People Are People
Depeche Mode
"People Are People" by Depeche Mode has charted in 23 markets across 2 platforms, peaking at #8 (AR) on the Rotation chart.
- Markets
- 23
- First seen
- 2026-08-28
- Latest chart date
- 2026-09-02
- Peak
- #8 ar
Started in 4 markets, now in 23.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
"People Are People" was used in the "Extended Look" trailer for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto VI, the game whose launch was scheduled for 19 November 2026. [1] The song, released as a single on 12 March 1984 from Some Great Reward, was Depeche Mode's commercial breakthrough in the United States. [2] Written by Martin Gore as a plain-spoken plea against prejudice, it became an anthem played at gay establishments and pride festivals from the late 1980s onward. [3]
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Argentinaar · shazam · 1 city#12#8#12
- Germanyde · shazam · 8 cities#13#11#13
- United Kingdomgb · shazam · 6 cities#14#12#14
- Hungaryhu · shazam#15#12#15
- Chilecl · shazam#18#11#18
- Brazilbr · shazam#16#12#16
- Polandpl · shazam#13#13#13
- Belgiumbe · shazam#23#14#23
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#24#15#24
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- de 8 cities · best #27 koln
- gb 6 cities · best #31 liverpool
- ar 1 city · best #22 buenos aires
- us 1 city · best #49 san diego
Listen
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- GBAJH0601312
- Slug
- depeche-mode__people-are-people
- Sources
- deezer, shazam
The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.
Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).
Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
A new pressing every week.
The records moving and what moved them, plus the occasional note about something we have built.
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