1981Released
3:40

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Interesting facts and trivia about Just Can't Get Enough. By Songfacts®.

Depeche Mode founding member and keyboardist Vince Clarke wrote this synth-pop landmark. Musically, it was inspired by "To Cut a Long Story Short" by Spandau Ballet, released in 1980. To that point, Clark wasn't into dance music, but the Spandau Ballet song turned him around. "It was the first time I was actually impressed by a rhythm that went 'boom-thwack, boom-thwack,'" he told Rolling Stone in 2000. "It was the first time I discovered dance music for myself, and to write a song around the rhythm was quite a revelation for me. 'Just Can't Get Enough' came out of that."

Clarke had just turned 20 when he wrote this song, which turned out to be the last one he wrote for Depeche Mode. He left the band after the Speak and Spell album was released, later joining Yaz and Erasure. The "Just Can't Get Enough" video is the only one he appears in.

According to Depeche Mode vocalist Dave Gahan, this song was written as the punk scene was winding down and London club kids were looking for music they could dance to that wasn't so aggressive.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Just Can't Get Enough.
CKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
128BPM

Album

The album Just Can't Get Enough is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Just Can't Get Enough.
Venusnote Ltd.
(P) 1981 Venusnote Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment International Ltd

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