Song Credits

Audio produced by Depeche Mode and Flood (Mark Ellis), recorded at Puk Studios in Denmark and The Church in London, with Peter Iversen and Steve Lyon as engineers; François Kevorkian mixed the single.

Music Video Trivia

It was shot in New York City in just a few days. The filming took place March 10–14, 1990, during the band's stay in New York. Corbijn and his crew were simultaneously doing photography and filming material for the upcoming World Violation Tour.

The video uses locations around Manhattan including Central Park, the East River Promenade near the Williamsburg Bridge, and the Meatpacking District. Martin's scenes were filmed at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in Central Park.

Dave's car is a 1958 Ford Fairlane Club Victoria.

“Policy of Truth” wasn't an isolated production. It became one of six videos on Strange Too – Another Violation by Anton Corbijn, alongside “Personal Jesus,” “Enjoy the Silence,” “Clean,” “Halo” and “World in My Eyes.”

The video ended up on a music video compilation called "Strange Too". This compilation has an introduction featuring the band at an abandoned drive-in in Utah, where they watch their own videos.

Some scenes are deliberately visually low-fi, and may have been shot on Super 8.

Some sources state the video had been produced by Mute Films / Depeche Mode video production