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Behind the Wheel#"Behind the Wheel 2011"

{{Short description|1987 single by Depeche Mode}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2012}}

{{For|the activity|Driving}}

{{For|the definition of "behind the wheel"|wikt:behind the wheel}}{{Infobox song

| name = Behind the Wheel

| cover = DepecheModeBehindTheWheel.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Depeche Mode

| album = Music for the Masses

| B-side = Route 66

| released = {{start date|1987|12|28|df=y}}{{cite magazine |date=26 December 1987 |title=Xmas News |magazine=Record Mirror |page=9 |issn=0144-5804}}

| recorded = February–July 1987

| studio =

| genre =

  • Dance-rock{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/barrel-of-a-gun-mt0034054568 | title=Depeche Mode - Barrel of a Gun | website=AllMusic | access-date=26 August 2015 | author=DiGravina, Tim}}
  • alternative dance{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/arthur-baker-presents-dance-masters-shep-pettibone-the-classic-12-master-mixes-mw0003573291|author=Andy Kellman|title= Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: Shep Pettibone - The Classic 12" Master-Mixes|work=AllMusic|access-date=19 July 2022}}

| length = 5:18

| label = Mute

| writer = Martin L. Gore

| producer =

  • Depeche Mode
  • David Bascombe

| prev_title = Never Let Me Down Again

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Little 15

| next_year = 1988

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|VEAuMiKqP-4|"Behind the Wheel"}}}}

}}

"Behind the Wheel" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode from their sixth studio album, Music for the Masses (1987). It was released on 28 December 1987 as the album's third single, reaching number 21 in the United Kingdom, number six in both Switzerland and West Germany, also entering the US Billboard Hot 100 as its predecessors.

"Route 66"

A cover version of the Bobby Troup song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" features on the single as a B-side. Martin Gore states that he chose the song because he "thought it would be a good idea to record a driving song on the B-side of 'Behind the Wheel'". It was remixed by the Beatmasters and was made up from elements of "Behind the Wheel".{{Cite web |title=Route 66 |url=https://dmlive.wiki/wiki/Route_66 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=dmlive.wiki |language=en}}

Critical reception

Cash Box called it a "dark, European funk tune for those who dance with a touch of sadness" that is "very strange, yet appealing."{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1988/CB-1988-04-23.pdf|magazine=Cash Box|date=April 23, 1988|accessdate=2022-12-21|page=8}}

In 1989, the single was ranked number 30 on Spin magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time".{{Cite web |title=Rocklist.net...Spin Magazine (USA) Lists...Page 2 |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/spin100.html}}{{unreliable source?|date=January 2015}}

Other releases

Remixes of "Behind the Wheel" appear on compilations such as The Singles 86–98 (1998), Remixes 81–04 (2004) and Remixes 2: 81–11 (2011). Live versions appear on 101 (1989) and releases of Recording the Angel (2006) and Recording the Universe (2010).

Track listings

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"Behind the Wheel" was written by Martin L. Gore. "Route 66" was written by Robert William Troup Jr.

=7": Mute / 7Bong15 (UK) =

  1. "Behind the Wheel" (remix) – 4:03
  2. "Route 66" – 4:11

=12": Mute / 12Bong15 (UK) =

  1. "Behind the Wheel" (Shep Pettibone mix) – 5:56
  2. "Route 66" (Beatmasters mix) – 6:19

=12": Mute / L12Bong15 (UK) =

  1. "Behind the Wheel" (Beatmasters mix) – 8:00
  2. "Route 66" (Casualty mix) – 10:40 (remixed by Dave Allen)

=CD: Mute / CDBong15 (UK) =

  1. "Behind the Wheel" (7" remix) – 4:03
  2. "Route 66" – 4:11
  3. "Behind the Wheel" (Shep Pettibone mix) – 5:56
  4. "Behind the Wheel" (LP mix) – 5:19

=CD: Mute / CDBong15 (UK) =

  1. "Behind the Wheel" (remix) – 4:03
  2. "Route 66" – 4:11
  3. "Behind the Wheel" (Shep Pettibone mix) – 5:56
  4. "Route 66" (Beatmasters mix) – 6:19
  5. "Behind the Wheel" (Beatmasters mix) – 8:00
  6. "Route 66" (Casualty mix) – 10:40
  7. "Behind the Wheel" (LP mix) – 5:19
  • The second CD is the 1992 re-release.

=Cassette maxi-single: Mute / CBong15 (UK) =

  1. "Behind the Wheel" (Shep Pettibone mix) – 5:56
  2. "Route 66" (Beatmasters mix) – 6:19
  3. "Behind the Wheel" (LP mix) – 5:19

=7": Sire / 7-27991 (US) =

  1. "Behind the Wheel" (remix) – 4:03
  2. "Route 66/Behind the Wheel" (mega-single mix) – 4:13 (remixed by Ivan Ivan)

=12": Sire / 0-20858 (US) =

  1. "Behind the Wheel/Route 66" (megamix) – 7:48 (remixed by Ivan Ivan)
  2. "Behind the Wheel/Route 66" (megadub) – 6:10 (remixed by Ivan Ivan)
  3. "Behind the Wheel" (extended remix) – 5:56
  4. "Behind the Wheel" (Beatmasters mix) – 8:00

=12": Sire / PRO-A-2952 (US promo) =

  1. "Behind the Wheel" (extended remix) – 5:56
  2. "Behind the Wheel" (dub) – 5:53
  3. "Behind the Wheel" (Beatmasters mix) – 8:00
  4. "Behind the Wheel" (7" DJ remix) – 3:48

=CD: Sire / PRO-CD-2953 (US promo) =

  1. "Behind the Wheel" (remix) – 4:03
  2. "Behind the Wheel/Route 66" (mega-single mix) – 4:29 (remixed by Ivan Ivan)
  3. "Route 66/Behind the Wheel" (mega-single mix) – 4:12
  4. "Behind the Wheel/Route 66" (Megamix) – 7:48 (remixed by Ivan Ivan)
  5. "Behind the Wheel" (Beatmasters mix) – 8:00
  6. "Behind the Wheel" (extended remix) – 5:56

Music video

The music video was directed by Anton Corbijn and included on the Strange compilation. Shot entirely in black and white, the video depicts Dave Gahan's car from the Never Let Me Down Again video being towed away while he waits on crutches, only to discard those crutches as he rides on the back of a Vespa SS180 driven by a female companion to a local village, where the rest of the band play the song while Gahan and the woman dance.

The video features the 7" remix of the song, although an alternative video also exists set to the original album version.

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ Weekly chart performance for "Behind the Wheel"

! scope="col"| Chart (1988)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/88/M&M-1988-02-13-OCR-Page-0009.pdf |title=European Hot 100 Singles |magazine=Music & Media |volume=5 |issue=7 |date=13 February 1988 |page=16 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}

| 16

scope="row"| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|first= Timo |last= Pennanen |year= 2006 |title= Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |language= fi |edition= 1st |publisher= Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |isbn= 978-951-1-21053-5 |location= Helsinki}}

| 15

{{single chart|France|21|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Behind the Wheel|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|16|song=Behind the Wheel|rowheader=true|access-date=6 February 2021}}
scope="row"| Spain (AFYVE){{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|language=es|edition=1st|location=Madrid|publisher=Fundación Autor/SGAE|date=September 2005|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}

| 19

{{single chart|Sweden|10|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Behind the Wheel|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|6|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Behind the Wheel|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|21|artist=Depeche Mode|artistid=20192|rowheader=true|access-date=6 February 2021}}
scope="row"| UK Indie (OCC){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1988/MW-1988-01-23-IDX-32.pdf |title=The Indie Singles |magazine=Music Week |date=23 January 1988 |page=24 |issn=0265-1548 |via=World Radio History}}

| 1

{{single chart|Billboardhot100|61|artist=Depeche Mode|rowheader=true|access-date=6 February 2021|note=with "Route 66"}}
{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|3|artist=Depeche Mode|rowheader=true|access-date=6 February 2021|note=with "Route 66"|refname="USdance"}}
{{single chart|Billboarddancesales|10|artist=Depeche Mode|rowheader=true|access-date=6 February 2021|note=with "Route 66"}}
scope="row"| US Cash Box Top 100 Singles{{cite web |url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19880528.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending May 28, 1988 |work=Cash Box |access-date=1 May 2020}}
{{small|with "Route 66"}}

| 81

{{single chart|West Germany|6|songid=1731|artist=Depeche Mode|song=Behind the Wheel|rowheader=true|access-date=6 February 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ Year-end chart performance for "Behind the Wheel"

! scope="col"| Chart (1988)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Dance Club Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1988/1988-12-24-Billboard-Page-0085.pdf |title=1988 The Year in Music & Video – Top Dance Club Play Singles |magazine=Billboard |volume=100 |issue=52 |date=24 December 1988 |page=Y-25 |issn=0006-2510 |via=World Radio History}}
{{small|with "Route 66"}}

| 16

scope="row"| West Germany (Official German Charts){{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1988 |title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts – 1988 |language=de |publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |access-date=6 February 2021}}

| 68

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Behind the Wheel 2011

{{Infobox song

| name = Behind the Wheel 2011

| cover =

| alt =

| type = promo

| artist = Depeche Mode

| album = Remixes 2: 81–11

| released = 6 June 2011

| recorded = 1987–2011

| studio =

| genre = House

| length =

| label = Mute

| writer = Martin L. Gore

| producer = Vince Clarke

}}

"Behind the Wheel 2011" (Reprise / Rhino / Mute PRCD-400205) is a US-only promotional CD single, released in 2011. The title track is a remix made by former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke for the band's Remixes 2: 81–11 album. The single was promotional only, and not for sale. It reached number three on the Billboard{{'s}} Hot Dance Club Play chart in 2011.

Track listing{{cite web |publisher=Depechemode.com |title=DM Discography Singles – Behind The Wheel 2011 |url=http://archives.depechemode.com/discography/singles/52_behindthewheel2011.html |access-date=26 January 2014}}

  1. "Behind the Wheel 2011" (Vince Clarke extended vocal) – 6:42
  2. "Behind the Wheel 2011" (Mark Picchiotti re-edited Vince Clarke dub) – 6:44
  3. "Behind the Wheel 2011" (Mark Picchiotti re-edited Vince Clarke radio mix) – 3:36

References

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External links

  • [http://archives.depechemode.com/discography/singles/20_behindthewheel.html Single information from the official Depeche Mode website]
  • [http://www.allmusic.com/album/behind-the-wheel-mw0000090124 AllMusic review] {{rating|2|5}}

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