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{{Song infobox
| title = Get The Balance Right
| screenshot = Single-GTBR.jpg
| artist = [[Depeche Mode]]
| songwriter = [[Martin L. Gore]]
| producer = [[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Daniel Miller]]
| studio = Blackwing Studios (London)
| length = 3:12 <small>(7"/single version)</small><br>7:56 <small>(12" version)</small>
| tempo =
| timesignature = {{music|time|4|4}}
| key =
| engineeredby =
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| recordingdate = December 1982
| releasedate = 31 January 1983
| colorscheme = GTBR
}}
 
== 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
 
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
|Martin L. Gore|©1983 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.}}
 
== Music video ==
 
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== Live performances ==
{{Live section}}
 
{{Singles}}
 
[[Category:Singles]]
[[Category:Depeche Mode songs]]
[[Category:Depeche Mode singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore]]
[[Category:Songs with official music videos]]

Latest revision as of 21:40, 7 May 2024

Get The Balance Right
Single-GTBR.jpg
Song Get The Balance Right
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


1981-1985: Dreaming Of MeNew LifeJust Can't Get EnoughSee YouThe Meaning Of Love
Leave In SilenceGet The Balance RightEverything CountsLove In ItselfPeople Are PeopleMaster And ServantBlasphemous Rumours / SomebodyShake The DiseaseIt's Called A Heart
1986-1989: StrippedBut Not TonightA Question Of LustA Question Of TimeStrangelove
Never Let Me Down AgainBehind The WheelLittle 15Personal Jesus
1990-1998: Enjoy The SilencePolicy Of TruthWorld In My EyesI Feel YouWalking In My ShoesCondemnationIn Your RoomBarrel Of A GunIt's No GoodHomeUseless
Only When I Lose Myself
2001-2009: Dream OnI Feel LovedFreeloveGoodnight LoversPreciousA Pain That I'm Used To
Suffer WellJohn The Revelator / LilianMartyrWrongPeaceFragile Tension / Hole To Feed
2013-2017: HeavenSoothe My SoulShould Be HigherWhere's The RevolutionGoing Backwards
Cover Me
2023: Ghosts Again
1992-1998: Faith HealerDriftingStalker / Missing Piece
2000-2008: Strange HoursJezebelPreyAllelujah
2003-2008: Dirty Sticky FloorsI Need YouBottle Living / Hold OnA Little PieceKingdomSaw Something / Deeper And Deeper
2012-2015: Longest DayTake Me Back HomeAll Of This And NothingShine
1989-2003: CompulsionStardustLoverman
2012-2015: SpockSingle BlipAftermathsEuropa Hymn • "Pinking" (Christoffer Berg Remix)
Official releases