Depeche Mode - Strangelove

What this video is

Released in April 1987 as the lead single from Music for the Masses, Strangelove represented a decisive commercial and artistic turning point for Depeche Mode. The song reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart and became their first of nine number ones on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, beginning their breakthrough into the American mainstream. The video's controversy with MTV — prompting a re-edited broadcast…

Why it matters

A landmark artefact of 1980s synth-pop visual culture, Strangelove embodies the convergence of cold-wave electronic music with European fine-art photography aesthetics. Corbijn's Super 8 monochrome approach became a template for Depeche Mode's enduring visual identity and influenced a generation…

The director

Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (born 20 May 1955, Strijen, Netherlands) is a Dutch photographer, music video director, and feature film director. He began his career as a music photographer around 1975 and relocated to London in 1979. He…