Master and Servant 100 chart anyway, albeit only at number 87 and for only a three-week chart stay). Reportedly, the song narrowly avoided a radio ban by the BBC as well. "Master and Servant" might have been banned if the one BBC staffer who wanted to ban the record had not been away on holiday at the time the other staffers voted on whether to add "Master and Servant" to their playlist. The production and mixing process of "Master and Servant" are remembered by Alan Wilder, Daniel Miller, and Gareth Jones, as among the longest that Depeche Mode ever endured. One famous story
Pop Ya Collar on February 20, 2001. "Pop Ya Collar" achieved moderate chart success. It peaked at number 60 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, remaining on the chart for seven weeks. The song reached its highest position on the UK Singles Chart at number two. "Pop Ya Collar" reached the top 40 in several other territories. Usher had initially planned to release the album entitled "All About U", as his third studio album on October 31, 2000. The album was to follow Usher's commercially successful and breakthrough 1997 album, "My Way", which August 7, 2001 had sold over seven million copies.