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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Policy of Truth
| cover = DepecheModePolicyOfTruth.jpg
| type = single
| artist = Depeche Mode
| album = Violator
| B-side = Kaleid
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
* Puk (Gjerlev, Denmark)
* Logic (Milan, Italy)
| genre =
* Alternative rock
* funk
| length = 4:55
| label = Mute
| writer = Martin L. Gore
| producer =
* Depeche Mode
* Flood
| prev_title = Enjoy the Silence
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = World in My Eyes
| next_year = 1990
| misc =
}}
"'Policy of Truth'" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 7 May 1990 as the third single from their seventh studio album, 'Violator' (1990). It is the only Depeche Mode single to chart higher on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart (number 15) than on the UK Singles Chart (number 16), and it became the band's second chart-topper on the 'Billboard' Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Remixes
Franois Kevorkian mixed a new single version for the release, extending it slightly while lowering the tempo, and also making Dave Gahan's vocals more prominent. He also mixed the Beat Box Mix (the 12-inch version of the single mix) and the Pavlov's Dub.
The Trancentral Mix is by The KLF, a popular acid house band at that time that only did remix work for other artists on 3 occasions (the others being "So Hard" and its B-side "It Must Be Obvious" by the Pet Shop Boys and "What Is Dub?" by Moody Boys).
The "Capitol Mix" uses the sample "I want to tell you my side of the case" from the Checkers speech by Richard Nixon.
A version of "Kaleid" was used as intro music for Depeche Mode's World Violation Tour in 1990.
Music video
The music video for "Policy of Truth" is directed by Anton Corbijn and appears on the VHS collection 'Strange Too'.
Track listings
All songs were written by Martin L. Gore.
'7-inch, cassette: Mute / Bong19, CBong19 (UK)'
# "Policy of Truth" (5:10)
# "Kaleid" (4:17)
'12-inch: Mute / 12Bong19 (UK)'
# "Policy of Truth [Beat Box Mix] [Edit]" (6:30) (remixed by Franois Kevorkian)
# "Policy of Truth [Capitol Mix]" (8:00) (remixed by Franois Kevorkian)
# "Kaleid [When Worlds Mix]" (5:22) (remixed by Daniel Miller and George Holt)
'12-inch: Mute / L12Bong19 (UK)'
# "Policy of Truth [Trancentral Mix]" (5:55) (remixed by The KLF)
# "Kaleid [Remix]" (4:36) (remixed by Bruce Smith and Sean Oliver)
# "Policy of Truth [Pavlov's Dub]" (6:02) (remixed by Franois Kevorkian)
'CD: Mute / CDBong19 (UK)'
# "Policy of Truth [Beat Box Mix Edit]" (6:31)
# "Policy of Truth [Capitol Mix]" (8:00)
# "Kaleid [Remix]" (4:36)
'CD: Mute / LCDBong19 (UK)'
# "Policy of Truth" [Trancentral Mix] (6:00)
# "Kaleid" [When Worlds Mix] (5:22)
# "Policy of Truth" [Pavlov's Dub] (5:51)
# "Policy of Truth" [7-inch Version] (5:08)
# "Kaleid [7-inch Version] (4:16)
'CD: Mute / CDBong19X (EU; 2004)'
# "Policy of Truth" (5:10)
# "Kaleid" (4:17)
# "Policy of Truth [Beat Box Mix]" (7:13)
# "Policy of Truth [Capitol Mix]" (8:00)
# "Kaleid [When Worlds Mix]" (5:22)
# "Policy of Truth [Trancentral Mix]" (5:55)
# "Kaleid [Remix]" (4:36)
# "Policy of Truth [Pavlov's Dub]" (6:02)
'CD: Sire/Reprise / 9 21534-2 (US)'
# "Policy of Truth" (5:10)
# "Policy of Truth [Capitol Mix]" (8:00)
# "Policy of Truth [Beat Box Mix]" (7:13)
# "Kaleid [Remix]" (4:36)
# "Policy of Truth [Pavlov's Dub]" (6:02)
* "Pavlov's Dub" is mislabeled on the Sire/Reprise version's cover art as the "Trancentral Mix"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
* List of Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Number Ones of the 1990s
References
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