Leave in Silence

"Leave in Silence" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released as the third single from their second studio album, A Broken Frame (1982), on 16 August 1982. Recorded at Blackwing Studios, the single became the band's fifth UK Top 20 hit, peaking at No. 18. It was the first Depeche Mode single in the UK to use the "Bong" catalogue number system, which they used until "Heaven" in 2013. Three versions of the track were released on the 7" and 12" singles, while a fourth cut (running at 4:51 mins) was released on A Broken Frame.

The single peaked at #18 in the UK. It wasn’t commercially released in the United States.

There are two alternate versions of this song, the Longer-Version and the Quieter-Version.

In 1985, Dave Gahan said “Leave In Silence” was one of his favorite Depeche Mode singles: ''It’s very rare to capture an atmosphere on a single, but that’s one we did it on. The whole album ‘[A] Broken Frame’ is very moody throughout but a little disjointed. ‘Leave In Silence’, though, had everything, melody, sound, mood, everything. One of my favorites.''

Martin Gore told the British magazine No. 1: ''After the ‘Meaning Of Love’, which isn’t on the LP, had bombed we felt we should be taking a few more chances as trying to make records that we thought were going to be hits wasn’t the way to go about things. We released something we were very happy with, that we hoped would appeal to people.''

Music video
The music video for "Leave in Silence" was directed by Julien Temple, and features the band breaking things on a conveyor belt and talking to each other while wearing face paint. The band disliked the video and did not include it on the Some Great Videos VHS compilation album.