Song · Depeche Mode
“Stripped” by Depeche Mode
From the album Black Celebration (1986)
“Stripped” by Depeche Mode appears on 12 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1988 and 2003. It was first released in 1986 on the album Black Celebration. Its best result is #24 on the Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,793 alternative song of all time.
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"Stripped" came out on Mute on 10 February 1986 as the first single from Black Celebration, Depeche Mode's fifth album, and it's the sound of synth-pop slinking off into the shadows. Martin Gore wrote it, Dave Gahan sings it low and close, and the track is laced with samples, most famously the rumble of a car engine left idling, woven into a slow, heavy, seductive throb.
It kept a streak alive, too: their sixth UK Top 20 single in a row, peaking at 15, while in Germany it climbed all the way to number four and it cracked the top 10 in Finland, Sweden and Switzerland.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 420 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1988 | 67 | WLIR / WDRE | WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) | 200 |
| 1990 | 185 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) | 299 |
| 1991 | 109 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) | 302 |
| 1991 | 275 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1992 | 201 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) | 299 |
| 1994 | 24 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) | 500 |
| 1996 | 405 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) | 500 |
| 1998 | 378 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 1999 | 552 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2002 | 1964 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1270 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Stripeed.
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