Be One of Us #29 - "Policy of Truth"

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After a two-day layoff, we now return to our regularly scheduled programming. 50 songs with "of" in the title (a very creative concept, or very lazy? Take your pick!) Ranked in no particular order, we are at #29: "Policy of Truth" by Depeche Mode. Is honesty ALWAYS the best policy? Well, no, not according to Depeche Mode songwriter Martin Gore, or William Batchelder Greene, from whom Gore got a little lyrical assistance while penning "Policy of Truth." (Who the F-Bomb is William Batchelder Greene?) Don't worry, I see you back there with your hand up. William Batchelder Greene was an American Civil War commander (colonel,) abolitionist (despite being a democrat, which as you might or might not be aware, the Democratic Party's platform back then was more in line with that of today's Republican Party, and vice versa. It was actually the Democratic Party that founded the KKK, while Abraham Lincoln was a Republican,) individualist anarchist, Utilitarian minister, and a heavy proponent of free banking in the United States. He also wrote the following: "Hide what you have to hide, And tell what you have to tell. You'll see your problems multiplied If you continually decide To faithfully pursue The policy of truth." Which Martin Gore used verbatim in his lyrics. (Yes, I did a bit of digging.) "Policy of Truth" was the third single from the band's 1990 international smash album, Violator (the title is a humorous poke at heavy metal album titles.) Although the single did not perform as well as it's two predecessors ("Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence,) it remains the only Depeche Mode single to chart higher on the Billboard Hot 100 than in the UK. And that my friends, is the absolute truth. (Info verified by Wikipedia, Steemit)