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"Martyr" is the 45th UK single by the English electronic band Depeche Mode. It was released as a non-album single to promote the band's eighth greatest hits compilation album, The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1. The single was released on October 30, 2006 in three formats: CD single, CD maxi and DVD single. There was also a limited-edition double 12-inch single featuring four remixes of previous Depeche Mode tracks.
Following its release, "Martyr" topped the singles charts of Italy and Spain while attaining a peak of number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and entering the top 20 in six other European nations. It debuted and peaked at number two on the Eurochart Hot 100, and in the United States, it reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The single became Depeche Mode's 35th and most recent UK top-20 hit.
The song, originally titled "Martyr for Love", is a well-known missing track from the Playing the Angel sessions. The song was mentioned on one of the FletchCam videos (where it can faintly be heard playing in the background), and it was mentioned in interviews. Playing the Angel programmer Dave McCracken has said that it was considered by the band as the first single from the album, but it did not make the cut due to its poppier sound when compared with other tracks from it.
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