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| title = Get The Balance Right | | title = Get The Balance Right | ||
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| artist = [[Depeche Mode]] | | artist = [[Depeche Mode]] | ||
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| length = 3:12 <small>(7"/single version)</small><br>7:56 <small>(12" version)</small> | | length = 3:12 <small>(7"/single version)</small><br>7:56 <small>(12" version)</small> | ||
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{{ | == Notes == | ||
The band said in the 1985-10-26 issue of Melody Maker: | |||
<blockquote>Dave: "We were just thinking of making a stomper. But it's my least favourite track." | |||
Martin: "I hate it, and I wrote it. This was the only time we HAD to turn out a single whether we wanted to or not." | |||
</blockquote> | |||
{{Lyrics|Get The Balance Right| | |||
There's more besides | There's more besides | ||
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== Live performances == | == Live performances == | ||
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{{Singles}} | {{Singles}} | ||
Latest revision as of 21:40, 7 May 2024
Get The Balance Right
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| Song | Get The Balance Right |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Daniel Miller |
| Recorded at | Blackwing Studios (London) |
| Length (mm:ss) | 3:12 (7"/single version) 7:56 (12" version) |
| Time signature | 4 4 |
| Recorded | December 1982 |
| Originally released | 31 January 1983 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 61 times * |
| Total live performances | 61 times * |
Notes
The band said in the 1985-10-26 issue of Melody Maker:
Dave: "We were just thinking of making a stomper. But it's my least favourite track."
Martin: "I hate it, and I wrote it. This was the only time we HAD to turn out a single whether we wanted to or not."
Lyrics
Get The Balance Right
There's more besides
Joyrides
The little house in the countryside
Understand
Learn to demand
Compromise
And sometimes lie
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
Be responsible
Respectable
Stable but gullible
Concerned and caring
Help the helpless
But always remain
Ultimately selfish
When you think you've got a hold of it all
You haven't got a hold at all
When you reach the top
Get ready to drop
Prepare yourself for the fall
You're gonna fall
It's almost predictable
Almost
Don't turn this way
Don't turn that way
Straight down the middle until next Thursday
First to the left
Then back to the right
Twist and turn 'til you've got it right
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1983 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Music video
Live performances
- Main article: Available recordings of "Get The Balance Right"
- Main article: List of dates where "Get The Balance Right" was played
