Everything Counts

"Everything Counts"
"Everything Counts"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Construction Time Again
B-side	"Work Hard"
Released	11 July 1983
Recorded	1983
Studio	The Garden (London)
Genre	Synth-pop; industrial pop; new wave;
Length	3:58 (single version); 4:19 (album version); 7:18 (12″ version);
Label	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Martin L. Gore
Producer(s)	Depeche Mode; Daniel Miller;
Depeche Mode singles chronology
Music video
	"Everything Counts" on YouTube

"Everything Counts" is a 1983 song by British band Depeche Mode and is the leading single from their third studio album Construction Time Again. It went to number 6 in the United Kingdom, number 8 in Switzerland and number 15 in Ireland. The live version was released as a single in 1989.

Track listings

1983 release

7": Mute / 7Bong3 (UK) & Sire / 7-29482 (US)

"Everything Counts" – 3:58
"Work Hard" – 4:21

12": Mute / 12Bong3 (UK) & Sire / 0-20165 (US)

"Everything Counts" (In Larger Amounts) – 7:18
"Work Hard" (East End remix) – 6:57

12": Mute / L12Bong3 (UK)

"Everything Counts" (7″ version) – 3:58
"New Life" (live) – 4:12
"Boys Say Go!" (live) – 2:36
"Nothing to Fear" (live) – 4:28
"The Meaning of Love" (live) – 3:14

CD (1991): Mute / CDBong3 (UK)

"Everything Counts" – 3:58
"Work Hard" – 4:21
"Everything Counts" (In Larger Amounts) – 7:18
"Work Hard" (East End remix) – 6:57

Notes and personnel

"Everything Counts", "Nothing to Fear", and "The Meaning of Love" written by Martin Gore.
"Work Hard" written by Martin Gore and Alan Wilder.
"New Life" and "Boys Say Go!" written by Vince Clarke.
Live tracks recorded 25 October 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon in London.

References

↑ "Everything Counts (1983)". archives.depechemode.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
↑ Raggett, Ned (12 March 2012). "Martin Gore On Techno, EDM, New Depeche Mode Music, & Soccer In Cali". Live 105. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
↑ Rolland, David (October 4, 2023). "10 Songs That Show Depeche Mode Are Synth-Pop Masters". Miami New Times. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
↑ "The 25 Best Synthpop Tracks Ever". Synthtopia. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
↑ Raggett, Ned. "Everything Counts – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2014. Aggressive and beautiful at once, it can arguably be called the first English-language industrial pop hit.
↑ Sendra, Tim. "Pop & Wave, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 August 2014. ...the collection has some of the biggest hits of the new wave era. Songs like "Cars" by Gary Numan ..... "Everything Counts" by Depeche Mode..... are the type of tunes that define the era.

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[1] "Everything Counts (1983)". archives.depechemode.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[live105-2] Raggett, Ned (12 March 2012). "Martin Gore On Techno, EDM, New Depeche Mode Music, & Soccer In Cali". Live 105. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[Rolland_2023-3] Rolland, David (October 4, 2023). "10 Songs That Show Depeche Mode Are Synth-Pop Masters". Miami New Times. Retrieved August 27, 2024.

[4] "The 25 Best Synthpop Tracks Ever". Synthtopia. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[Allmusic_EverythingCountsReview-5] Raggett, Ned. "Everything Counts – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2014. Aggressive and beautiful at once, it can arguably be called the first English-language industrial pop hit.

[Allmusic_PopWave-6] Sendra, Tim. "Pop & Wave, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 August 2014. ...the collection has some of the biggest hits of the new wave era. Songs like "Cars" by Gary Numan ..... "Everything Counts" by Depeche Mode..... are the type of tunes that define the era.