Song · Depeche Mode
“Suffer Well” by Depeche Mode
From the album Playing the Angel (2005)
“Suffer Well” by Depeche Mode appears on 9 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2006 and 2014. It was first released in 2005 on the album Playing the Angel. Its best result is #43 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #273 alternative song of 2006 and #3,344 alternative song of all time.
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"Suffer Well" landed on Playing the Angel, Depeche Mode's 11th studio album, in 2005, and came out in the UK as its third single on 27 March 2006. It broke a long habit: the first single Dave Gahan wrote, and the first not written by Martin Gore since "Just Can't Get Enough" in 1981. Gahan wrote the words, with Christian Eigner and Andrew Phillpott supplying the music, which made it the band's first single co-written with outsiders too.
The idea came from a friend who told Gahan to suffer well while they talked over his life and troubles; Gahan heard it as a lesson that the hard stretches are where you grow. It started out much slower before the band pushed it toward pop. Ben Hillier produced and mixed with Steve Fitzmaurice.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 102 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 43 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1225 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1489 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1489 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1519 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1588 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1644 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1682 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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