Master and Servant about the song includes a mixing duration of seven days, and after all the reworking and final mastering of the mix, they realized they left the channel with the snare drum muted during the last chorus. Some of the sounds on "Master and Servant", such as the whip effect, are based on Daniel Miller standing in the studio hissing and spitting. According to the band, they tried to sample a real whip but "it was hopeless". The "Slavery Whip Mix" was the longest 12" Depeche Mode song at the time, with the outro being turned into a swing version of
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.