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Behind the Wheel

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"Behind the Wheel"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Music for the Masses
B-side"Route 66"
Released28 December 1987 (1987-12-28)[1]
RecordedFebruary–July 1987
Genre
Length5:18
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)Martin L. Gore
Producer(s)
  • Depeche Mode
  • David Bascombe
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"Never Let Me Down Again"
(1987) 		"Behind the Wheel"
(1987) 		"Little 15"
(1988)
Music video
"Behind the Wheel" on YouTube

"Behind the Wheel" is a 1987 song by Depeche Mode and is the third single from their sixth studio album Music for the Masses. It went to number 21 in the United Kingdom, number 6 in Switzerland and Germany, number 16 in Ireland, number 21 in France, number 19 in Spain, number 15 in Finland and number 10 in Sweden.

Track listings

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"Behind the Wheel" was written by Martin L. Gore. "Route 66" was written by Robert William Troup Jr.

7": Mute / 7Bong15 (UK)

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  1. "Behind the Wheel" (remix) – 4:03
  2. "Route 66" – 4:11

12": Mute / 12Bong15 (UK)

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  1. "Behind the Wheel" (Shep Pettibone mix) – 5:56
  2. "Route 66" (Beatmasters mix) – 6:19

12": Mute / L12Bong15 (UK)

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  1. "Behind the Wheel" (Beatmasters mix) – 8:00
  2. "Route 66" (Casualty mix) – 10:40 (remixed by Dave Allen)

CD: Mute / CDBong15 (UK)

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  1. "Behind the Wheel" (7" remix) – 4:03
  2. "Route 66" – 4:11
  3. "Behind the Wheel" (Shep Pettibone mix) – 5:56
  4. "Behind the Wheel" (LP mix) – 5:19

CD: Mute / CDBong15 (UK)

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  1. "Behind the Wheel" (remix) – 4:03
  2. "Route 66" – 4:11
  3. "Behind the Wheel" (Shep Pettibone mix) – 5:56
  4. "Route 66" (Beatmasters mix) – 6:19
  5. "Behind the Wheel" (Beatmasters mix) – 8:00
  6. "Route 66" (Casualty mix) – 10:40
  7. "Behind the Wheel" (LP mix) – 5:19
  • The second CD is the 1992 re-release.

Cassette maxi-single: Mute / CBong15 (UK)

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  1. "Behind the Wheel" (Shep Pettibone mix) – 5:56
  2. "Route 66" (Beatmasters mix) – 6:19
  3. "Behind the Wheel" (LP mix) – 5:19

7": Sire / 7-27991 (US)

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  1. "Behind the Wheel" (remix) – 4:03
  2. "Route 66/Behind the Wheel" (mega-single mix) – 4:13 (remixed by Ivan Ivan)

12": Sire / 0-20858 (US)

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  1. "Behind the Wheel/Route 66" (megamix) – 7:48 (remixed by Ivan Ivan)
  2. "Behind the Wheel/Route 66" (megadub) – 6:10 (remixed by Ivan Ivan)
  3. "Behind the Wheel" (extended remix) – 5:56
  4. "Behind the Wheel" (Beatmasters mix) – 8:00

12": Sire / PRO-A-2952 (US promo)

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  1. "Behind the Wheel" (extended remix) – 5:56
  2. "Behind the Wheel" (dub) – 5:53
  3. "Behind the Wheel" (Beatmasters mix) – 8:00
  4. "Behind the Wheel" (7" DJ remix) – 3:48

CD: Sire / PRO-CD-2953 (US promo)

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  1. "Behind the Wheel" (remix) – 4:03
  2. "Behind the Wheel/Route 66" (mega-single mix) – 4:29 (remixed by Ivan Ivan)
  3. "Route 66/Behind the Wheel" (mega-single mix) – 4:12
  4. "Behind the Wheel/Route 66" (Megamix) – 7:48 (remixed by Ivan Ivan)
  5. "Behind the Wheel" (Beatmasters mix) – 8:00
  6. "Behind the Wheel" (extended remix) – 5:56

References

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  1. ↑ "Xmas News". Record Mirror. 26 December 1987. p. 9. ISSN 0144-5804.
  2. ↑ DiGravina, Tim. "Depeche Mode - Barrel of a Gun". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Andy Kellman. "Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: Shep Pettibone - The Classic 12" Master-Mixes". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2022.


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