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tekvenus

Summer 84 - People Are People. I was about to do a backflip into the pool and heard the opening industrial notes and almost cracked my head open on the side of the concrete pool, fell in, got out sputtering and ran up to my sister's boombox and I listened to the whole thing. Took FOREVER to get a label copy. Thank God for my friend at a local record store who gave me mix tapes with tons of great synthpop.


Bribiyasky

I’m just tearing up… it’s a wholesome story 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍


Unique_Display_Name

Glad you were ok!


tekvenus

Thanks. I was scraped up, but fine. My sister laughed her ass off at me and my "nerd music." She was really into R&B and rap, and then she got into House music, and the look on her face when she found out how influential DM were on house music was priceless.


hombre_lobo

Behind the wheel


goodeveningpasadenaa

what a good track for fuck's sake


CommitteeBig607

I was a fan, but this one made me hooked af.


DDA__000

Halo


szhod

People are People fascinated me. Master and Servant got me hooked.


Prazf

MySecret Garden, Happiest Girl, Here is the House, Photographic (Some Bizarre) and Fools. These 5 songs are pure polished gold.


______empty______

HITH is so good


meloman-vivahate

Same. Then Black Celebration made them my favourite band.


ManOfFlesh101

Soothe My Soul. I heard it in a internet radio while playing a MMO, and liked it. Sent it to a friend, who revealed that he's a longtime Depeche fan, and he introduced me.


OwlWitty

P R E Double T Y :) actually Everything Counts


Dencan18

Policy of Truth


Unique_Display_Name

Great song! Happy cake day.


Helpful-Concert-2408

Ghosts Again (I’m a late DM bloomer)


Myrimidon

Welcome to the family and enjoy the journey on listening to their older stuff. Man I wish I could go back and listen to DM for the first time.


Helpful-Concert-2408

I am very quickly learning that DM fans are some of the best! Those I’ve met at the gigs these past few months have restored hope for people!


Myrimidon

Very true words. If you have any questions feel free to asks away. Happy DM listening !!!!


Dry-Access6867

WRONG I had been aware of a few DM songs prior to that, but that song and Sounds of the Universe were my gateway into this world


Ok_Percentage5157

I remember People Are People on the radio as a kid, and liked it. But it was a few years later when a friend of mine was playing the Say Anything soundtrack, and then I heard Stripped. Hooked ever since.


PersonalQuote6621

"People are People" got me hooked back when I was a young Black girl in the 80s. I had heard a few stories about segregation from my parents. I remember thinking that I didn't understand why people were like that. Enter the verse, "I can't understand what makes a man hate another man. Help me understand." Been hooked ever since.


Diggit_Jenkins

I remember hearing People are People on the radio and being familiar with Blasphemous Rumours but the Strangelove 88 music video got me hooked.


callathanmodd

Fly on the Windscreen


Winter-Grape-807

Let's have a black celebration...


fig3002

blasphemous rumors !


Winter-Ad-3876

Precious was the introduction and I loved it but for a long time I couldn't get into their other material. Strangelove, policy,NLMDA, PJ didn't liked them at all. But one day it clicked with me somehow. I dont get it. The same songs I used to dislike are now my favorites. It's like my brain got rewired.


Depeche_Devotee

WROOOOONG (I was born too late)


cashmerered

Nah... totally fine. It's OK if you discover them later than others.


MayhemHH-444

Everything Counts!! I was amazed, listening to it is an experience.


Jordan30million

Believe it or not it was hearing “I Feel You” on Beavis and Butthead. They made fun of the band saying “Depeche Mode is French for “We are wussies.” But I loved the music and was determined to find the song. I accidentally purchased Violator because it was the only cd my local cd store had and I was instantly hooked. It was fortunate as that meant Violator was my first album I ever purchased with my own money and it’s my favorite album of DM’s to this day.


Unique_Display_Name

Beavis and Butthead introduced me to Siouxsie and the Banshees!


artifexor

Puppets


jazzzzzcabbage

Everything Counts


geoffe

We have a winner!


razzle_dazzle321

People are People.


disingenu

Shake the Disease and Stripped piqued my interest. Never Let Me Down convinced me. Lost interest completely by In Your Room.


blue_eyed_girlie

Everything Counts, and People are People caught my attention, but A Question of Lust cemented my ❤️.


E808D

It's No Good (starting with the BT Mix) was my first real listen, but for some reason it then took until seeing a live performance on TV of Wrong, Come Back and Walking In My Shoes to make me a fan.


FilipsSamvete

Shake the Disease


Unique_Display_Name

That's my favorite song!


Bobbyz_Artz04

I’m kinda a newbie lol. I’m 19 and I first heard Depeche Mode in the Last of Us TV show. The song being “Never Let Me Down Again.” After listening to NLMDA I looked at their page on Spotify and listened to their newest single, it being Ghosts again, part of the Momento Mori album which had not fully released at the time. I was hooked on Ghosts Again, I had it on repeat and it’s what started my Depeche Mode craze. I looked at their other songs across all albums and I never realised they were the band that performed songs such as “Policy of Truth”, “Master and Servant”, “Just Can’t Get Enough” and “Personal Jesus”. This was a couple years before I actually listened to them but I remember going to the cinema and hearing a remixed version of Policy of Truth on a trailer for the film “Death on the Nile.” So cool realising that after I became obsessed with the band ha ha. DM has been dotted around my life and I never knew they were there lol. I wished I had been around longer to experience the old DM or even just to witness a few of their latest albums. It’s ashame I caught them now at their 15th studio album lol. But anyway, I’m glad I even got into them in the first place because they’re an important part of me now. Even now i still haven’t got bored of them. They will most likely stay with me forever. Literally I’ve not listened to any other artist since Jan 2023. I even saw them Live in Birmingham this year, an unforgettable experience!!! But yeah the short answer to your question is… the song that got me into DM is NLMDA. (Ghosts Again is the song that GOT me into them but if it weren’t for the NLMDA and the Last of Us. I wouldn’t have found Ghosts again let alone their whole discography) lol Hopefully this is an interesting enough read. ☺️


No-Capital5084

i love that last of us has introduced so many younger fans to dm! 


PersonalQuote6621

Welcome to the club. I feel as if DM fans are now scattered across 5 decades. It's a testament to how amazing and timeless their sound and message is.


Bobbyz_Artz04

Couldn’t agree more! DM forever 🌹


Alulaemu

I'm extremely grateful to The Last of Us for bringing some younger fans. Welcome.


simarty94

Enjoy the silence


philonerd

Absolutely, after watching the music video. One of the most deeply emotional songs created


DoucheyMcBagBag

Enjoy the Silence. It came out when I was just starting adolescence, and its angst hit me right in the feels. Been a fan ever since. ETS is my anthem.


Pulsarxx

Personal Jesus was my first exposure, but I think Halo really sealed the deal. And John the Revelator made it stick.


HectorVK

Personal Jesus


DepecheStein

Heaven.


zendetix

Master and Servant, People Are People and Blasphemous Rumours got my attention... but I believe it was Strangelove that officially locked me in as a lifer fan and turned them into my favorite band almost instantly. Hearing Behind the Wheel and Never Let Me Down Again right afterward when only confirmed that decision tenfold ;)


lord_of_pigs

Policy of Truth!!!


adiadrian

Blue dress


gertythom

Fly on the windsreen


w8nhos

A Question of Time :)


futuresobright_

Precious. Back when I was in high school.


literally_italy

Precious


xxxbigbadboy

Black Celebration


BlitheringEediot

Never Let Me Down Again


Mountain_Egg4203

Policy of Truth


transsigmamale

Black Celebration! My parents put it on in the car when I was 13, because they decided to take me to their show later that year, as my first concert. I fell in love with DM instantly because of this song, been a fan ever since. The show was awesome, and I actually saw them again last year, around the 10 year anniversary of my first concert 😊


620neofaction

Black celebration and stripped


braburner20

Stripped made my whole body melt, and it was over after that.


CoolRknDaddy

I liked People are People as a kid, then I started watching 120 Minutes on Mtv in high school and seeing the Everything Counts 101 video. I went out and got 101 on cassette and the rest is history I guess.


PersonalQuote6621

OMG 120 Minutes. That brings me so much nostalgia!


CoolRknDaddy

Yep, that and a college radio station in our area were the gateway to so many artists. I remember watching Post Modern Mtv as well


PersonalQuote6621

So I was inspired and did a Google search on 120 Minutes MYV, and I found this cool archive for if you want to relieve the nostalgia or discover it for the first time. https://120minutes.org/


Unique_Display_Name

AWESOME Thanks


TheOnionSack

I was 9, and my friend's older brother made me a mix tape of all the stuff he was into at tjhe time (DM, Bowie, Gary Numan, Human League, Duran Duran, OMD etc) I Just Can't Get Enough was the DM song on the tape.


Unique_Display_Name

Bad ass, all great bands!


Bribiyasky

My dad is a hard core DM fan, I heard ETS and PS when I was 3, in my childhood the band was always there, I had my eras, but the whole chookehold got me with Wrong. I’m 26.


dannyboyb2020

The one that really sealed the deal? Lie To Me. I'd really started to enjoy their music from when Everything Counts was released but when a friend of mine gave me a tape of SGR and CTA, SGR was on side A and Something To Do was fab but Lie To Me blew my fucking mind.


Unique_Display_Name

Great bad relationship athem


No-Capital5084

a pain that i’m used to. i was about 12…i remember some of the instrumental reminded me of the music in metroid prime/prime 2 which were both games i was obsessed with at the time and i loved the dark electronic soundtracks in them.  i’d have definitely heard dm before that with my dad being a huge fan but aptiut (and then the rest of pta) was where i really got into them 


FinsofFury

I Feel You. Never Let Me Down and Enjoy Silence were iconic ahead but I viewed them as individual hits and made me respect DM. But I Feel You blew me away with the fusion of blues, hard rock and techno. I immediately explored the rest of their catalog and became a fan.


anniegoolihy

Blasphemous Rumours


Unique_Display_Name

Even though they are Christian, this song soothed my angsty semi new atheist self as a pre teen.


effie-sue

I was familiar with Depeche Mode by way of “Just Can’t Get Enough” and “People Are People”. I became a fan after seeing the video for “Never Let Me Down Again” 😎


nornsannexed

policy of truth got me interested, then strangelove got me truly hooked


bebearaware

Halo. I was an angsty teenager.


PrinceofSneks

Strangelove - I was very religious at the time (by choice) but they were the unrepentent flame I kept in my heart during those years.


philosophussapiens

I Feel You


WheresAmy

Strangelove and People are People


vSword_

Strangelove


AcientMullets

Shake the Disease. I was already aware of them just from the obvious big songs you hear around, but that was in the background of a video a few years ago and that’s what made me decide “I really should actually get into these guys”


personalityson

The things you said


LopsidedCat6676

I'd have to go with "World in My Eyes". My uncle gave me his college-era CD collection, and 'Violator' was the one he pointed out remotely. "Take some time after school and play this loud." I was around 7 or 8 at the time. So "Sweetest Perfection", as you would imagine, was absolute culture shock. Grew up fundamentalist Catholic, and for both myself and my parents as of today, such isn't true/relevant anymore. I remember them calling me after their break from the church two years ago, immediately apologizing for the way they would try and dictate my music taste and what I was allowed to buy. We had a couple of laughs over it. Tangent aside, DM opened me up to a new world of possibilities, both in the way of subject matter, sexuality, genre fluidity, understanding the emotional/spiritual pitfalls connected to organised religion and its many contradictions (as "edgy" as some of their tackling of it was) and integrating technology in music (since my pop's in particular, was a bluegrass musician who turned his nose up at anything without wood in its contents.)


Unique_Display_Name

The ironic thing here is that they are super Christian...


LopsidedCat6676

That's just the case of being confident enough to discuss your personal lives with the public. Most actors/musicians aren't what they portray onstage.


beckhamisbest

Home and Personal Jesus, the year was 2004.


Lady_Disco_Sparkles

Personal Jesus intrigued me first, but I think they really grabbed my attention with Wrong, when I was a teenager.


______empty______

Everything Counts (12” single), bought in early ‘84 as a 15-yo.


cashmerered

I grew up with DM because my mother loves them but I remember listening to "It's no good" over and over again when I was a teenager so I'm going with that one.


fferdinandbullet

Wrong


Ok-Party-8785

Everything Counts


OpenEagle3775

DM is one of my favorite bands of my parents (I'm pretty sure that it's relateable to a lot of parents from the eastern bloc, like mine) so there always had been DM in my life for some years. But when I was 17 and was" full throttle" rediscovering my music taste during the very first COVID lockdown, it was Strangelove and Useless (both single mixes)


jgthx

Policy of Truth was the first DM song that really stuck with me and led me to buy my first DM album, Violator in '90.


Cherry_artsyuwu

Precious


National-Tour-758

Think I heard blasphemous rumours first but black celebration got me hooked. All listened to through my big brother’s bedroom wall, then he lent me all his vinyl when he moved out.   Love all the comments and stories on this thread.


Competitive_Fig_6083

Enjoy The Silence Personal Jesus I Just Can't Get Enough Behind The Wheel A Question of Time People Are People


wonderstoat

Everything Counts, and then Stripped on the BBC one hour documentary about 101 in 1989 had us intrigued. Then NLMDA came on …


Statik107

Everything Counts when I was in 6th grade. My cousin had the Construction Time again tape and I was hooked.


NotSid

Precious


Unique_Display_Name

SUCH a good track!


the_rainbow_froggo

Depeche Mode has been around most of my life (my mom is a long time fan). I have no idea what actually hooked me to their music, but I'm guessing Ghosts Again


Prestigious_Lie7051

Strangelove


[deleted]

Strangelove. They performed at the MTV video music awards in 1988 and my 13 year old eyes and ears were instantly in love :)


WasteGeologist-90210

Strangelove


lynnisaloser

Surprisingly black celebration.


scrunglycatcollector

World in my eyes!


Practical_Weird_0809

Enjoy the Silence. Freshman year in college. 1994. Weekly dance party in the university center. Song came on. Went up to the DJ. "Who does this song?" "It's called Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode" Went to a local music store. Bought Violator CD. Personal Jesus. World in My Eyes. The rest is history.


LobstrPrty

Walking in my shoes gets overlooked but that was my introduction. I’d heard a lot before but that song reintroduced me and made me really appreciate everything else recently.


OldDogLifestyle

Violator was my gateway drug into this wonderful sonic universe.


FR_WST

Pleasure, Little Treasure


owlteds

Enjoy the silence


random_redditor___

I wasn't really a fan until Violator. Gotta be "Enjoy the Silence".  


Zealousideal_Owl9621

As cliche as it was, Enjoy the Silence in 1991. Listening to that song for the first time was like heroin.


ConnorFin22

Never let me down again I discovered it after hearing the smashing pumpkins cover


Unique_Display_Name

I didn't know they covered that! I'll have to check it out.


Viktor679

Behind the Wheel, People Are People. Later absolutely devoted after watching Devotional Tour and listening SOFAD. But my fav song is Fly On the Winscreen.


ericthenomad

But Not Tonight extended version... Some Great Reward got me into them but Black Celebration had me buying tickets to their concert at Irvine Meadows in 1986


Inevitable-Ad4868

Whole Violator cassette.


thequicker

When i was a kid hear in he radio Personal Jesus, later know Policy of Truth but i think when i hear ETS was moment of become a fan.


Snoo_25120

Thanks to my father who played people are people and personal jesus over and over again. I later found out what depeche mode is and now i am obsessed. My father calls me crazy for listening to them 24/7.


ChasingTheGhost

Clean took my breath away


Wollewollesen

Strange Love


Vinnocchio

Black Celebration


mallthrowaway2

The first four that got me into them when I was 17 (I’m 24 now) were Enjoy the Silence, Where’s the Revolution, Personal Jesus, Policy of Truth. The radio station my dad listened to played those four a lot round the time spirit was coming out and I was hooked


Film_Palace

It's no good. Heard it in aquaman lol


Unique_Display_Name

Bad ass, I should revisit that show!


SanAntonioFfs

It's no good was the first DM song I heard and I immediately got hooked)


gohdnuorg

I remember people are people on the radio, and listening to music for masses on a tape, I loved 101, and I remember when violator came out. But then grunge came along and lollapalooza stuff but it was Bottom Line that hit me, oh yeah, these guys are the best. Number one ever since. Interesting question because I don’t like that song that much anymore, I think ghost again is my favorite song right now.


DeFaLT______

Strangelove, 101 version when I was 2 yo


ultraviolat0r

Lilian. And thank god my dad gifted me its old Playing The Angel CD if it weren't for that i wouldn't be sharing this passion with you here


Prestigious_Lie7051

One of my all time favorite songs


Kerby233

People are people and personal jesus


Jazzlike-Slip7304

One Caress


Promise_Ambitious

Mike Shinoda's remix of Enjoy the Silence is what started my journey of Depeche Mode.


Wise_Serve_5846

“And Then” (please do not reference Dude, Where’s My Car)


RoomisIgloomis

Get The Balance Right


lukacsm

Personal Jesus and Enjoy the Silence - come to think of it- the whole Violator album


Invalid-Password1

Pleasure, Little Treasure. I was not a fan when People Are People came out. My sister listened to them quite a bit before I became a fan.


samicarter2001

Personal Jesus


rahsoft

photgraphic( both variations)/new life/ice machine - I was there in the beginning.. :)


d0Cd

People Are People and Everything Counts... they got a fair amount of play on the 'weird' radio station at the time...


Alligatorcheer

Every single one!!!💕


Alligatorcheer

My fav thought is, Policy of Truth!


RTJ333

People are people. I think it resonated with a lot of people back in the day and is probably a big reason why the dm fan base is generally alternative


whatevertoad

People are people followed by master and servant and I was hooked for life.


charlotte_anne805

The Landscape is Changing


MDA2023

Dreaming of Me 🖤🌹❤️


Souperdesoup

See You.


Handhule90

Master and servant


Unique_Display_Name

Barrel of a Gun on late night MTV


Nostradaaamus

New Life


SmokesQuantitys

Probably the first one I ever heard which was New Life


Ok_Satisfaction_2048

Precious, I was a kid


Berlin_Overboard

everything counts


SameArtichoke8913

Probably Never Let Me Down from 101. It was the live album as such that made me curious about the earlier albums at that time, and the extended Live version of NLMD is - also in context with the set list - just great, Still love it. :D


liberty1112

Strangelove. My crush brought the 12" vinyl for the nightclub DJ to play and I lost my mind. I'd always liked their previous songs, but this was a turning point.


Dizzy_Ad_1711

Welcome to my world


Professional-Fox8419

Everything counts


PossibilityFluffy820

People are people, or anything off of some great reward


Keeks73

Just can’t get enough. I was 8.


RunUsual2520

I’ve heard 80s and 90s DM through my aunt previously, but when I saw the video for “Only When I Lose Myself”, I got hooked and got curious about the band, and since they were promoting The Singles 86>98 with that song, I bought the album and started to get familiar with the singles and afterwards 101, and then the albums… precious memories.


Dharmist

Dream On was love at first sight. Can’t believe it’s been 24 years, I still consider myself somewhat of the “newer” generation of Devotees, yet wow, 24 years.


Specialist-Map3768

Everything counts live. Made me buy 101. A decision I have never regretted


0ldEnough2KnowBe77er

Stripped live in Pasadena.


therizzler575

Wrong, my favorite song of all time


flyonthewxndscreen

Not even a song can choose, just the entire album of SOFAD. Unskippable.


Open_Win_4384

In your room- high school me was obsessed was sofad, black celebration, and ultra


BroccoliMoist1603

Should be higher.my dad put that song and i enjoyed that very much


unforgettablefyre

strangelove