Top 10 Depeche Mode b-sides as polled by the band's fans

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

Eh, it beats working. Vote for your favorite out of the top 10 and bitch about what's missing!

Poll Results

Option	Votes
But Not Tonight	5
Fly on the Windscreen	5
Route 66	5
Ice Machine	2
Pleasure, Little Treasure	2
Pimpf	1
Happiest Girl	1
Sea of Sin	1
Dangerous	0
In Your Memory	0

― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 17:52 (eleven years ago)

holy fuck impossible

― Everyone is awful except you. Wait, no, you are also awful. (jjjusten), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 17:56 (eleven years ago)

haha yeah it's like "oh look, nine songs I adore and one I can't remember"

― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 18:02 (eleven years ago)

No 'Surrender'!?

― ...and the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and SAW! (Turrican), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 18:05 (eleven years ago)

ha which one don't you remember?

― Everyone is awful except you. Wait, no, you are also awful. (jjjusten), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 18:06 (eleven years ago)

Ironically, "In Your Memory"

― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 18:06 (eleven years ago)

torn between But Not Tonight and Fly on the Windscreen, though I'm also partial to Ice Machine

― macklin' rosie (crüt), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 18:59 (eleven years ago)

Voting for 'Ice Machine', because upon glancing at that list, that's the one I want to listen to right away. So that.

― ...and the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and SAW! (Turrican), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 20:00 (eleven years ago)

Fly on the Windscreen and But Not Tonight were on my copy of Black Celebration...? Because those are my favorite songs here.

But of the (US?) b-sides, I'll have to go with Route 66, narrowly edging Sea of Sin and Happiest Girl.

The acoustic Personal Jesus is also terrific.

― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 20:05 (eleven years ago)

B-sides can also appear on albums; I mean, the b-side to "Cry Wolf" by a-ha was "Maybe, Maybe" (which appeared on the album and was released as its own single in Bolivia)

― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 20:26 (eleven years ago)

Where's Surrender!?

― Moka, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 21:03 (eleven years ago)

Good call. Great track.

― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 21:06 (eleven years ago)

Also missing "my joy" from walking in my shoes.

That and Surrender are among their best.

Since they're missing it's between Dangerous and Pleasure Little Treasure I suppose

― Moka, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 21:07 (eleven years ago)

I have long maintained that "World In My Eyes"/"Sea of Sin"/"Happiest Girl" may be the greatest overall single of their career

― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 21:18 (eleven years ago)

My answer to this type question will always be Sea of Sin.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 21:21 (eleven years ago)

All the ones I know are sweet tracks, but I'm a little bummed they didn't find room for "Set Me Free (Remotivate Me)", which I inexplicably love

― Vinnie, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 21:37 (eleven years ago)

I have long maintained that "World In My Eyes"/"Sea of Sin"/"Happiest Girl" may be the greatest overall single of their career

This. There's also a great remix of WIMY on that one.

― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 21:41 (eleven years ago)

Not a big fan of DM b-sides. I'll probably vote for Route 66 even though it definitely feels throwaway. "Ghost" should have been on that list.

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 21:47 (eleven years ago)

I always liked "One Caress" which then showed up on the subsequent album

― Rotating prince game (I am using your worlds), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 21:59 (eleven years ago)

Where's Surrender!?

― Moka, Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:03 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Indeed. It's one of two "should have been the A-side" moments in Depeche Mode's discography, the other (of course) being 'Fly On The Windscreen'. (which was the B-side of 'It's Called A Heart') - the opposite of this of course, would be 'But Not Tonight', which is inferior to 'Stripped' in every possible way.

― ...and the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and SAW! (Turrican), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 22:32 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 29 June 2014 00:01 (eleven years ago)

huh.. Death's Door??

― piscesx, Sunday, 29 June 2014 03:53 (eleven years ago)

"But Not Tonight"

― Bee OK, Sunday, 29 June 2014 04:31 (eleven years ago)

Voted "Pleasure, Little Treasure", love the live version on 101. But I was pleasantly surprised to hear "Behind the Wheel"/"Route 66" on my modern rock station the other day.

― Frontier Psychiatrist, Sunday, 29 June 2014 07:44 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 30 June 2014 00:01 (eleven years ago)

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.