"Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Single by Joy Division
Released	April 1980 (7") June 1980 (12") May 1995 (Re-release) September 24, 2007 (2007-09-24) (Re-release)
Format	7", 12", CD
Recorded	March 1980, Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England
Genre	Post-punk
Length	3:26
Label	Factory - FAC 23
Producer(s)	Martin Hannett and Joy Division
Peak chart positions
#1 (New Zealand Top 40) #13 (UK) #19 (UK) (1983 Re entry) #19 (UK) (1995 Re-release) #46 (UK) (2007 Re-release)
Joy Division singles chronology
Komakino (1980) Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980) Atmosphere/She's Lost Control (1980)
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Original single sleeve

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is the best known song by the band Joy Division. The lyrics were written and sung by the band's vocalist, Ian Curtis, who committed suicide a month after the song was released in April 1980. Image File history File links Love_will_tear_us_apart. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This article is about the band. ... is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... A 12-inch record (left), a 7-inch record (right), and a CD (above) Two 7 singles (left), two colored 7 singles (middle), and two 7 singles with large spindle holes (right). ... A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ... Stockport is a large town in the north west of England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... FAC 115: Factory Records Stationery (1984) Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label, started in 1978 which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Martin Hannett (May 31, 1948) – April 18, 1991 )), sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was an innovative record producer who helped develop Joy Division and co-founded Factory Records with Tony Wilson. ... This article is about the band. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists in New Zealand. ... This article is about the band. ... Joy Division 7 flexi single. ... Single released by Joy Division following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The following is a list of items with recorded Factory Records numbers. ... FAC 115: Factory Records Stationery (1984) Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label, started in 1978 which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. ... Image File history File links Warningstripe_lightgrey. ... Image File history File links Warningstripe_lightgrey. ... A hummingbird Female Mallard Duck in midflight A dragonfly in flight Flight is the process by which an object achieves sustained movement either through the air by aerodynamically generating lift or aerostatically using buoyancy, or movement beyond earths atmosphere, in the case of spaceflight. ... This article is about the band. ... Ian Kevin Curtis (July 15, 1956 – May 18, 1980) was the vocalist, lyricist and occasional guitarist of the band Joy Division, which he helped form in 1977 in Manchester, England. ... For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ...

History

The song was written in August and September of 1979 and was debuted when the band supported Buzzcocks on their UK tour in September and October 1979. The lyrics are perceived to reflect the problems in Ian Curtis' marriage to Deborah Curtis, as well as his general frame of mind in the time leading up to his suicide. Deborah Curtis had the phrase "Love Will Tear Us Apart" inscribed on Ian Curtis' memorial stone. For the panel game, see Never Mind the Buzzcocks. ... Deborah Curtis is the widow of Joy Divisions singer and lyricist, Ian Curtis, who committed suicide in 1980. ... Headstones in the Japanese Cemetry in Broome, Western Australia A cemetery in rural Spain A typical late 20th century headstone in the United States A headstone, tombstone or gravestone is a marker, normally carved from stone, placed over or next to the site of a burial. ...

It was originally released in April 1980 and, after Curtis' suicide that May, became the band's only chart hit, reaching number 13 in the UK. The band broke up after his death and reformed as New Order. "Love" was re-released in 1983 and reached number 19 on the UK charts. This article is about the alternative rock/electronic band New Order. ...

The song appears on the Substance compilation album. It was first recorded for a John Peel session in November 1979, then re-recorded in January 1980 and March 1980. It is the latter version that appears on Substance. The January 1980 version originally appeared as the single's B-side. Substance is a 1988 Joy Division compilation, released by Factory Records. ... “Peel Sessions” redirects here. ...

In 1995, to publicise the release of Permanent, the track was reissued, complete with a new remix done by Arthur Baker and a new radio edit, also known as the Permanent Mix. Permanent is a compilation by Joy Division, featuring tracks from the bands two studio albums, Unknown Pleasures and Closer, as well as other tracks previously released on the compilations Substance and Still. ... Arthur Baker was the creator of a distinctive and dramatic style of brush and pen calligraphy. ...

On September 24, 2007 (2007-09-24), the single was again reissued, in its original configuration. This time, it was to publicise the Collector's Edition re-issues of the band's three albums. Although the single was now issued on the Warner label, it retained all the classic Factory packaging, down to the FAC 23 catalogue number. is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ...

Popularity

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" has remained popular and was listed by NME magazine as the best single of all time in 2002. The song was listed by Rolling Stone magazine at number 179 in its top 500 songs of all time. In May 2007, NME placed it at number 19 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever, one place ahead of "Transmission". For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ... This article is about the magazine. ...

The song has also been used in television programs and in films, such as the 2001 film Donnie Darko, in a pivotal scene before Donnie has to leave his girlfriend in order to save her. It was also included in a film about the Manchester music scene, 24 Hour Party People, during several scenes about the band and Curtis' suicide. It is heard in the in the Doctor Who episode "School Reunion". The film Series 7: The Contenders features a music video for the song which characters explain as being part of a school project. Their homemade music video is in the style of a cheaply made 80's video with actors dressed in stereotypical goth fashion. Though Joy Division is not a goth band, this song is considered a goth love ballad by many in the scene. For the fictional character, see Donald Darko. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Doctor Who (disambiguation). ... School Reunion is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Video

On the video for the song, at the very beginning, the door that swings open and shut has the initials of the band members carved into it. The video was shot by the band themselves as they recorded the song. It includes production errors with colour being 'browned out' at some points. Due to another production error the vocals as sung by Curtis during the video didn't come out as intended. The song as originally recorded in the video sounds much more like that in their Peel Session. Curtis re-recorded the vocals separately with the hint of melancholy that helps make it distinctive. The oddly-shaped guitar played by Ian Curtis is a Vox Mark VI.^{[citation needed]} In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... John Peel John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was a British disc jockey and radio presenter. ... Vox is a musical equipment manufacturer formerly based in Britain, and now owned by Japanese electronics giants Korg, which is most famous for making the AC30 guitar amplifier and the Vox organ. ... Jones playing his custom mando-guitar, quiet similar shaped like the Mark VI The Mark III is a electric guitar made by Vox. ...

Cover versions

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• Simple Minds

The most recent version to be a hit single in the UK Top 75 Singles Chart is an ambient reading of the song by Glenn Gregory and his band Honeyroot. There were also three versions done by Swans, two sung by Michael Gira in his own drawling baritone, one the 'Red Version', and one the 'Acoustic Version', the other by female singer Jarboe ('Black Version'). Paul Antony Young, better known as Paul Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English pop artist. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Unbroken was a hardcore punk band from San Diego, California. ... SKAMP is a Lithuanian pop band. ... Squarepusher is the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. ... Swans were an influential American rock, experimental, folk and post-industrial band active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. ... For the city, see Calexico, California. ... Nerina Natasha Georgina Pallot (born April 26, 1975) is a BRIT Award nominated British Singer Songwriter. ... Nicholas Edward Cave (born September 22, 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional actor. ... Kiki and Herb (Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman) are an American drag cabaret duo. ... The Frames is an influential Irish band based mainly in Dublin. ... Nouvelle Vague (French for new wave AND (Portuguese for bossa nova) is a bossa nova group initiated by French musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. ... For other uses, see José González (disambiguation). ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is an American band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) that formed in 2001. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... The roof terrace of Palacio de Valle in southern Cienfuegos at night. ... Heavens is an independent rock band featuring Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio and Josiah Steinbrick. ... Simple Minds is a rock band from Scotland, which had its greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s. ... Heaven 17 from a 1996 press photo for Bigger Than America:(Left to right) Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory Heaven 17 is a British synthpop band originating in Sheffield, England in the early 1980s. ... Honeyroot is an ambient dance collaboration between Glenn Gregory and Keith Lowndes, that is signed to the Just Music recording company. ... Love Will Tear Us Apart is an EP by the New York No Wave band Swans. ... Swans were an influential American rock, experimental, folk and post-industrial band active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. ... Michael Gira in Moscow, Russia. ... Jarboe is a solo artist who was formerly a vocalist and keyboard player for Swans. ...

Anything Box side project The Diary covered the song on their 1995 Page One album, and there is a version on the South American release of Darkness and Hope by Moonspell, a Portuguese gothic metal band. Anything Box is an electronic/synthpop musical group originally from Paterson, New Jersey and now based in Orange County, CA. They are best known for their 1990 Single Living In Oblivion. The band is one of primary bands which carried electronic musics transition from the late 1980s into... Darkness and Hope is the fifth album by Portuguese metal band Moonspell. ... Moonspell is a Portuguese Gothic Metal band, formed in 1992 and released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before of the release of their first album Wolfheart. ...

Likewise, Yat Kha, a Russian Tuvinian punk band, does a Kargyraa throat singing rendition on their 2005 album Recovers. The Scottish pop group Bis recorded an electro version for their Fact 2002 EP and also included it as a hidden track on the UK version of their 2001 album Return To Central. Yat-Kha is a rock band from Tuva, led by vocalist/guitarist Albert Kuvezin. ... Kargyraa is a deep, undertone technique used in Tuvan throat singing. ... This article is about the Scottish as an ethnic group. ... The Pop Group were a post punk band from Bristol, United Kingdom whose uncompromising, dissonant sound spanned punk, free jazz and dub reggae. ... Bis was a Scottish rock band composed of Steven Clark (Sci-fi Steven), John Clark (John Disco), and Amanda MacKinnon (Manda Rin). ... Electro (also known as electro funk) is an electronic style of hip hop directly influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records that were closer to disco). ... Fact 2002 was an 12 inch record released paying tribute to Factory Records. ... EP can stand for: EP is the IATA code for Iran Aseman Airlines Extended play, a music recording (usually consisting of several tracks, but shorter than a typical album) European Parliament, the parliamentary body of the European Union Evolutionary psychology, a belief that psychology can be better understood in light... In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music which has been placed on a Compact Disc, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener. ... This is a summary of 2001 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. ... Biss final proper full length album. ...

Bono regularly plays a snippet from the track during U2's live performances of "With or Without You", and U2 played a full cover with Arcade Fire in 2005. For other uses, see Bono (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... The Joshua Tree track listing I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For (2) With or Without You (3) Bullet the Blue Sky (4) The Best of 1980-1990 track listing New Years Day (2) With or Without You (3) I Still Havent Found What I... Arcade Fire (often known as The Arcade Fire) is an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

Nouvelle Vague also released a cover of the song on their 2005 eponymous debut album, a collection of new wave and punk songs performed in a bossa nova style. More recently, Jose Gonzalez covered the song acoustically for his EP 'Remain', as did Fall Out Boy on their 2004 acoustic EP My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue. Nouvelle Vague (French for new wave AND (Portuguese for bossa nova) is a bossa nova group initiated by French musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. ... For other uses, see Bossa nova (disambiguation). ... José González is a Swedish songwriter and musician. ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is an American band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) that formed in 2001. ... My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue is a 2004 acoustic EP released by Pop punk/Alternative rock band Fall Out Boy on Fueled by Ramen, featuring a total of five tracks. ...

In 2006 Susanna and the Magical Orchestra released a version on their album Melody Mountain, Released in 2007 by Nerina Pallot on the single of "Learning to Breathe". Susanna and the Magical Orchestra is the moniker of singer Susanna Wallumrod and keyboard player Morten Qvenild, the former a previous member of Jaga Jazzist. ... Melody Mountain is Norwegian group Susanna and the Magical Orchestras second album, released in 2006. ... Nerina Natasha Georgina Pallot (born April 26, 1975) is a BRIT Award nominated British Singer Songwriter. ... Learning To Breathe is the 3rd single to be taken from the re-release of Fires but is the 5th single to be taken from original release of the album Fires. Learning To Breathe has been postponed to January 8th, as opposed to its original intended realease date of...

Alistair Griffin recorded an acoustic version on his EP finding Boethius, released December 2006. Alistair Richard Griffin, (born 1 November 1977 in Middlesbrough), is an English singer/songwriter. ...

It is briefly incorporated into the song "Just Can't Function No More" by Me and Him Call It Us.

The song was covered by Evelyn Evelyn (Jason Webley and Amanda Palmer) for the EP Elephant Elephant. Jason Webley in 2006 at the Oregon Country Fair Jason Webley is a musician who began as a busker, playing accordion in the streets of Seattle, but has since moved in-doors and on stage, playing venues and festivals all across the world. ... Amanda Palmer (born April 30, 1976) is a performer most noted for being the lead singer, pianist, and lyricist/composer of the Brechtian punk cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls. ...

Trivia

• Davey Havok and Jade Puget of the band AFI and Blaqk Audio have "Love Will Tear Us Apart" tattooed on them, Davey below his navel and Jade on his arm. Blaqk Audio's first single is titled Stiff Kittens, a reference to the first band name Joy Division played under.

• Singer of Aiden , wiL Francis has the same lyrics tattooed across his upper chest.

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Track listing

7": Factory / FAC 23 (UK)

1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:18
2. "These Days" – 3:21
3. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:06

• also released on 12" (FAC23.12)

7": Gap Records Australia / SFA 406 (Australia)

1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:18
2. "These Days" – 3:21

• Track 1 recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, early March 1980
• Other tracks recorded at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham, January 8, 1980

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1995 re-release

MC: London / YOJMC 1 (UK)

1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart (Radio Version)" – 3:38
2. "Love will Tear Us Apart (Original Version)" – 3:25

12": London / YOJX1 (UK)

1. "Love will Tear Us Apart (Original Version)" – 3:25
2. "Love Will Tear Us Apart (Radio Version)" – 3:38
3. "Love will Tear Us Apart (Arthur Baker Remix)" – 4:12
4. "Atmosphere" (original Hannett 12inch) – 4:08

CD: London / YOJCD1 (UK)

1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart (Radio Version)" – 3:38
2. "Love will Tear Us Apart (Original Version)" – 3:25
3. "These Days" – 3:25
4. "Transmission" (Live) – 3:44

CD: London-Polygram / 422 850 129-2 (Canada)

1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Radio Version) – 3:38
2. "Love will Tear Us Apart" (Original Version) – 3:25
3. "Love will Tear Us Apart" (Arthur Baker Remix) – 4:12
4. "Atmosphere" – 4:08
5. "These Days" – 3:25
6. "Transmission" (Live) – 3:44

2007 re-release

7": Warner / FAC 23 (UK)

1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Original version) – 3:18
2. "These Days" – 3:21
3. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:06

CD: Warner / FAC 23CD (UK)

1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Original version) – 3:18
2. "Love Will Tear Us Apart '95" (Radio Version)" – 3:38
3. "Atmosphere" – 4:08

Sample

"Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Sample of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" from Substance
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External links

• All about Love Will Tear Us Apart
• http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=2529
• Record of U2's instances of snippeting Love Will Tear Us Apart
• Joy Division Discography