While we were recording it in Milan, Dave [Gahan] was going away for a couple of days, so we worked on it and turned it into this really moody piece.

[5] The "World in My Eyes" single release includes two exclusive B-sides, "Happiest Girl" and "Sea of Sin", which were mixed by François Kevorkian and feature additional production by Alan Friedman.

[citation needed] The cover art for "World in My Eyes" has a photo of one of the band members making a shape similar to that of glasses with their hands.

The original music video features some footage from the World Violation Tour, while Dave Gahan and a girl he's with watch it from a drive-in cinema.

The alternate version on Strange Too features the band in the car instead, more live footage, and the silent ending with Gahan is longer.