DEPECHE MODE

STRIPPED
(ORIGINAL 12" HIGHLAND MIX)
(APOLLO MIX)
(8088 REMIX)

Stripped is Depeche Mode's fifteenth UK single, released on February 10, 1986. It was the first single from the album Black Celebration, and the band's thirteenth overall and sixth consecutive single to hit the UK Top 20, peaking at #15. Stripped is well known for its innovative use of sampling. The underlying beat is a distorted and slowed-down sound of a motorcycle engine running, while the main melody begins with a car's ignition starting, and the end uses sounds of fireworks.

The Highland Mix of Stripped was mixed by Mark Ellis (better known as Flood), who in the future would produce Depeche Mode's Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion records.

STRIPPED (ORIGINAL 12" HIGHLAND MIX)

STRIPPED (APOLLO MIX)

STRIPPED (8088 REMIX)

The music video for Stripped was the last Depeche Mode video to be directed by Peter Care and was filmed outside of Hansa Studios.