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In January of 1983, shortly before the release of the "Get the Balance Right!" single, [[Martin Gore]] attended an [[Einstürzende Neubauten]] concert, giving him the idea to experiment with the sounds of [[industrial music]] in the context of pop. That spring, the band converged in London to begin recording their third album, ''[[Construction Time Again]]''. This experimentation hinged on the band's first use of a [[Synclavier]], a [[synthesizer]] that not only contained a large number of pre-programmed sounds, but also allowed for [[Sampling (music)|samples]] to be imported. With this, the band proceeded to travel around the neighborhood where they could tape "found" sounds and feed them into the Synclavier, then manipulate the noises to fit into their songs. These sounds consisted mainly of hammering anvils, clanging pipes, running water, and the like. The single also features instruments, such as the xylophone, the oboe, and a melodica (which Martin has been know to play on stage for the song.)
"Everything Counts" would be the first single pulled from the album, and was a continuing part of the band's transition from the hook driven pop songs of their past (a transition that had begun to take shape in [[1982]] with the more noticeably melancholy "[[Leave in Silence]]"). The band continued perfecting their industrial formula over their next two albums, [[1984]]'s ''[[Some Great Reward]]'' and [[1986]]'s ''[[Black Celebration]]''.
The extended version of "Everything Counts" is called "Everything Counts in Larger Amounts", although sometimes it's simply called "Everything Counts (Longer)". The original release's B-side "Work Hard" is notable in that it is the first Depeche Mode song (excluding instrumentals) that is credited to both Martin Gore and [[Alan Wilder]] (the only other case of this is 1986's "Black Day", an alternate version of "Black Celebration," credited to Gore, Wilder, and [[Daniel Miller]]). The "East End" Mix is basically an extended version of the song.
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