“Wrong” by Depeche Mode

"Wrong" was the first single from Sounds of the Universe, Depeche Mode's twelfth studio album, in 2009, and it arrives snarling. Martin Gore wrote it, Dave Gahan sings it with a sneer, and Ben Hillier's production, mixed by Tony Hoffer, keeps it lean and mean: a jittery, stuttering synth pulse, clanking electronics and a vocal that barks rather than croons.

Its B-side, "Oh Well", marked the first time Gore and Gahan wrote together, Gore on music and Gahan on words. The single went to number one in Scotland and on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart, cracked the top ten across nine countries, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden among them, and its number 24 in the UK stands as the band's most recent top-40 hit there.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.