Chart Success
"Enjoy the Silence" became one of the band's most successful singles, and its first UK Top 10 hit since 1984. The single rocketed up the UK Singles Chart to No. 6, remaining there for three weeks. This was the band's highest-charting single since "People Are People" peaked at No. 4 in 1984. Additionally, other than "People Are People", only two other singles released by the band had reached as high as No. 6: 1982's "See You" and 1983's "Everything Counts".
The song reached No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in July 1990, making it the only Depeche Mode single to date to achieve top 10 status. It was also only their second top twenty hit in the US. At the time, the only other Depeche Mode single to hit the US Top 20 was "People Are People", which hit No. 13. The single also topped the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, another first for the band (as this chart had been created in 1988). The chart measures radio airplay on US modern rock stations.
"Enjoy the Silence 04" was almost equally successful in the UK, peaking at No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play. In addition, the limited edition vinyl releases also charted, but due to the fact that their lead track was not "Enjoy the Silence", these releases charted separately. As a result, "Something to Do", the A-side to the L12 release, spent one week at No. 75 on the UK Singles Chart.
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