Suffer Well

"Suffer Well" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode from their eleventh studio album, Playing the Angel (2005). It was released in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2006 as the album's third single.

"Suffer Well"
Single by Depeche Mode
from the album Playing the Angel
B-side"Better Days"
Released27 March 2006 (2006-03-27)
RecordedJanuary–July 2005
StudioSound Design (Santa Barbara, California)
Genre
Length3:49
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Depeche Mode singles chronology
"A Pain That I'm Used To"
(2005)		 "Suffer Well"
(2006)		 "John the Revelator" / "Lilian"
(2006)
Music video
"Suffer Well" on YouTube

Background

It is the first Depeche Mode single to be written by lead singer Dave Gahan. It is also the first Depeche Mode single that's not written by Martin Gore since "Just Can't Get Enough" in 1981 which was written by Vince Clarke and the first Depeche Mode single ever to be co-written with non-Depeche Mode members (Christian Eigner and Andrew Phillpott wrote the music).

The B-sides for the single are "Better Days", a short song with an industrial-punk feel to it, and "The Darkest Star", which entered the national singles charts in Finland for one week, at number 16.[2]

The song "Suffer Well" was nominated in the category of "Best Dance Recording" at the 2007 Grammy Awards but lost to Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack".[3] The single version of the song adds a drum track to the song, and is shorter.

Chart performance

"Suffer Well" reached number 38 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It reached number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, the band's seventh song to top this chart. "Suffer Well" was added to the playlist of Xfm London on 27 February 2006. However, it failed to make the playlist of any BBC Radio station. Despite this, it entered the UK charts at number 12.

Music video

The video was filmed by Anton Corbijn and was his first music video for the band, excluding tour projections and promo videos, since "Useless" in 1997.

The video features a cameo appearance by Gahan's wife, Jennifer, once as the angel and once as herself. Another cameo is by the band's manager, Jonathan Kessler, who plays Gahan's limo driver. Other highlights include Gore as a bride and Fletcher as a groom. It also features the disco ball seen in the cover art of "Suffer Well".

Track listings

Charts

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 27 March 2006 (2006-03-27)
  • CD
  • DVD
  • digital download
 Mute [32]
Australia 17 April 2006 (2006-04-17)
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
 [33]

See also

References
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  3. Associated Press. "Complete List of Grammy Award Nominations". 7 December 2006
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