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"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by English rock band Joy Division, released on June 27, 1980 as a non-album single. Its lyrics were inspired by lead singer Ian Curtis 's marital problems and struggles with epilepsy . [ 7 ]
By 1982 Closer had sold over 250,000 copies worldwide, with the posthumous single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" having also sold over 160,000 copies. [39] In 1995 Closer was ranked one of the top 100 alternative albums ever to be released by Spin magazine (placing at number 69). [ 40 ]
It features five Joy Division tracks, including "Love Will Tear Us Apart", and thirteen New Order tracks, including a previously unreleased track, "Hellbent". [1] A digital deluxe version also includes music videos. In October 2019, the album was certified Gold by British Phonographic Industry (BPI). [2]
Noel Gallagher has saluted his Manchester rock forefathers Joy Division by covering the band’s classic “Love Will Tear Us Apart” today (June 1) on the BBC Radio 2 series Piano Room. The ...
Joy Division's second and final album, Closer, was released two months later; it and the single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" became their highest-charting releases. Between July and October 1980, the remaining members, with the addition of keyboardist and guitarist Gillian Gilbert , regrouped under the name New Order .
The new track was a new mix of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" titled "Permanent mix". [7] This version of the song features guitar throughout, balancing the synths and bass. The track that was previously unavailable on LP was the "Pennine version" of "Love Will Tear Us Apart", which was originally released as one of the B-sides on the "Love Will ...
The discography of English post-punk band Joy Division consists of two studio albums, four live albums, twelve compilation albums, three extended plays, and five singles.The list does not include material performed by former members of Joy Division that was recorded as New Order (formed by the surviving members of the band after the death of singer Ian Curtis) or related side projects.
The B-side version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart", recorded in January 1980 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham. First released on the Love Will Tear Us Apart single in 1980. Live track "Sister Ray" a Velvet Underground cover, from a concert at the Moonlight Club, West Hampstead on 2 April 1980, released on Still in 1981.