Not Blue Monday, not Perfect Kiss, this song. If you want to buy Substance for the extended version and instrumental, then do it. That album is worth 20 bucks for the extended of this track
Listened to these for the 1st time in ages today,this is so powerfull and beautiful at the same time,top song from one of the great bands of all time.
growing up in this era, there was SO much good stuff, I just kinda' took it for granted- never really thought some of the stuff I heard regularly back then would be a lot of my current favs, nothing like nostalgia...
saw New Order LIVE with Echo & The Bunnymen 20 years ago (at least) and still am recovering...mostly due to the void of any comparable music in this brave new millenium
I love New Order I actually became a listener until the mid 90s .I Love this song and its like I found a lost treasure. I listen to it anytime and everyday . I love to see people who love New Order as much as I do . I just dont know any personally "wish I did
I remember after playing it at one gig Barney Sumner said to some rowdy lads, "What a song, the lyrics are poetry. How can you swear after a song like that?"
He's right, shows that New Order can write a cracking love song. Only they would do it for love of humanity rather than a single individual.
its called love
Chekhofff 5 months ago
GIVES me GOOSE bumps!
JennyJenna 8 months ago
Why edit it?
trueblueorder 1 year ago
Wow
The way the song is edited down in length totally butchers it. The original 7 minute version is WAY WAY WAAAAAAAAAAAY better.
LivingWorstNightmare 1 year ago
The best New order song in my eyes.
Not Blue Monday, not Perfect Kiss, this song. If you want to buy Substance for the extended version and instrumental, then do it. That album is worth 20 bucks for the extended of this track
LivingWorstNightmare 1 year ago
The being this video with a paint of DECHIRICO,surrealist italian painter great.......!
zoconino 1 year ago
my dads fave band and now mine years on awsome x
TheGlamgirl000 1 year ago 2
something so sad and yet so beautiful about this song, probably the best new order put out after ian topped himself
discokidx1 1 year ago
FAC FAC FAC FACing clssic
kansasinnovember 1 year ago 2
Pinch myself sometimes I think I'm dreaming.
TekEnchAmun 1 year ago
Almost like a long lost classic such is the rarity of airplay.
A band that did everything totally different from the rest.
Immense!
strangetown22 1 year ago
wave is not dead!!!
stukahen 1 year ago 3
tres bien!
moranrick 1 year ago
adoooooroooooooooooooooooooooo!!
circulodedanteX 1 year ago
SO BEAUTIFUL MUSIC,PERHAPS THE BEST OF THEM....I JUST TRIP...GOOD TIMES
v8maveco302 1 year ago
Ive always liked this tune with lyrics better than the instrumental. Nothing new just another factus great and catchy tune.
noveltyme 1 year ago
timeless
njaneardude 1 year ago
@njaneardude I totally agree....New Order's "Substance" IS timeless....well said.
dwill28270 1 year ago
This song graced me. It graced my life and fed my soul as I knew adolescence.
rndriven 1 year ago
One of the best intros to a song. Quintessential 80s.
vaadaenmacchi 1 year ago
i always return to new order , they were such a quality live band...love this song..
ABITTERSWEETGIRL 1 year ago
100 stars, amazing!
erinn144 1 year ago
Masterpiece..."dies so quickly, grows so slowly...love."
BanditosYankees 1 year ago
che nostalgia!
alidasabina 2 years ago
Beatiful and simple.Nothing more or less to say.
kafkazinho 2 years ago
reminds me of driving to detroit tiger games with my friend dave maj.this song playing while packing a one-hitter.ahh,the 80s.
69down 2 years ago
best song of new order!
paulvantage 2 years ago
i always forget this song means so much to me.
auxgens 2 years ago 22
@auxgens Me too! Beautiful comment.
zensarcasm 1 year ago
@auxgens same here!
locomotifx 1 year ago
Yeah I heard this for the first time in YEARS!!!! the other day on DiG radio Australia and it still sounds GREAT!!!
shorn70 2 years ago
loveliness.
rrlg1 2 years ago
ahhh the 80s. :)
1in6win 2 years ago
cool as fuck
keivnh29 2 years ago
This is a beautiful song.
NedsMissingTeeth 2 years ago
Listened to these for the 1st time in ages today,this is so powerfull and beautiful at the same time,top song from one of the great bands of all time.
markheckyLUFC 2 years ago 18
Talk about nostalgia- one of my favs from new Order. Thanks for posting!
patbirder 2 years ago 7
growing up in this era, there was SO much good stuff, I just kinda' took it for granted- never really thought some of the stuff I heard regularly back then would be a lot of my current favs, nothing like nostalgia...
skatetolive34 2 years ago 8
I love the part from 2:22 to 2:38, the guitar is awsome in this song as well. Basically the entire song ROCKS!
pumpkinscuckoo 2 years ago 5
so true... this is exactly why i looked this song up
dirkdiggler301 2 years ago
Thief! Thief! Come back with my heart!
davidscalling 2 years ago 2
im here
julietavalon 2 years ago
My vinyl copy used to skip, I loved this song...
bookwater 3 years ago 2
saw New Order LIVE with Echo & The Bunnymen 20 years ago (at least) and still am recovering...mostly due to the void of any comparable music in this brave new millenium
exzealient 3 years ago 5
Obviously this is one of the greatest tracks of the 1980s
Ordsall66 3 years ago
I love New Order I actually became a listener until the mid 90s .I Love this song and its like I found a lost treasure. I listen to it anytime and everyday . I love to see people who love New Order as much as I do . I just dont know any personally "wish I did
latinzo1 3 years ago 2
I don't know anyone who loves new order or joy division as much as I do
It's nice to find a like minded soul
nimbus072 2 years ago
This song is spinely chilling...a classic song from the 80s!!
mykgeo 3 years ago 3
I first heard this song when I was living in Brazil. Good memories. Great song!
emiemi2000 3 years ago 2
I always think of Pretty in Pink and Molly RIngwald when I hear this song... :)
The3rdHiltonSister 3 years ago 3
the song was shell shock in the movie.
ferret6677 3 years ago 2
The songs were Thieves Like Us, Shell Shock and Elegia by New Order in the movie Pretty In Pink!!!
phillyproduct125 2 years ago 3
i remember being dragged in to watch the film and being pleasantly surprised by the sound track
MrGeejayy 2 years ago
actually, this song is playing in the scene when she's sewing her dress, but shell shock is also featured in Pretty in Pink :)
JuliaStepchild 2 years ago 2
This song will always be relevant!
colster4life 3 years ago
their best song
crimsonwhite1 3 years ago
Does anyone know the video game being played at the 1:00 mark? I remember playing it years ago, just drawing a blank on the name.
stevehargrave 3 years ago
Zaxxon on the ATARI ST
newsgraphics 3 years ago 2
Zaxon I think.
troutlord1 3 years ago
OMG! this song is still awesome!
sharmainefdiaz 3 years ago
The 12" version is available on their Greatest Hits album "Best Of ?".
Im not a fan of this 7" version as the kick-ass instrumental part at the beginning is shortened, plus the second verse has been removed as well.
Diamondblade2006 3 years ago
Great choon! Still have the 12"
thanks for posting
xpandoaudio 3 years ago 2
Love it !!! but i prefer kajagoogoo too shy or spandau ballet gold...which i dismissed at the time
gadzoox1234 4 years ago
Love it, but you cannot beat Kajagoogoo Too Shy or Spandau Ballet Gold
gadzoox1234 4 years ago 2
My favourite song at the moment :') <3
glueberry 4 years ago
back in the ero off 8-bit computers. good times with Basic programming, saving programs on cassette tapes, and playing vinyls in the basement.
hdufort 4 years ago
I remember after playing it at one gig Barney Sumner said to some rowdy lads, "What a song, the lyrics are poetry. How can you swear after a song like that?"
He's right, shows that New Order can write a cracking love song. Only they would do it for love of humanity rather than a single individual.
dommywaddle 4 years ago
we go dancing every monday at upstairs, in st louis. last monday was me birfday. it was packed, chris played this for me. i love him.
evfich 4 years ago
Still my favorite new order song. Followed by Perfect Kiss.
tool619 4 years ago 2
Mine too, followed by 586
ScubaSteveM45 4 years ago
i love the 80's.
lallorona67 4 years ago
Great song. But it's shortened. Sad. Still though. Great song.
FloydElectricOrder 4 years ago
Short, because it's the 7"/single version!
MUSIC0L00G 4 years ago
I love this song so much, it made me fall in love with New Order
Whamrap 4 years ago
Wow, I heard this for the first time in the fall of 1984. I can still remember the day.
JohnPurvis 4 years ago
I heard this a single time in about 1988 or so. Remembered it since then. Thanks for letting me hear it again.
emphryio 4 years ago
Great Band , great song , thanks for posting,hugs from Brazil
Mhaza 4 years ago
Awesome song! Thanks for the post and the memories...
wisdomte 4 years ago