Listen Now
Buy the Album at Rhino.com

Written by: Bernard Albrecht, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris
Produced by: New Order
Released: Oct. '86 on Qwest
Charts: 2 weeks
Top spot: No. 98

After the death of Joy Division's Ian Curtis, his bandmates became New Order. "There's life and there's death," drummer Morris said in 1983. "We were still alive, so we thought we'd carry on doing it." New Order wrote their moody synth-pop hits in a Manchester rehearsal room next to a cemetery. Said Morris, "Fate writes the lyrics, and we do the rest."

Appears on: Substance (Qwest)

Next: Come Together

Back to RS 500 Albums!
Back to RS 500 Songs!