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Depeche Mode — Enjoy The Silence
Album: Violator
Avg rating:
7.9

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Total ratings: 6523









Released: 1990
Length: 4:09
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in
Into my little world

Painful to me
Pierce right through me
Can't you understand
Oh, my little girl

All I ever wanted, all I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial

Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable

All I ever wanted, all I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

All I ever wanted, all I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

All I ever wanted, all I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Enjoy the silence
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 fatfigo_UK wrote:

Top tune - my little girl was born when this was playin, she is anything but silent though!


That must have been one odd maternity ward.
Posted 1 week ago by danmc    [ Reply ]
8 to 9 during one play itself.
Posted 4 months ago by howieinchicago    [ Reply ]
Love it. Still. Saw them again recently and such a good vibe as always.
Posted 7 months ago by JoeHaarlemNL    [ Reply ]
This calls for big horns and I don't mean the ones you blow into! KEF Fostex big ones cracked the plaster.
Posted 9 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Defo get yer dance on..
Posted 9 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
After 30 years, I just saw them again a couple weeks ago, still a great show!
Posted 11 months ago by pilgrim    [ Reply ]
 Felix_The_Cat wrote:

Godlike. Period.



One guy disagrees, he must be an atheist!
Posted 11 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Fan fucking tastic..
Posted 1 year ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
 theirongiant wrote:

This is on the RP Rock Mix ... why?



Because it rocks?
Posted 1 year ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
 theirongiant wrote:

This is on the RP Rock Mix ... why?



why not? it's great.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
This is on the RP Rock Mix ... why?
Posted 1 year ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
A very sweet love song.
Posted 1 year ago by deniseperry    [ Reply ]
Best band ever....RIP Fletch.
Posted 1 year ago by BritGirl333    [ Reply ]
Incredible transition from "We used to wait" - Arcade Fire!
Posted 1 year ago by chesleyburt392    [ Reply ]
Proper ROCK STARS
Love this band.
Posted 1 year ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
 I think the banana was made for this.
Posted 2 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
"All I ever I wanted, all I needed, is here in my arms", may mean something different than I originally thought.






Posted 2 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
I sang the Tori Amos cover of this song to my girls when they were babes.
Posted 2 years ago by keddyjo.talula    [ Reply ]
 murr69st335 wrote:

no sir,   I didn't like it




Everybody has different tastes. Thank You for being polite about it!  I think this tune is GREAT!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
RIP Andy🙏
Posted 2 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
Thank you and godspeed Andy Fletcher
Posted 2 years ago by amichalik    [ Reply ]
Rest in peace, Andrew Fletcher!
Posted 2 years ago by Mmmacphisto    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. Andy
Posted 2 years ago by Nenelena    [ Reply ]
Excellence. Such a shame about Fletch. God bless him.
Posted 2 years ago by trebzuk    [ Reply ]
As perfect a song as you're gonna get - a timeless classic
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
 drews wrote:

The perfect 80s electro-pop song


Released in 1990..... they were a bit slow?
Posted 2 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
This track is pretty darn good in CONTEXT when played as a part of the entire album.  As a single, or just played as a one off like RP does, its not as strong.  I'd way rather hear some of their earlier stuff that really attacked the new ground they were exploring in the mid 80's....most anything off of Black Celebration is far more dark, menacing and gut-punching.  This track always just felt like their label wanted a single.
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
 TheKing2 wrote:


Still I gave it a 9


10 here. Incredible, and ages extremely well.
Posted 2 years ago by HStaples    [ Reply ]
 murr69st335 wrote:

no sir,   I didn't like it



Still I gave it a 9
Posted 2 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
no sir,   I didn't like it
Posted 2 years ago by murr69st335    [ Reply ]
Excellent!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 Shimmer wrote:

This came out in 1990. CDs were very common by then.

Not everywhere.
Posted 3 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
31 years old and timeless, one of the best songs ever written 
Posted 3 years ago by garydgould    [ Reply ]
 nmuessig wrote:
Jesus Christ. This sounds so goood!
 
31 years later, still sounds as good as I remember it sounding. (jesus christ that was a long time ago)
Posted 3 years ago by FrankRizzo    [ Reply ]
Best effort from this crew....One of my faves...Big Fat 9
Posted 3 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
I love this music
Posted 3 years ago by Benedito    [ Reply ]
And in the category of Best Use of Synthesizer the nominees are.....

- anything fron Violator
Posted 3 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
Jesus Christ. This sounds so goood!
Posted 3 years ago by nmuessig    [ Reply ]
 Franknfurter wrote:
One of my alltime favourites
Locked in France only Wine and 
Radio Paradise save our souls 
Great work thx to all who try to save our lives
 

Amazing. I have noticed that there are a lot of French RP listeners. I have seen that the french guys either can't speak english very well or hesitate to speak , but they do admire a lot of classical english songs.  Cheers!
Posted 4 years ago by utkarshsingh    [ Reply ]
 Felix_The_Cat wrote:
Godlike. Period.
 

New paragraph. Not really.
Posted 4 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
Godammit - this sounds so good. I never think to listen to DM.

I am going to remedy that now.
The only man to EVER get away with wearing white Levis. And wear them well he did.{#Ask} 
Posted 4 years ago by Toads    [ Reply ]
 BSartiste wrote:
club shite
 
But it's really good shite!
Posted 4 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
another one of those, you just know who it is from the first note. I have found their studio stuff pretty good. I downloaded a concert and found it very annoying...bad mix....bad night...dunno...but I was disappointed none the less.
Posted 4 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
club shite
Posted 4 years ago by BSartiste    [ Reply ]
Painting sets as stage manager  for my high school thespian club is the specific memory my mind has assigned to this song.
Posted 4 years ago by forthbrdge    [ Reply ]
a mio gusto la migliore canzone di questo gruppo
Posted 4 years ago by marco041italia    [ Reply ]
Godlike. Period.
Posted 4 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
I'm not the biggest electronica fan, but depeche mode is a great band... not much by them I don't like!
Posted 4 years ago by lynn01    [ Reply ]
One of my alltime favourites
Locked in France only Wine and 
Radio Paradise save our souls 
Great work thx to all who try to save our lives
Posted 4 years ago by Franknfurter    [ Reply ]
ahh 1990, college in santa barbara, ca dancing to this at zelo on state st, the best. life was good, so was the music. 
Posted 4 years ago by ecab68    [ Reply ]
je ne peux donner moins qu'un 10... my best song ever on a dance floor... eyes closed and enjoy the MUSIK :-)
Posted 4 years ago by dk7foto112    [ Reply ]
Can't stop myself to give a big 10, j Iust  need  ur silence if u disagree  
Posted 5 years ago by rick83390    [ Reply ]
 Jeff09 wrote:
If you want to hear something strange, beautiful and completely different, check out Eric Whitacre's modern choral arrangement of this song.
 
Wonderful!
Thanks, Jeff09
Posted 5 years ago by haretic    [ Reply ]
They were very great composers, new style. We had quite a few of very great bands in those days .
Posted 5 years ago by siriuss    [ Reply ]
perfect
Posted 5 years ago by thametej    [ Reply ]
 Jeff09 wrote:
If you want to hear something strange, beautiful and completely different, check out Eric Whitacre's modern choral arrangement of this song.
 

WOW
Yes, check this out people!
Posted 5 years ago by mariodrv    [ Reply ]
 Far wrote:
If you revel in DM, try the DM Baar in Talinn, Estonia - all DM videos and music all the time. Band-endorsed and a tourist must-stop.  Good earlier band memorabilia.  Lots of drinking nooks and crannies.

 
So, there's a bar, in Estonia, where Depeche Mode is always playing. Who needs hell when there's this?
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Some 80's songs age better than others...like this one.
Posted 5 years ago by dig    [ Reply ]
More DM please! Something from "Songs of Faith and Devotion"!
Posted 6 years ago by Marce_El_Pela    [ Reply ]
DP are timeless somehow, more please
Posted 6 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
Just saw them in concert. They get better with age, and their lyrics are timeless. Thanks for playing. 
Posted 6 years ago by the_prof    [ Reply ]
Words certainly can do harm. An embrace works better.  
Posted 6 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Wispy cotton candy atmosphere music.  Always enjoyable ......... or maybe it's just the headphones today.
Posted 6 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 Noé wrote:
One of the most interressant singer and writer fo many years

 


Posted 6 years ago by Noé    [ Reply ]
Those chords...that sci-fi soundscape...the dark-tinged, precise vocals...so uniquely New Wave, but still sounds wonderful in play today
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
I heard Tori Amos do a KILLER cover of this recently. Thought it was better than the original.
Posted 7 years ago by ColdMiser    [ Reply ]
notched this up to a 9.
Posted 7 years ago by Oldfastbowler    [ Reply ]
All I ever wanted, all I ever needed.
Posted 7 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
One of the most interressant group of ninety years
Posted 7 years ago by Noé    [ Reply ]
{#Sunny}  {#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 7 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill, I have a segment idea for you

Depeche Mode- Policy Of Truth
Echo & The Bunnymen-Lips Like Sugar
Joy Division-Love Will Tear Us Apart

your welcome{#Cheesygrin} 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Tour in 2017
Posted 8 years ago by arnimf    [ Reply ]
Wow! 2 DMs in as many days. Thank you, RP!
Posted 8 years ago by DearDM    [ Reply ]
I wish I could enjoy the silence when this song comes on. ;-)
Posted 8 years ago by rocklandlove    [ Reply ]
 Jeff09 wrote:
If you want to hear something strange, beautiful and completely different, check out Eric Whitacre's modern choral arrangement of this song.

 
Thank you! I just checked him out. Awesome.
Posted 8 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
oh please not again
Posted 8 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
If you want to hear something strange, beautiful and completely different, check out Eric Whitacre's modern choral arrangement of this song.
Posted 8 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
They rarely put a foot wrong! Strong 9 here
Posted 8 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
Such a strong 10.
It may be a classic already and it may sound in all other radio station, but God! such a strong 10. 
Posted 8 years ago by Chaloza    [ Reply ]
 Far wrote:
If you revel in DM, try the DM Baar in Talinn, Estonia - all DM videos and music all the time. Band-endorsed and a tourist must-stop.  Good earlier band memorabilia.  Lots of drinking nooks and crannies.

 
i don't know about the DM Baar
but a stay in Talinn sounds nice
Spring perhaps 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
If you revel in DM, try the DM Baar in Talinn, Estonia - all DM videos and music all the time. Band-endorsed and a tourist must-stop.  Good earlier band memorabilia.  Lots of drinking nooks and crannies.
Posted 8 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
simply a classic
Posted 9 years ago by CHuLoYo    [ Reply ]
classical dancing very nice number!
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Straight 10 even after all these years.
Saw them last year in Amsterdam and before in Austin. Epic performance. Still.  
Posted 9 years ago by JoeHaarlemNL    [ Reply ]
The future is here.  It's just not evenly distributed.

 niccca wrote:
Shimmer wrote:

This came out in 1990. CDs were very common by then.

 

I did not know what a CD is in 1990. Maybe five years later, more towards 2000, they started to be more common there where I lived at that time (a very small town in a post-communist country).

 


Posted 9 years ago by amb599    [ Reply ]
I tried to do as the title said but then I could not enjoy the song.
Posted 9 years ago by CaffeineSam    [ Reply ]
Shimmer wrote:

This came out in 1990. CDs were very common by then.

 

I did not know what a CD is in 1990. Maybe five years later, more towards 2000, they started to be more common there where I lived at that time (a very small town in a post-communist country).
Posted 9 years ago by niccca    [ Reply ]
 Shimmer wrote:

This came out in 1990. CDs were very common by then.

 
Don't pee on their Corn Flakes! It happened that way and that's how they want to remember it (I do the same thing {#Drool}). If we want to say that we remember walking to school in two feet of snow up hill both ways, so be it!
Posted 9 years ago by ajlept    [ Reply ]
 Mayasha wrote:
I borrowed the cassette from a friend (there were no CDs at that time) and listened to the album from start to end (thanks for auto reverse!). I was 14 then, but I still love them now.

 
This came out in 1990. CDs were very common by then.
Posted 10 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana} Dancing banana and I LOVE this song 
Posted 10 years ago by brkit2012    [ Reply ]
I borrowed the cassette from a friend (there were no CDs at that time) and listened to the album from start to end (thanks for auto reverse!). I was 14 then, but I still love them now.
Posted 10 years ago by Mayasha    [ Reply ]
 MojoJojo wrote:
But what about the song?  

Tony0600 wrote:
turgid, tedious, droning
 
 
Very good! 
Posted 10 years ago by Tony0600    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 GertR wrote:
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Commenting this song has now been disabled.

 

I misheard for decades as
Words are very unnecessary
Breaking only two hearts
Thanks!
Posted 10 years ago by jvalatka    [ Reply ]
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Commenting this song has now been disabled.
Posted 10 years ago by GertR    [ Reply ]
 Biscobret wrote:
God - i LOVE this fucking song!  A LOT!

just went from a 9 --> 10

 
{#Bounce}
Posted 10 years ago by DearDM    [ Reply ]
God - i LOVE this fucking song!  A LOT!

just went from a 9 --> 10
Posted 10 years ago by Biscobret    [ Reply ]
But what about the song?  

Tony0600 wrote:
turgid, tedious, droning
 



Posted 10 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Blah!  Never understood the appeal for this band and yes, I have tried for the last couple of decades....
Posted 10 years ago by Tennisgirl    [ Reply ]
...oh Bill, you make me come back teenager!! Thanks!! {#Daisy}
Posted 10 years ago by Nenelena    [ Reply ]
 ozzie1313 wrote:
rarely do you play back to back songs that suck

  And I would like to add that your beard looks very tidy. :-)
(good song)
Posted 11 years ago by Wizzo_oz    [ Reply ]
 ShamanManu wrote:
{#Crown}

 
Exactly...
Posted 11 years ago by Indie    [ Reply ]
 Sirena815 wrote:
For some reason, Enjoy The Silence never gets old for me. Solid outstanding song.
 
Ditto. Loved the video as well when it came out.
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I like DM more and more in my mid thirties. 8
Posted 11 years ago by Helmholtz    [ Reply ]
{#Crown}
Posted 11 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
Thanks RP!!!!!

I'm seeing these guys in Brooklyn in exactly 7 days.
Posted 11 years ago by DearDM    [ Reply ]
extremely danceable, this one can overpower whatever else is going on around and put me right on the dance floor, and in my mind's eye the lead singer is doing the oh-so physical enactment of these simple lyrics...just the most basic statement of all our desires

always liked this one 
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 DearDM wrote:

...and oh so delicious!
 
Heck-yeah, Bill!  Thanks for the shout-out. 

Can you tell I love these guys??

Posted 11 years ago by DearDM    [ Reply ]
 justsomeone wrote:
I used to hate Depeche Mode - Not any more.

Progression or regression?
 
...or just old age?
I'm mellowing towards them too...might even like them in another 20 years or so.
Posted 11 years ago by jt1    [ Reply ]
Should be the theme song for Bean-O.
Posted 11 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
 Tony0600 wrote:
turgid, tedious, droning
 
...and oh so delicious!
Posted 11 years ago by DearDM    [ Reply ]
I used to hate Depeche Mode - Not any more.

Progression or regression?
Posted 11 years ago by justsomeone    [ Reply ]
Dear RP, thank you for my dose of DM!
Posted 11 years ago by DearDM    [ Reply ]
A Depeche Mode song I don't hate . . . 
Posted 12 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
 DavidS_UK wrote:
Just one of those 'never played too much' tracks (such as 'Into the trees' by the Cure...).

Seems like ages since I last logged on here...
 



..that'd be "The Forest"..& i agree on both counts..
Posted 12 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
Dear RP, thank you!!!!!!
Posted 12 years ago by DearDM    [ Reply ]
turgid, tedious, droning
Posted 12 years ago by Tony0600    [ Reply ]
rarely do you play back to back songs that suck
Posted 12 years ago by ozzie1313    [ Reply ]
Just one of those 'never played too much' tracks (such as 'Into the trees' by the Cure...).

Seems like ages since I last logged on here...
Posted 12 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
Love hearing this............memories !!!!!
 
Posted 12 years ago by Papasmeg    [ Reply ]