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===''Some Great Reward'' (1984)===
{{See also|People Are People (album)|Some Great Reward}}
[[File:Depeche Mode 1984.jpg|thumb|Depeche Mode in 1984]]
In their early years, Depeche Mode had really attained success only in Europe and Australia. This changed in March 1984, when they released the single "[[People Are People]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Richard |last= Buskin |title= Classic Tracks: Depeche Mode 'People Are People' |magazine= [[Sound on Sound]] |date= February 2007 |access-date= 6 July 2020 |url= https://www.soundonsound.com/people/classic-tracks-depeche-mode-people-are-people}}</ref> The song became a hit, reaching No. 2 in Ireland and Poland, No. 4 in the UK and Switzerland, and No. 1 in West Germany – the first time a DM single topped a country's singles chart – where it was used as the theme to West German TV's coverage of the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympics]].{{sfn|Malins|2001|p=82}} Beyond this European success, the song also reached No. 13 on the US charts in mid-1985, the first appearance of a DM single on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], and was a Top 20 hit in Canada. "People Are People" became an anthem for the LGBT community,<ref>{{cite web|first= B. |last= Voss |title= Masters of 'The Universe' |magazine= [[David Atlanta]] |date= 6 May 2009 |access-date= 10 January 2012 |url= http://www.davidatlanta.com/2009/5-6/cover/coverstory/2686.cfm |archive-date= 9 June 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090609225243/http://www.davidatlanta.com/2009/5-6/cover/coverstory/2686.cfm}}</ref> regularly played at gay establishments and [[gay pride]] festivals in the late 1980s. [[Sire Records|Sire]], the band's North American record label, released a compilation of [[People Are People (album)|the same name]] which included tracks from ''A Broken Frame'' and ''Construction Time Again'' as well as several [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]].

On the American tour, the band was, according to Gore, "shocked by the way the fans were turning up in droves at the concerts".<ref name="Giles"/> He said that although the concerts were selling well, Depeche Mode struggled to sell records.<ref name="Giles"/>

In September 1984, ''[[Some Great Reward]]'' was released. ''Melody Maker'' claimed that the album made one "sit up and take notice of what is happening here, right under your nose."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Barry |last= McIlheney |title= Greatness and Perfection |magazine= Melody Maker |date= 29 September 1984 |url= http://www.sacreddm.net/1980s/mel290984/mel290984main.htm |archive-date= 4 January 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090104140145/http://www.sacreddm.net/1980s/mel290984/mel290984main.htm}}</ref> In contrast to the political and environmental subjects addressed on the previous album, the songs on ''Some Great Reward'' were mostly concerned with more personal themes such as sexual politics ("[[Master and Servant]]"), adulterous relationships ("Lie to Me"), and arbitrary divine justice ("[[Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody|Blasphemous Rumours]]"). Also included was the first Martin Gore ballad, "[[Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody|Somebody]]"—such songs would become a feature of all following albums.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} "Somebody" was released as a double A-side with "Blasphemous Rumours", and was the first single with Gore on lead vocal. ''Some Great Reward'' became the first Depeche Mode album to enter the US album charts, and made the Top 10 in several European countries.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

''[[The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg]]'' was the band's first video release, almost an entire concert from their 1984 Some Great Reward Tour.