Released: January 31, 1983
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Producer: Daniel Miller Depeche Mode
[Intro]
There's more, there's more, there's more
[Verse 1]
There's more besides joyrides
The little house in the countryside
Understand, learn to demand
Compromise, and sometimes lie
[Chorus]
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
[Verse 2]
Be responsible, respectable
Stable but gullible
Concerned and caring, help the helpless
But always remain ultimately selfish
[Chorus]
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
[Bridge]
When you think you've got a hold of it all
You haven't got a hold at all
When you reach the top, get ready to drop
Prepare yourself for the fall
You're gonna fall
It's almost predictable (Almost)
[Verse 3]
Don't turn this way, don't turn that way
Straight down the middle until next Thursday
First to the left, then back to the right
Twist and turn till you've got it right
[Chorus]
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
[Interlude]
Left, right
Right
Right
[Chorus]
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
(Almost)
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
(Almost)
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
(Almost)
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
(Almost)
There's more, there's more, there's more
[Verse 1]
There's more besides joyrides
The little house in the countryside
Understand, learn to demand
Compromise, and sometimes lie
[Chorus]
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
[Verse 2]
Be responsible, respectable
Stable but gullible
Concerned and caring, help the helpless
But always remain ultimately selfish
[Chorus]
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
[Bridge]
When you think you've got a hold of it all
You haven't got a hold at all
When you reach the top, get ready to drop
Prepare yourself for the fall
You're gonna fall
It's almost predictable (Almost)
[Verse 3]
Don't turn this way, don't turn that way
Straight down the middle until next Thursday
First to the left, then back to the right
Twist and turn till you've got it right
[Chorus]
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
[Interlude]
Left, right
Right
Right
[Chorus]
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
(Almost)
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
(Almost)
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
(Almost)
Get the balance right
Get the balance right
(Almost)
Remixes 81··04
- Strangelove (Blind Mix)
- Policy of Truth (Capitol Mix)
- In Your Room (The Jeep Rock Mix)
- Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)
- Little 15 (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)
- Home (Air “Around the Golf” Remix)
- Freelove (DJ Muggs Remix)
- Lie to Me (The Pleasure of Her Private Shame)
- Dream On (Dave Clarke Acoustic Version)
- Everything Counts (Absolut Mix)
- Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)
- Are People People?
- Painkiller (Kill the Pain Mix)
- Shout! (Rio Mix)
- Barrel Of A Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)
- A Question of Lust (Flood Mix)
- Clean (Colder Version)
- Walking in My Shoes (Random Carpet Mix - Full Length)
- I Feel Loved (Labor of Love Dub Edit)
- World in My Eyes (Daniel Miller Remix)
- It’s No Good (Speedy J Mix)
- Master and Servant (An ON-USound Science Fiction Dance Hall Classic)
- I Feel Loved (Chamber’s Remix)
- Just Can’t Get Enough (Schizo Mix)
- Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)
- Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)
- It’s No Good (Future Mix)
- Breathing in Fumes
- Photographic (Rex the Dog Dubb Mix)
- I Feel You (Afghan Surgery Mix)
- Rush (Spiritual Guidance Mix)
- Useless (The Kruder + Dorfmeister Session™)
- Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)
- Personal Jesus (Pump Mix)
- Get the Balance Right! (Combination Mix)
- Nothing (Rock Mix)
- World in My Eyes (Mode to Joy)
- A Continuous Mix
- Get the Balance Right! [single] (1983)
- Construction Time Again (1983)
- DMBX2: Singles 7-12 (1991)
- The Remixes 81﹥85 (1998)
- Remixes 81··04 (2004)
- Remixes 81····04 [Vinyl Edition] (2004)
- Enjoy the Silence
- Personal Jesus
- Policy of Truth
- Where’s the Revolution
- Strangelove
- Never Let Me Down Again
- Just Can’t Get Enough
- Wrong
- Everything Counts
- Precious
- People Are People
- Behind the Wheel
- Cover Me
- Blasphemous Rumours
- Going Backwards
- Shake the Disease
- World in My Eyes
- Stripped
- It’s No Good
- Somebody
- I Feel You
- Halo
- Scum
- So Much Love