Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel / Route 66 - Electro Synth Dance - Canada Issue - 12
12"

Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel / Route 66 (Megamix)

Label: Sire Records Company , Canada Issue
Catalog#: 0-20858
Format: Vinyl, 12", Maxi-Single
Record VG++
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Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Executive Producer - Craig Kostich
Producer - David Bascombe , Depeche Mode
Written-By - M.L. Gore
Notes: Track B1 is labeled as Extended Remix but it's the Shep Pettibone Remix



Tracklisting:
A1 Behind The Wheel / Route 66 (Megamix) (7:50)
Edited By - Jeff Lord-Alge , Roger Pauletta
Engineer - Jeff Lord-Alge
Other [Concept] - Craig Kostich
Remix - Ivan Ivan
Written-By - Bobby Troup
A2 Behind The Wheel / Route 66 (Megadub) (6:14)
Edited By - Jeff Lord-Alge , Roger Pauletta
Engineer - Jeff Lord-Alge
Other [Concept] - Craig Kostich
Remix - Ivan Ivan
Written-By - Bobby Troup
B1 Behind The Wheel (Shep Pettibone Remix) (5:50)
Edited By - Gail King
Producer, Engineer [Remix] - Steve Peck
Remix, Producer [Additional] - Shep Pettibone
B2 Behind The Wheel (Beatmasters Mix) (8:00)
Edited By - Gail King
Producer, Engineer [Remix] - Steve Peck
Remix - Beatmasters, The



Oh hell. If I had to pick one of my 20 Depeche Mode 12" singles to line the cat box this would surely be the one.
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The Ivan Ivan "megadull" mixes are ok. Even Shep Pettibone's remix is restrained to the point of sounding natural. But the Beatmasters get behind the wheel and go right into a ditch.

Idea for a remix: add lots of samples of phones ringing, a guy saying "hello operator" and "hello", a woman saying "hello" and "who's there?" Yeah, groovy!

If you like phones, try Kraftwerk's "The Telephone Call" from the previous year (1986). At least their use of samples makes sense thematically.