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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 ]
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 ...
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]
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 ]
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.
Joy Division were an English post-punk band that consisted of singer Ian Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.From 1976 to 1980, the band recorded a total of 53 songs, all of which were credited to all four members of the group, with one exception, and almost all were produced by Martin Hannett.
First released on Joy Division The Complete BBC Recordings in 2000. Two more tracks from the second Peel Session in November 1979: "The Sound of Music" and "Twenty Four Hours". First released on The Peel Sessions in 1987. The B-side version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart", recorded in January 1980 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham.