Depeche Mode: Get the Balance Right
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"Get the Balance Right!" is the seventh single by Depeche Mode originally released on January 31, 1983. It is the first Depeche Mode single with Alan Wilder as an official band member, and the first with a song written by both Martin Gore and Alan ("The Great Outdoors!").
"Get the Balance Right!" has the main single version, which was not included on the following album Construction Time Again but does appear on the American compilation People Are People and the compilation The Singles (81-85). The "Combination" mix is an extended version using original sounds only.
The B-side is "The Great Outdoors!", an instrumental written by both Martin Gore and Alan Wilder. There is no remix of the song, though the song is already over five minutes long. It was the first Depeche Mode song not to be played live.
Included on the 12" releases is "Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live)", the first live song on a Depeche Mode single. This is the first DM single to have a Limited Edition version, which features more live tracks.
The video for "Get the Balance Right!" has one of the most famous blunders among Depeche Mode fans. At the beginning of the video, Alan lip-syncs to the first two lines of the song. The director, Kevin Hewitt, did not know the band and simply assumed Alan was the singer. The band were too scared to point out that David Gahan was the singer.