Originally released 31 January 1983, “Get The Balance Right!” is the seventh single (third in the US) by Depeche Mode . It’s the first release with Alan Wilder being an official band member. Furthermore, “Get The Balance Right!” is the second non-album single and the first to feature a limited edition 12-inch .
7-inch – UK
Mute – 7 BONG 2 (released 31 January 1983)
- A1 Get The Balance Right! 3:12
- B1 The Great Outdoors! 5:01 gw
12-inch – UK
Mute – 12 BONG 2 (released 31 January 1983)
- A1 Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) 7:56
- B1 The Great Outdoors! 5:01 gw
- B2 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:00
12-inch numbered limited edition / unnumbered edition – UK
Mute – L12 BONG 2 (released 31 January 1983)
- A1 Get The Balance Right! (7-inch Version) 3:12
- B1 My Secret Garden (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 7:29
- B2 See You (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:10
- B3 Satellite (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:28
- B4 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon) 3:47
7-inch – red transparent vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 7BONG 2 – Intercord Ton – INT 111.809 (released 31 January 1983)
- A1 Get The Balance Right! 3:12
- B1 The Great Outdoors! 5:02 gw
12-inch – red transparent vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 12BONG 2 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.810 (released in 1983 in thin sleeve, reissued in 1985 in standard sleeve)
- A1 Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) 7:56
- B1 The Great Outdoors! 5:04 gw
- B2 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:08
7-inch – Japan
Mute – Sire – 1757 (released 2 April 1983)
- A1 Get The Balance Right! 3:12
- B1 The Great Outdoors! 5:01 gw
12-inch – US
Mute – Sire – 29704-0 (released 7 September 1983)
- A1 Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) 7:56
- B1 The Great Outdoors! 5:01 gw
- B2 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:00
- B3 Get The Balance Right! (7-inch Version) 3:12
12-inch – reissued red transparent vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 12BONG 2 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.810 (released in 1987 as part of the “Colour Collection”)
- A1 Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) 7:56
- B1 The Great Outdoors! 5:04 gw
- B2 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:08
12-inch – reissued blue transparent vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – L 12 Bong 2 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.836 (released in 1987 as part of the “Colour Collection”)
- A1 Get The Balance Right! (7-inch Version) 3:11
- B1 My Secret Garden (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 7:29
- B2 See You (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:10
- B3 Satellite (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:28
- B4 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon) 3:47
CD – Germany / France
Mute – Intercord Ton – INT 826.836 / Mute – Virgin – 30054 [numbered limited edition], Mute – Virgin – 30141 [unnumbered edition] (released 1 April 1987 / in 1987)
- Get The Balance Right! (7-inch Version) 3:12 / 3:12
- My Secret Garden (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 7:30 / 7:28
- See You (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:10 / 4:10
- Satellite (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:20 / 4:28
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:00 / 4:01
- Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) 7:51 / 7:56
CD – Germany
Mute – CD BONG 2 – Intercord Ton INT – 826.810 (released in 1988)
- Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) 7:56
- The Great Outdoors! 5:02 gw
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:09
- Get The Balance Right! (7-inch Version) 3:12
CD – UK / US
Mute – CDBONG 2 / Mute – Sire – 40295-2 (released 25 November 1991 / 26 November, as part of the Singles Box 2 and separately)
- Get The Balance Right! (7-inch Version) 3:13 / 3:13
- The Great Outdoors! 5:02 / 5:03 gw
- Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) 7:58 / 7:58
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:13 / 4:12
Music video – Worldwide
Mute – no catalogue number (directed by Kevin Hewitt, released in January 1983)
- Get the Balance Right! (7-inch Version) 3:15
Depeche Mode – Get The Balance Right!
- all tracks written by Martin Gore, except gw by Gore and Alan Wilder
- produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode
- highest chart position 13 (UK)
- appears on the compilations People Are People and The Singles 81→85, plus the box set Construction Time Again | The 12″ Singles
- 1983 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, Martin Gore, and Alan Wilder