Song · Depeche Mode
“Black Celebration” by Depeche Mode
From the album Black Celebration (1986)
“Black Celebration” by Depeche Mode appears on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1988 and 2024. It was first released in 1986 on the album Black Celebration. Its best result is #99 on The Best Opening Tracks of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,242 alternative song of all time.
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"Black Celebration" is the title track of Depeche Mode's 1986 album, and it's the record's mood in miniature: dark, heavy and oddly defiant. Martin L. Gore wrote the words and music, Dave Gahan sings it with a low, grave authority, and the band produced it with Gareth Jones and Daniel Miller, stacking cold, clanging textures and thudding rhythms into something that feels like a party thrown at the end of the world. Rock radio's countdowns have kept circling back to it for decades.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 134 | WLIR / WDRE | WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) | 200 |
| 1989 | 256 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 1991 | 242 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 1991 | 503 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 1010 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2023 | 767 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
| 2024 | 99 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
Also listed as: Black Cellabration.
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