Master and Servant the 3-disc version. The CD single was released in 1991 as part of the singles box set compilations. All songs written by Martin Gore. Master and Servant "Master and Servant" is Depeche Mode's eleventh UK single (released on 20 August 1984) and the second single from the "Some Great Reward" album. Its subject matter is BDSM relationships, which caused some controversy. It reached number 9 in the UK Singles Chart, number 49 in the American dance chart and number 87 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The overtly sexual, BDSM-themed lyrics of "Master and Servant" — complete with synthesized whip-and-chain sound
Billboard Top Hits: 1984 Billboard Top Hits: 1984 Billboard Top Hits: 1984 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1992, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1984. The track lineup includes seven songs that reached the top of the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, with the remaining three songs—"Hold Me Now", "Jump (For My Love)" and "Talking in Your Sleep"—each reaching the top 5 on the Hot 100. Giving the album four-and-a-half out of five stars, Heather Phares of AllMusic cited the album as "one of the decade's strongest collections of singles." Robert Christgau of "The Village Voice" gave the album an A rating