Shake the Disease

"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)

"Shake the Disease" – 4:48
"Flexible" – 3:11

7": Sire / 7-28835 (US)

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

12": Mute / 12Bong8 (UK)

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

12": Mute / L12Bong8 (UK)

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

"Master and Servant" was recorded at the Basel, Switzerland show on 30 November 1984.

12": Mute / Vogue (France)

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

"Master and Servant" was recorded at the Basel, Switzerland show on 30 November 1984.

CD: Mute / CDBong8 (UK)

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

The UK CD single was released in 1991 as part of the singles box set compilations

CD: Intercord / INT 826.829 / CDL12Bong8 (Germany)

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

CD: Virgin / 30135 (France)

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

The German and French CD singles were released in 1985.

All songs written by Martin Gore.

Trivia

The lyric "I've got things to do, and I've said before that I know that you have too" is possibly a reference to the song "Stories Of Old" on the 1984 Depeche Mode album Some Great Reward, which contains the lyric "I've got things to do/You have too/And I've got to be me, you've got to be you."
Los Angeles modern rock radio station KROQ-FM named "Shake the Disease" as the number one song of 1985.
The song was covered by the Belgian band Hooverphonic for the 1998 tribute album For the Masses.
The song was covered by the Swedish Soul artist Tingsek on his 2006 album "World of Its Own"
In 2010, the song was covered by DMK, a band featuring Colombian artist Dicken Schrader and his children Milah and Korben, playing toys and common utensils as musical instruments.^[5]

References

↑ Doole, Kerry (July 1989), "The Class of 101", Music Express magazine 13 (138): 40–44
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↑ SkyNews

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Speak & Spell	"Dreaming of Me" (1981 non-album single) "New Life" (1981) "Just Can't Get Enough" (1981)

A Broken Frame	"See You" (1982) "The Meaning of Love" (1982) "Leave in Silence" (1982)

Construction Time Again	"Get the Balance Right!" (1983 non-album single) "Everything Counts" (1983) "Love, in Itself" (1983)

Some Great Reward	"People Are People" (1984) "Master and Servant" (1984) "Blasphemous Rumours" / "Somebody" (1984)

The Singles 81→85	"Shake the Disease" (1985) "It's Called a Heart" (1985)

Black Celebration	"Stripped" / "But Not Tonight" (1986) "A Question of Lust" (1986) "A Question of Time" (1986)

Music for the Masses	"Strangelove" (1987) "Never Let Me Down Again" (1987) "Behind the Wheel" (1987) "Little 15" (1988) "Strangelove '88" (1988)

101	"Everything Counts" (live, 1989)

Violator	"Personal Jesus" (1989) "Enjoy the Silence" (1990) "Policy of Truth" (1990) "World in My Eyes" (1990)

Songs of Faith and Devotion	"I Feel You" (1993) "Walking in My Shoes" (1993) "Condemnation" (1993) "In Your Room" (1994)

Ultra	"Barrel of a Gun" (1997) "It's No Good" (1997) "Home" (1997) "Useless" (1997)

The Singles 86–98	"Only When I Lose Myself" (1998)

Exciter	"Dream On" (2001) "I Feel Loved" (2001) "Freelove" (2001) "Goodnight Lovers" (2002)

Remixes 81–04	" Enjoy the Silence '04" (2004)

Playing the Angel	"Precious" (2005) "A Pain That I'm Used To" (2005) "Suffer Well" (2006) "John the Revelator" / "Lilian" (2006)

The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1	"Martyr" (2006)

Sounds of the Universe	"Wrong" (2009) "Peace" (2009) "Fragile Tension" / "Hole to Feed" (2009)

Remixes 2: 81–11	"Personal Jesus 2011" (2011)

Delta Machine	"Heaven" (2013) "Soothe My Soul" (2013) "Should Be Higher" (2013)

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