Probably Depeche Mode's most successful song ever, 'Enjoy The Silence' began its life as a slow organ and voice ballad before Alan's vision to develop it into an up-tempo dance track became a reality. "Martin's demos always had a complete set of lyrics but musically they varied from sometimes being quite detailed to often very simplistic. I felt that to have taken the simple ballad approach for this song would have been to criminally pass on its massive commercial potential. It was a great tune crying out for the kind of treatment it eventually got. Flood and I worked on the backing track before calling Martin in to play the guitar riff. As the track came together, I think it dawned on everyone (even Martin, who had been the most reluctant about taking the up-tempo route) that we had a hit on our hands." As with past projects, Daniel Miller mixed the 7" version which won the Brit award for 'Single Of The Year', as voted for by Radio 1 listeners - a bizarre achievement in itself considering DMs 'see-saw' relationship with the radio audiences in their own country. Consequently, in a proverbial two-fingered salute to the British music media, the band boycotted the presentation event. "We were all pretty like-minded about avoiding industry-based award ceremonies. Best left to Sting and Elton."