Depeche Mode Shake The Disease

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Shake The Disease

Composer: Martin Lee Gore
Released: 1985
Available on: Shake The Disease, The Singles 81-85

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"Shake The Disease" is a song from the 1985 compilation album The Singles 81→85 by Depeche Mode. It was released as a single on 29 April 1985.

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Shake The Disease All remixes

@dios Deep Mix	7:14​	Martyrdom	@dios
101 Black Mix	4:20​	Hamoodi's Remixes	Hamoodi
1dEN - Perfectly Other Mix	3:14​	1dEN Remix Box 003,	1dEN
3745 SoundSystem Booty Remix	5:39​		Bill Payer & DJ Harry
97 Remix, Funky Mix, Funky Remix	5:42​	The 20th Strike - The World Of Sounds & Harmonie	Beyond
A.R. Remix	8:29​	A.R. Remixes (The First Session)	A.R.
Ambient Mix, Bud's Ambient Mix, Buds Ambient Mix	9:48​	The 29th Strike - Spacer Remixes 1999
Backing Tape	5:03​	The Tour Backing Tapes
Backingtape '90 V3	5:15​	Beyond Remixes (Special Edition)	Beyond
Big Mix '98, Big Mix, Big Mix '99	8:26​	The 21st Strike - 12-inch Remixes (by Jonathan McBride),	Jonathan McBride
Black Day DJ Edit	6:26​	Black Day DJ Edit	Black Day
Daniel Farkash House Remix	4:54​		Daniel Farkash
Dark Infected Mix	4:59​	Electronic Boys Vol. 17	Dark Night
Dark Infected Mix V2	5:20​	Electronic Boys Vol. 17	Dark Night
David Dieu Remix	6:25​	All I Ever Wanted...	David Dieu
Demo #2	6:12​	Promotional
Demo, Demo - Partly Different Lyrics, Demo By Dave Gahan, Early Demo, Home Demo, M. Gore Demo, M.L. Gore Demo Version, Martin Gore Demo, Martin L. Gore Demo, Rough Mix	4:25​	Martin Gore 1985 Home Demos, Black Celebration Demo Tape (1987), Ultra Rare Trax 07: Emotion 2000 Remixes, Demo Compilation (2014), The Demo Collection (2014), Demos and Studio Outtakes (2018), ...But Rare, The Complete Singles And Remix Collection 06 (2003)
Digital Remix 2005 (Edit)	3:08​	Inside Remixe 16: Best Of Inside Remix	X-tended
Digital Remix 2005 (Full Length)	6:58​		X-tended
Disgrace High Speed Mix	6:32​	A Grey City Under An Orange Sky 06: Get Connected	D-Fens Sabotage
DJ Menace Remix	5:38​	In The Mix 11, [thread=614]400 Remixes[/thread],	DJ Menace
DreamTime Mix	8:54​		DreamTime
Edit The Shake	7:08​	Shake The Disease, Singles Box Set 3	John Fryer
Extended Edit	15:22​	Devoted Edits
Extended Reinterpreted	6:34​	Ultra Strike 24	DM707
Extra Special Long Version	15:09​		Becherovka

 

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Fade, Edit, Fade Mix, Fade US Single Version, Pre-Release Promo, US Single Version	3:59​	Shake The Disease (US Promo)	Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones
Fatherless Child Version, Fatherless Child Mix	5:47​	Just In Time Vol. 3, 400 Remixes	Fatherless Child
Fragment Orbital Remix 2007, Fragment Orbital Rmx	7:25​	Kernfusion 08, The Landscape Has Changed 04 (2007)	Dominatrix
Frisco Construction	4:23​	The Soundtrack of My Life - Construction #01	Weste
Gaston Mix	6:18​	DJ's Remix Anthology Vol. 9, [thread=614]400 Remixes[/thread],	Gaston
Germix	4:02​	A Grey City Under An Orange Sky 05: Studio Dubs
Great Grey Owl Mix	6:01​	Remixes Of Death And Emotion '2008	Great Grey Owl
Great Grey Owl Radio Edit	3:51​	Remixes Of Death And Emotion Maxi Single N° 3	Great Grey Owl
Here Is A Plea Mix	4:40​	Gold Remixes 1998-1999 (CD1)	Island
Iceman's Simple Edit	4:06​	Iceman's Edited & Mutiled Versions	Iceman
JK's Mix (JK's Remix)	3:29​	Internet Versions Volume 62
J-Storez 'In Modified Mode' Version	10:28​		John Storez
Kaiser Orbital Vocal Remix	8:34​	Editing The Mode Vol. 5: Black Celebration	K_S
Kaiser Shake The Cambodia Remix	6:44​	Sampling The Mode Vol. 2	K_S
Kennet1000's Disco Of The Damned, Disco Of The Damned	10:34​	Dirty Sticky Floor	Kennet1000
Long Version	12:34​	The 11th Strike
LouiSe Mod Remix	4:29​		LouiSe
Lovers Devote Remix	7:36​	Shake The Disease (20 Years Edition)	JFlash
Martin's Demo Version Instrumental	4:16​	Shake The Disease (20 Years Edition)	Beyond
Max Err 1-2 Mix	5:31​	Gold Remixes 1998-1999 (CD1)	Island
MLG Ambient Dub Mix V1.0	5:22​	Around The World And Back (MLG Remixes)	MLG2005
Modus D Remix	7:14​	Inside Remixe Vol.15	Baxx
Painkiller Mix	4:26​	Black Celebration Remixes 2004	DV Serge & ValeryLP
Pet Progress Remix	9:37​		Pet Progress
Pre-release Demo	3:58​	The Special 14th Strike - Lust Mixes
Proximus Panic Remix	8:06​	Excited Mixes Vol. 3	Fan.Tomas
Release Remix	7:35​		Deseaster
Remix Edit	5:13​	[thread=661]2004-2007 Radio Edit Versions by Island[/thread],	Island
Remixed Extended Version, Remixed Extended, Max Remix	8:43​	Shake The Disease, Singles Box Set 3, Selections .... Box Sets Three (Promo), The Twelve Inches (zwei)	Flood
Reproduced	4:47​	Black Celebration Re-Produced	Jodo901

 

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Shake It More Edit - Telam Project Mix	14:35​	Deep	Telam Project
Shake Remix	6:58​		Deseaster
Shake The C-64	4:28​	DM vs S.I.D. ep	Dominatrix
Shake The Extended	6:52​	Re-Mix 1
Shake The Mix	4:42​		Olivier de Lille
Shake The Mix Mix	5:48​	Electronic Boys Vol. 15	Dark Night
Single Version, 7" Mix, Subcultured Mix	4:49​	Shake The Disease, The Singles 81-85, Singles Box Set 3, Catching Up With Depeche Mode, The Best Of - Volume 1, Greatest Hits (DDR), Selections .... Box Sets Three, Depeche Mode Volume 1 - Carte Collector Digital, The Singles Sampler CD (Promo),	Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones
Slick Instrumental	6:47​	X-Reconstruction Works 9	Island
Slow Borg Machine, Slow Borg, Slow Borg Mashine Mix	4:59​	Crucified Vol. 1	Beyond
Something Has Survived Mix	7:49​	The Second Violation By H Null	H Null
Space Cat Remix	8:05​	Rain	Space Cat
Summer Dance Mix	7:39​	Germany Calling 1	Beyond
Summer Dance Mix (5.1 Version)	7:43​		Beyond
Tend Remix	5:35​		Deseaster
The SID Remix	4:28​		X-tended
The Tragedy Mix	4:52​	Electronic Boys Vol. 17	Dark Night
The Ural Geckos Remix	6:15​	From Russia With Love 16	The Ural Geckos
Tiga Radio Edit	4:13​	[thread=661]2004-2007 Radio Edit Versions by Island[/thread],	Island
Tiga Remix, Tiga Remix Edit	6:47​	Future Retro, 1 Question Of Time,	Tiga
Ultrasound Extended Remix	15:11​	(DJ Ultrasound presents) Rare Remixes Vol. 3	DJ Ultrasound
Ultrasound Long Piano In Milan Version	9:20​	(DJ Ultrasound presents) Rare Remixes Vol. 4	DJ Ultrasound
Understand Dub	5:27​	Omega Mode #1	Beyond
Understand Me 2005 Mix, Understand Me Mix	6:27​	Violations 3, [thread=614]400 Remixes[/thread],
Understand Me Mix Two, Understand Me Mix	10:25​	A Grey City Under An Orange Sky 06: Get Connected	D-Fens Sabotage
World Understanding Mix	9:47​	Shake The Disease (20 Years Edition)	Beyond

 

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Shake The Disease All Live Official

Live 1988-06-18, Pasadena Rose Bowl, USA	1988-06-18 Pasadena Rose Bowl	5:10​	101 (CDSTUMM101)
Live 2006			RTA LHN
Soundtrack		4:58	Live In Berlin

 

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Shake The Disease All Cover Versions

?	[post=1556]Martin's Demo Version Instrumental[/post]	4:16​	Shake The Disease (20 Years Edition)
Art Soldier	Art Soldier Version	4:33​	Sounds Of The Covers
Avian X	Avian X Version	3:56​
Aze von Helder	Acoustic Version 1	3:48​
Aze von Helder	Acoustic Version 2	3:29​
Banda Laterale Doppia	Banda Laterale Doppia Version	5:27​
Bebo Best & Evelins	Bebo Best & Evelins Version	4:52​	Depêche à la mode (Unplugged Tribute to Depeche Mode)
Blue Mode	Blue Mode Version	3:35​	New Life
Brave New World	Brave New World Version	4:37​	Your World In Our Eyes - A Tribute to Depeche Mode
Casm	Casm Version	5:56​
Ch'Ti Seb	Playstation Mix	4:28​	DM In My Eyes
Comatose	Comatose Version	5:00​	Devotion - A Tribute To Depeche Mode
Death Nature	Death Nature Version	5:31​	Children Of Depeche Mode - Le French Tribute
Deepish Mauve	Deepish Mauve Version	5:01​	A Tribute To Depeche Mode
Dinner Music	Dinner Music Version	4:04​	Dinnermusic Vol. 9 - Piano & Soul
DJ DGM	Dance Floor Mix V2	6:33​	The World Full Of Dark
DX5	[post=1556]Martin Gore Demo[/post]	4:28​
Emhead	Emhead Version	5:32​
F.O.K.	F.O.K. Version	3:50​	Tributo Synthpop Latinoamericano a Depeche Mode
Fokofpolisiekar	Fokofpolisiekar Version	3:54​	Mode Of Obscurity - A Tribute To Depeche Mode
Hooverphonic	Hooverphonic Mix (Hyperphonic)	3:56​	For The Masses
Inter-Connection	Inter-Connection Version	4:35​
IOP	IOP Version	3:12​	Tributo Foro DMForever Vol. 7
Josh Harris	Josh Harris Club	6:39​	Avian X - Shake The Disease (Remixes)
Josh Harris	Josh Harris Radio	3:45​	Avian X - Shake The Disease (Remixes)

 

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KOLT13	KOLT13 Remix	5:14​	Avian X - Shake The Disease (Remixes)
Lisa Bassenge Trio	Lisa Bassenge Trio Version	3:24​	A Sigh, A Song
Luxury	Luxury Version	4:22​	Devocion Por Las Masas
Marukqs	Marukqs Version	4:36​	Depeche Purple
Mindwaltz	Mindwaltz Version	4:22​	A Greek Tribute To Depeche Mode - Around The World And Back
MonsterGod	MonsterGod Version	4:39​	Newborn Monster
Monta	Monta Version	4:12​	Always Altamont EP
Motherland	Motherland Version	2:22​	Motherland - EP
Mr Vega	Mr Vega Remix	4:42​	Avian X - Shake The Disease (Remixes)
Nature's Jokes	Nature's Jokes Version	3:55​
New Life Generation	Oscar Salguero Radio Edit	3:47​	Dance Mode - A Tribute To Depeche Mode Vol. 2
New Life Generation	Oscar Salguero Slow Edit	4:34​	Chill Mode - A Tribute To Depeche Mode Vol.1
Nico Infante	Babies & Kids Version	3:27​	Babies & Kids - Songs From Depeche Mode
Nona	Nona Version	3:24​	A Tribute To Depeche Mode - Thank U... Too
Odyssey	Odyssey Version	4:07​	Reinventing The Past
Orchestrating Noise	Orchestrating Noise	3:22​	Electro-Mode: An Electro Tribute To Depeche Mode
Pedestrian	Pedestrian Version	3:11​
Pilori	Pilori Version	5:14​	Cover In The Dark
Project For The Masses	Instrumental Remix	4:04​	Just Can't Get Enough
Puny	Puny Version	4:05​	A Metal Tribute To Depeche Mode 5
Raphmode	Piano Version	4:19​	My Caress : A Piano Tribute To Depeche Mode
Rayphonic	Rayphonic Version	5:46​

 

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S. Christensen & C.Y. Kennedy	Seth Christensen & C.Y. Kennedy Version	3:22​	MODEified: The Strangest Devotion
Saga	Saga Instrumental Remix	4:57​	Saga Mode 2
Scott Bartie	Scott Bartie Version	3:14​	MODEified: The Strangest Devotion
Seize	D!rty House B!tch Mix	4:17​	The Re:Covered Singles - A Tribute To Depeche Mode
Seize	Seize Version	4:17​	Alfa Matrix Re:Covered - A Tribute To Depeche Mode
Songs Of Lemuria	Songs Of Lemuria Version	3:23​	Shake The Disease EP
Strange & Tsode	Strange & Tsode Version	5:39​	A Little Tribute...From Fans Of The Universe
Studio 99	Studio 99 Version, Master & Servant Version, Post Productions Version, The Best Songs Version	4:31​	Studio 99 Perform Depeche Mode
Sunshiners	Sunshiners Version	3:31​	Sunshiners
Synth Cry	Synth Cry Version	4:31​
Telegramme Couture	Telegramme Couture Version	4:16​	MODEified 6: Get Your Kicks On MODEified 6
Theriak	Theriak Version	4:52​	Songs From Fans With Devotion
Theriak	Theriak Version 2	5:02​	Meaning Of Life
Tingsek	Tingsek Version	3:58​	Tingsek - World Of It's Own
Triage	Triage Version	2:23​
Urwaerk	Urwaerk Version	3:25​	Different Creeds - A Tribute To Depeche Mode
Veranda Music	Veranda Music Version	4:08​	Look Of Joy
Will & Raphmode	Will & Raph Version	5:20​	My Caress 2

 

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Unknown - Shake The Disease (Martin's Demo Version Instrumental)
This is a very well made instrumental cover of Martin's original demo. It appears on the CD-R bootleg Shake The Disease (20 Years Edition). The actual performer is unknown.


DX5 - Shake the Disease (Martin Gore Demo)
DX5 on YouTube also created a very good instrumental cover version: DX5 playing "Shake the Disease" (Martin Gore demo)

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Shake The Disease (Martin Gore Demo)

Shake The Disease (demo). Martin's demo version of Shake The Disease closely resembles the album version in terms of structure and overall sound. The second verse has some differing lyrics compared to the album version.


The differences are italicized below:
Some people want to be
Permanently together
Lovers devoted
To each other forever
That's not what I mean
That's not for us
We want a different scene
But when I'm not there
In spirit I'll be there
There are a couple faithfully performed instrumental covers of this demo version. See the entry on the fake and misattributed tracks subpage.

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Martin Gore in the 1985-08-17 issue of Hitkrant (translated from Dutch):

"The song tells the story of a one-sided relationship between a girl and a boy. They realize that it is as good as over for them. So it's a poignant song, but not real life. Christine [Friedrich, girlfriend] and I are still doing very well. A breakup is definitely out of the question."

Gore explained in the 1989-04-15 issue of Melody Maker:

"Sometimes [the links between songs] are very obvious, there are things like references cos I really like references to other songs. In ‘Shake The Disease’ there’s a reference to another song. You know it says, Now I've got things to do // and I've said before that I know you have too. And in another song [Stories Of Old] it said, Now I've got things to do // you have too. I really like those kind of references."

Dave Gahan on ITV's show 'No. 73':

"It's basically a love song, and it's really about the problems of not being able to get across what you really mean, in love, when you're actually trying to talk to someone that you, let's say, fancy, you know, you fancy someone at school or whatever and you're trying to talk to them. Sometimes it's very difficult, you know, and that's what it's basically about. And he's trying to shake that disease of not being able to talk to people."

Andrew Fletcher in the July 1985 issue of Popcorn magazine (translated from German):

"We are all in happy relationships, and this song is our thank you to our women, who must not have always had it easy with us. The text deals with the problem of how difficult is to keep a relationship in our situation, because we are so often separated. But we can't write it without a shot of egoism, in our opinion. It is important that you openly state the things that bother you - and that's what 'Shake The Disease' is mostly about."

Gore says in the commentary track on the DVD of '101' in 2003:

"We really struggled with a title for this song. And it's just a small part from one of the lines of the song. I think it was actually Daniel [Miller] was like, "Oh that line sounds good as a title". It stuck after that. But it was obviously from one of the lines of the song, but all the other lines sounded so bad as titles, [like] 'Understand Me'."

Gore in the 1985-08-17 issue of Hitkrant (translated from Dutch):

"With 'Shake The Disease', we should finally succeed in the States. Our past dance tracks have all hopelessly disappeared. So we thought it was a good idea to attack the U.S. market with this slow, delicate track."

When Depeche Mode was interviewed about the songs on the '101' CD for the April 1989 issue of French magazine 'Best', Fletcher said (translated from French):

"It's one of the songs we've been playing for a long time. Every time I hear it, it reminds me of the music video. I cannot forget the music video. I had to stand on some kind of machine and allow it to drop me to my side. I had no confidence in this device that was supposed to hold me back in my drop. I thought I'd die that day."

Dave Gahan, Alan Wilder, and Andrew Fletcher discussed Shake The Disease in an October 1985 interview with British magazine No. 1:
Dave Gahan:

"Another one of those tracks which I think is a great song where we didn't really give it enough in the studio. We were touring and trying to make a record at the same time. It was the first single where we had nothing to do with the mixing."

Andrew Fletcher:

"When we came back from America there were loads of things we didn't like about it."

Dave Gahan:

"It was crying for a great big chorus but it didn't happen."

Alan Wilder:

"It is a great song. Sould[sic] have been a very big hit. It did very well elsewhere."

Alan Wilder[*]:

"It was the sort of song you needed to hear a few times."

* - No. 1 - October 19 1985 - EVERYTHING COUNTS (in large amounts)

Shake The Disease - Depeche Mode Live Wiki

"Shake The Disease" is a song from the 1985 compilation album The Singles 81→85 by Depeche Mode. It was released as a single on 29 April 1985.

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