Song · Depeche Mode
“It's Called a Heart” by Depeche Mode
Released 1985
“It's Called a Heart” by Depeche Mode appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1985. It was first released in 1985. Its best result is #40 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #92 alternative song of 1985.
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Depeche Mode hadn't planned on a new album in 1985. They had live dates to play and their first singles collections to put out, but Mute wanted another single to follow "Shake the Disease", so in June the band holed up at Genetic Studios in Streatley, Berkshire, and came out with "It's Called a Heart", released on 16 September. Martin L. Gore wrote it, and Daniel Miller produced it with the band, with David M. Allen engineering.
It's synth-pop at its most sugar-rushed, and not everyone in the band was buying. Alan Wilder argued that "Fly on the Windscreen" was the better song and heard this one as a step backwards, far too poppy. The single went out anyway, reached number 8 in West Germany and 18 in Britain, and landed on The Singles 81→85 at home and Catching Up with Depeche Mode in America.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 40 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985 | 107 |
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