"
Policy of Truth" is a song by English
electronic band
Depeche Mode, released in May 1990 as the third single from their seventh
studio album Violator (1990). Although the song was less successful than the first two singles before, it is the only Depeche Mode single to chart higher on the
Billboard Hot 100 (#15) than on the
UK Singles Chart (#16), as well as peaking at number two on the American dance charts. It also became the band's second chart-topper on the
Modern Rock Tracks chart.