"True Faith"
Single by New Order
Released	20 July 1987
Format	7", 12", CD
Recorded	1987
Genre	Dance
Length	4:02 (7"), 5:53 / 9:02 (12")
Label	Factory Records
Producer(s)	New Order, Stephen Hague
Peak chart positions
#3 (US Hot Dance Music/Club Play) #10 (US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales) #32 (US Billboard Hot 100) #4 (UK Singles Chart)
New Order singles chronology
"Bizarre Love Triangle" (1986) "True Faith" (1987) "Touched by the Hand of God" (1987)

"True Faith-94"
Single by New Order
from the album The Best of New Order
Released	7 November 1994
Format	7", 12", cassette, CD
Recorded	1987
Genre	Dance
Length	4:30 (7") / 5:35 (12")
Label	London Records
Producer(s)	New Order, Stephen Hague
Peak chart positions
#9 (UK Singles Chart)
New Order singles chronology
"Spooky" (1993) "True Faith-94" (1994) "Nineteen63" (1995)

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The single charted at number 4 in the United Kingdom on its original release in 1987.

Original releases

New Order wrote and recorded "True Faith" and "1963" during a 10-day studio session with producer Stephen Hague. The two songs were written as new material for New Order's first singles compilation album, Substance 1987. After the two songs were recorded, the band's US management decided that "True Faith" was the stronger track and would be released as the new single, with "1963" as the B-side. "1963" was remixed and issued as a single in its own right in 1994. Substance is a 1987 double album by New Order, grouping their best-known singles in their 12-inch versions, together with some songs that were previously unavailable. ...

"True Faith" was never used as a track on a regular album, though it did appear on most of New Order's "best of" collections (Substance 1987, The Best of New Order, Retro, "Singles" and International). The first public performance of the song took place at the 1987 Glastonbury Festival; this version appears on the group's BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert album. Substance is a 1987 double album by New Order, grouping their best-known singles in their 12-inch versions, together with some songs that were previously unavailable. ... The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or Glasto, is the largest[1] greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. ...

Video

The release of "True Faith" was accompanied by a surreal music video directed by Philippe Decouflé in which bizarrely costumed dancers jump up and down, sign the lyrics, and slap each other in time to the music. The video has often been voted amongst the best music videos of its year. Sky Television's channel The Amp, for instance, has it rated as the best video of 1987, and it won the BPI award for Best Promotional Video in 1988. The overall tonality, themes and various elements from the video re-occurred in Decouflé's, scenography and choreography for the inauguration ceremonies of the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Two sign language Intepreters working as a team for a school. ... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the Ireland. ... The letters BPI can be used in several ways: Business Process Improvement is a method of improving business processes. ... The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1992 in Albertville, France. ...

Lyrics

As is the case for many New Order songs, the words in the title (in this case "true" and "faith") do not appear anywhere in the lyrics.

The song is about heroin addiction. This is more obvious in the original lyrics, which contain the line, "They're all taking drugs with me," in place of, "They're afraid of what they see." The line was changed at the last minute due to pressure from label executives, but the original line is often used when the band performs the song live.^[1] Heroin (INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is an opioid synthesized directly from the extracts of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. ...

The band was surprised by the fact that the single widened their audience with younger children, due to the fact that the video's characters were reminiscent of children's programming, even though the real theme of the song is adult.^{[citation needed]}

Re-releases

A remixed version charted again in 1994 at number 9. A "True Faith" remix 12" single and CD single were released in 1994, and another "True Faith" remix 12" single and CD single were released in 2001. Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ...

In film

This track was used in the opening nightclub scene in Mary Harron's film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel American Psycho and in James Bridges's 1988 film adaptation of Jay McInerny's novel Bright Lights, Big City. A remix of the song, performed by the Pet Shop Boys, was used in the season 3 finale of Queer as folk. Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author. ... American Psycho is a 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis. ... ÜýÝ ... // Queer As Folk (US) Based on the British series of the same name, Showtimes Queer as Folk presents the American version. ...

Track listing

UK 7" - FAC 183-7

1. "True Faith" (4:02)
2. "1963" (5:32)

UK 12" 1 - FAC 183

1. "True Faith" (5:55)
2. "1963" (5:32)

UK 12" 2 - FAC 183R

1. "True Faith (Remix)" (8:59)
2. "1963" (5:32)
3. "True Dub" (10:41)

UK PAL CD - FACDV 183

1. "True Faith (Remix)" (8:59)
2. "Evil Dust" (3:43)
3. "True Faith (7 inch)" (4:06)
4. "True Faith (Video)"

True Faith-94 [UK CD]

1. "True Faith-94 (Radio Edit)" (4:28)
2. "True Faith-94 (Perfecto Radio Edit)" (4:05)
3. "True Faith-94 (Perfecto Mix)" (6:23)
4. "True Faith-94" (5:34)
5. "True Faith-94 (TWA Grim Up North Mix)" (6:11)

True Faith-94 - NUO5 [UK 7"]

1. "True Faith-94 (Radio Edit)" (4:28)
2. "True Faith-94 (Perfecto Radio Edit)" (4:05)

References

1. ^ Songfacts: True Faith by New Order.

External links

• Stephen Hague talks about recording True Faith