Originally released 29 April 1985, “Shake The Disease” is the 13th single (the seventh in the US) by Depeche Mode. It’s the second non-album single and one of two previously unreleased tracks on the compilation “The Singles 81>85”.
7-inch – UK
Mute – 7 BONG 8 (released 29 April 1985)
- A1 Shake The Disease 4:48
- B1 Flexible 3:11
12-inch – UK
Mute – 12 BONG 8 (released 29 April 1985, generic inner sleeve)
- A1 Shake The Disease (Remixed Extended) 8:44
- B1 Flexible (Remixed Extended) 6:15
12-inch limited edition – UK
Mute – L12 BONG 8 (released 29 April 1985, generic inner sleeve)
- A1 Shake The Disease (Edit The Shake) 7:10
- A2 Master And Servant (Live in Basel 1984) 5:37
- B1 Flexible (Pre-deportation Mix) 4:40
- B2 Something To Do (Metal Mix) 7:26
7-inch – red transparent vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 7 BONG 8 – Intercord Ton – INT 111.827 (released 29 April 1985)
- A1 Shake The Disease 4:47
- B1 Flexible 3:09
12-inch – grey marbled vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 12 BONG 8 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.828 (released 29 April 1985, reissue released in 1987 or 1988 as part of the “Colour Collection”, generic inner sleeve)
- A1 Shake The Disease (Remixed Extended) 8:44
- B1 Flexible (Remixed Extended) 6:15
12-inch – grey marbled vinyl special edition – Germany
Mute – L12 Bong 8 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.829 (released 29 April 1985, generic inner sleeve)
- A1 Shake The Disease (Edit The Shake) 7:10
- A2 Master And Servant (Live in Basel 1984) 5:35
- B1 Flexible (Pre-deportation Mix) 4:38
- B2 Something To Do (Metal Mix) 7:25
7-inch – US
Mute – Sire – 7-28835 (released 30 October 1985)
- A1 Shake The Disease (Fade) 3:59
- B1 Flexible 3:09
7-inch promo – US
Mute – Sire – 7-28835 (released in 1985, generic sleeve)
- A1 Shake The Disease (Fade) 3:59
- B1 Shake The Disease (Fade) 3:59
12-inch – Philippines
Mute – 12 BONG 8 – New York Records – OC-EP-17037 (released in 1985, generic inner sleeve)
- A1 Shake The Disease (Remixed Extended) 8:42
- B1 Flexible (Remixed Extended) 6:13
CD – France
Mute – Virgin – 30135 (released in 1988)
- Shake The Disease (Edit The Shake) 7:10
- Master And Servant (Live in Basel 1984) 5:37
- Flexible (Pre-deportation Mix) 4:39
- Something To Do (Metal Mix) 7:26
- Shake The Disease (7-inch Version) 4:49
CD – Germany
Mute – CD L12 Bong 8 – Intercord Ton – INT 826.829 (release in 1990)
- Shake The Disease (Edit The Shake) 7:09
- Master And Servant (Live in Basel 1984) 5:38
- Flexible (Pre-deportation Mix) 4:40
- Something To Do (Metal Mix) 7:25
CD – UK / US
Mute – CD BONG 8 / Mute – Sire – 40314-2 (released 25 November 1991 / 3 December, as part of the Singles Box 3 and separately)
- Shake The Disease (7-inch Version) 4:47 / 4:48
- Flexible (7-inch Version) 3:10 / 3:11
- Shake The Disease (Remixed Extended) 8:45 / 8:46
- Flexible (Remixed Extended) 6:16 / 6:16
- Shake The Disease (Edit The Shake) 7:10 / 7:11
- Something To Do (Metal Mix) 7:27 / 7:27
Music video – Worldwide
Mute – no catalogue number (directed by Peter Care, released in April 1985)
- Shake The Disease (7-inch Version) 4:44
Depeche Mode – Shake The Disease
- all tracks written by Martin Gore
- produced by Daniel Miller, Gareth Jones, and Depeche Mode
- highest chart position 18 (UK)
- appears on the compilations The Singles 81→85, Catching Up With Depeche Mode, and The Best Of Volume 1
- 1985 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, Martin Gore, and Alan Wilder