)

CD: Virgin / 30135 (France)

  1. "Shake the Disease (Edit the Shake)" – 7:10
  2. "Master and Servant (Live)" – 5:38
  3. "Flexible (Pre-Deportation Mix)" – 4:40 (remixed by Bert Bevans)
  4. "Something to Do (Metal Mix)" – 7:25 (remixed by Gareth Jones)
  5. "Shake the Disease" (7" mix) – 4:48

All songs written by Martin Gore.

Trivia

References

  1. Doole, Kerry (July 1989), "The Class of 101", Music Express magazine 13 (138): 40–44
  2. Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease - chartsinfrance
  3. SkyNews

External links

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