Depeche Mode – Get The Balance Right!

Originally released 31 January 1983, “Get The Balance Right!” is the seventh single (the third in the US) by Depeche Mode . It’s also the first release with Alan Wilder officially in the band.

7-inch – UK
Mute 7 BONG 2

• A1 Get The Balance Right! 3:12
• B1 The Great Outdoors! 5:01 ♬

12-inch – UK
Mute 12 BONG 2

• A1 Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) 7:56
• B1 The Great Outdoors! 5:01 ♬
• B2 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:00

12-inch limited edition – UK
Mute L12 BONG 2

• A1 Get The Balance Right! (7-inch Version) 3:12
• B1 My Secret Garden (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 7:28
• B2 See You (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:11
• B3 Satellite (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:28
• B4 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon) 4:00

7-inch – Japan
Mute – Sire 1757 (released 2 April 1983)

• A1 Get The Balance Right! 3:12
• B1 The Great Outdoors! 5:01 ♬

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 ♬
• B2 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:00
• B3 Get The Balance Right! (7-inch Version) 3:12

CD – Germany / France
Mute – Intercord Ton INT 826.836 / Mute – Virgin 30141 (reissued releases 1 April 1987)

1. Get The Balance Right! (7-inch Version) 3:12 / 3:12
2. My Secret Garden (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 7:30 / 7:28
3. See You (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:10 / 4:10
4. Satellite (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:20 / 4:28
5. Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:00 / 4:01
6. Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) 7:51 / 7:56

CD – Germany
Mute CD BONG 2 – Intercord Ton INT 826.810 (reissued release 1988)

1. Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) 7:56
2. The Great Outdoors! 5:02 ♬
3. Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:09
4. 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)

1. Get The Balance Right! (7-inch Version) 3:13 / 3:13
2. The Great Outdoors! 5:02 / 5:03 ♬
3. Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) 7:58 / 7:58
4. Tora! Tora! Tora! (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1982) 4:13 / 4:12

Depeche Mode – Get The Balance Right!

• all tracks written by Martin L. Gore, except ♬ 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 L. Gore, and Alan Wilder