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Andy Jones

“The synths only let you play one note at a time, which was great as we couldn’t play chords anyway”: How Depeche Mode launched their career with one of the most important synth-pop records ever released

Depeche Mode.

Just Can't Get Enough is very possibly Depeche Mode's poppiest hit, and arguably their most recognisable song. But it is also the cash-spinning, golden albatross that sticks around the end of every modern Depeche show like your drunken aunt at a wedding. You know she's going to get up and dance when the DJ sticks it on (probably just after Dancing Queen). She's guaranteed to make an arse of herself, but by the end of it, you're joining in with her like it's the best song ever written. And it is. Or it really isn't.

Whatever you think, you can't argue with the fact that Just Can't Get Enough is the song that launched both Depeche Mode and Vince Clarke's incredible careers, so it's time to look at the story behind arguably the most important synth-pop song of all time.

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