Love Will Tear Us Apart
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"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by the British post-punk
band Joy Division
. It was written in August and September 1979, and debuted when the band supported Buzzcocks
on their UK tour in September and October 1979. It is one of the few songs in which singer Ian Curtis
played guitar (albeit somewhat minimally). The lyrics ostensibly reflect the problems in Ian Curtis's marriage to Deborah Curtis, as well as his general frame of mind in the time leading up to his suicide in May 1980. Deborah Curtis had the phrase "Love Will Tear Us Apart" inscribed on Ian Curtis's memorial stone.
The song was first released in April 1980 and, after Curtis's suicide that May, became the band's first chart hit, reaching number 13 in the UK. It also debuted at #1 in New Zealand in June 1981. The band postponed their US tour after his death, performed a few short sets as The No-Names, then finally renamed the group as New Order
. "Love" was re-released in 1983 and reached number 19 on the UK charts and re-appeared at #3 in New Zealand during March 1984. In 1986 the 7" single was released in Poland by Tonpress in different sleeve under license from Factory and sold over 20000 copies. In November 1988, it made one more Top 40 appearance in New Zealand, peaking at #39. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" 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.
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. On 24 September 2007, 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.
12" vinyl (Factory FAC 23.12)
7" vinyl (Tonpress S-590) Polish edition under license from Factory (1986)
12" vinyl (London YOJX1)
CDS (London YOJCD1)
CDS (Warner / FAC 23CD)
, often mistaken as the Vox Mark III.
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 another Joy Division song, "Transmission". The song reached number 1 in the inaugural Triple J Hottest 100
music poll of 1989
and again in 1990
. When being interviewed for New Order Story
, Neil Tennant
of the Pet Shop Boys
stated that "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was his favourite pop song of all time.
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. The song is included in the indie film Wristcutters, which takes place in an afterlife for people who have committed suicide. It was also included in a film about the Manchester music scene, 24 Hour Party People
, during several scenes about the band and Curtis's suicide. It is heard 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 '80s video with actors dressed in stereotypical goth fashion. In the sci-fi
comedy radio series Undone
, the song is performed as a chime on an ice cream van
. On November 11, 2009 it was featured in the opening scene of episode 7 of season 5 ("The Performer") of the television series Criminal Minds
. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was also featured at the beginning of UK police drama, Silent Witness
in the episode "Voids: Part 1". The song is featured in the American Dad!
episode "Escape from Pearl Bailey
".
An edited version of the chorus is sung by Manchester United fans about winger Ryan Giggs
("Giggs, Giggs will tear you apart again"), along with Stoke City who began to sing an altered version against West Ham
. A similar version is sung by the Barmy Army
, English cricket's official supporters group when spinner
Graeme Swann
is bowling.
(at the Edgbaston Tower Ballroom, Birmingham
on 9 May 1983) and has been covered
by many artists including Thom Yorke
, Mark Owen
, Björk
, Nerina Pallot
, Hawksley Workman
, Calexico, Bloc Party
, The Cure
, Swans
, Unbroken, Broken Social Scene
, Nouvelle Vague
, Heavens, Fall Out Boy
, José González
, Red Mecca
, Yat-Kha
, Stanton Miranda
, U2
, David Gahan
, John Frusciante
, Arcade Fire, Revere, Squarepusher
, Honeyroot
, Chris Edwards
, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
, Moonspell
, The Blood Divine
, Simple Minds
, Oysterband
with June Tabor
, Paul Young
, Jamie Cullum
, Evelyn Evelyn
, In the Nursery
, Apoptygma Berzerk
and The Mulhollands. The song "Let's Dance to Joy Division
" by UK act The Wombats
was inspired by "Love Will Tear Us Apart", and includes "let love tear us apart" in the lyrics; similarly, Kasper Bjørke's song "Alcatrez" references "Love Will Tear Us Apart": "Do you think it's true that our love will tear us apart?"; the song "Tiny Skeleyons" by An Horse
also references "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in the lyric "Ian Curtis said it would tear us apart".
Serbia
n rock musician, journalist and writer Dejan Cukić
wrote about "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as one of the forty-six songs that changed history of popular music
in his 2007 book 45 obrtaja: Priče o pesmama
.
Broken Social Scene's cover was featured in the soundtrack for The Time Traveler's Wife
.
Bush covered the song as a bonus track on their album The Sea of Memories, having previously covered the song In a Lonely Place
.
band Swans
, its ninth release. It features a cover version of the Joy Division song. It was originally released in two different versions with Jarboe (black sleeve) and Gira (red sleeve) providing vocals, along with two semi-acoustic versions of songs from their 1987 LP Children of God
. On some versions, a fourth song was appended: A solo acoustic version of "New Mind".
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
band Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
. It was written in August and September 1979, and debuted when the band supported Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley.They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial...
on their UK tour in September and October 1979. It is one of the few songs in which singer Ian Curtis
Ian Curtis
Ian Kevin Curtis was an English singer and lyricist, famous for leading the post-punk band Joy Division. Joy Division released their debut album, Unknown Pleasures, in 1979 and recorded their follow-up, Closer, in 1980...
played guitar (albeit somewhat minimally). The lyrics ostensibly reflect the problems in Ian Curtis's marriage to Deborah Curtis, as well as his general frame of mind in the time leading up to his suicide in May 1980. Deborah Curtis had the phrase "Love Will Tear Us Apart" inscribed on Ian Curtis's memorial stone.
The song was first released in April 1980 and, after Curtis's suicide that May, became the band's first chart hit, reaching number 13 in the UK. It also debuted at #1 in New Zealand in June 1981. The band postponed their US tour after his death, performed a few short sets as The No-Names, then finally renamed the group as New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
. "Love" was re-released in 1983 and reached number 19 on the UK charts and re-appeared at #3 in New Zealand during March 1984. In 1986 the 7" single was released in Poland by Tonpress in different sleeve under license from Factory and sold over 20000 copies. In November 1988, it made one more Top 40 appearance in New Zealand, peaking at #39. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" appears on the Substance
Substance (Joy Division album)
Substance 1977-1980 is a singles compilation album by the post-punk band Joy Division, released on Factory Records in 1988. It is companion to a similar singles compilation by their subsequent band New Order, also entitled Substance. It peaked at #7 in the UK album chart and #146 on the Billboard...
compilation album. It was first recorded for a John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
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.
In 1995, to publicise the release of Permanent, the track was reissued, complete with a new remix done by Arthur Baker
Arthur Baker (musician)
Arthur Baker is an American record producer and DJ best known for his work with hip hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol, and the British group New Order.-Early career:...
and a new radio edit, also known as the Permanent Mix. On 24 September 2007, 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.
Original release
7" vinyl (Factory FAC 23)- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:18
- "These Days" – 3:21
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:06
12" vinyl (Factory FAC 23.12)
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:18
- "These Days" – 3:21
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:06
- Track 1 recorded at Strawberry Studios, StockportStockportStockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...
, early March 1980 - Tracks 2 and 3 recorded at Pennine Sound Studios, OldhamOldhamOldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
, 8 January 1980 - In her biography "Touching from a Distance", Deborah Curtis explains that the reason for the two versions of the song, one on each side, was a result of Curtis's slightly different singing in each one; one vocal take was allegedly done when other band members told Curtis to sing "like Frank SinatraFrank SinatraFrancis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
".
- Track 1 recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport
7" vinyl (Tonpress S-590) Polish edition under license from Factory (1986)
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:18
- "She's Lost Control" – 3:57
- The B-side was taken from the album Unknown PleasuresUnknown PleasuresUnknown Pleasures is the debut album by the English post-punk band Joy Division, released in 1979 through Factory Records. Martin Hannett produced the record at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England. The album sold poorly upon release, but due to the subsequent success of Joy Division with the...
released in Poland in 1989.
- The B-side was taken from the album Unknown Pleasures
1995 re-release
Cassette (London YOJMC 1)- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (radio version) – 3:38
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (original version) – 3:25
12" vinyl (London YOJX1)
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (original version) – 3:25
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (radio version) – 3:38
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Arthur Baker Remix) – 4:12
- "Atmosphere" (Original Hannett 12") – 4:08
CDS (London YOJCD1)
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (radio version) – 3:38
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (original version) – 3:25
- "These Days" – 3:25
- "Transmission" (live) – 3:44
2007 re-release
7" vinyl (Warner FAC 23)- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (original version) – 3:18
- "These Days" – 3:21
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:06
CDS (Warner / FAC 23CD)
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (original version) – 3:18
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart '95" (radio version) – 3:38
- "Atmosphere" – 4:08
Video
The video was shot by the band themselves as they recorded the song. At the start of the video the door that opens and shuts is carved the initials of the band members. The video has production errors with colour being 'browned out' at some points. Another production error led to Curtis' vocals not sounding as intended. The song as originally recorded in the video sounds much more like their Peel Session version. Curtis later re-recorded the vocals separately with distinctive hint of melancholy. The oddly-shaped guitar played by Curtis is a Vox PhantomVox Phantom
The Vox Phantom is an electric guitar, originally released in 1962 by the Jennings company. It is unique for its distinctive, pentagonal shape, which became part of the iconic representation of the British Invasion...
, often mistaken as the Vox Mark III.
Popularity
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" has remained popular and was listed by NMENME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
as the best single of all time in 2002. The song was listed by Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
magazine at number 179 in its top 500 songs of all time
The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone, issue number 963, published December 9, 2004, a year after the magazine published its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums 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 another Joy Division song, "Transmission". The song reached number 1 in the inaugural Triple J Hottest 100
Triple J Hottest 100
The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll, based on the votes of national Australian radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year. Voting is conducted by the internet and begins roughly two weeks prior to the new year for the previous year's songs...
music poll of 1989
Triple J Hottest 100, 1989
The 1989 Triple J Hottest 100 was the first yearly poll of the most popular songs, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. From 1989 to 1991, listeners could vote for songs released in any year.-Full list:...
and again in 1990
Triple J Hottest 100, 1990
The 1990 Triple J Hottest 100 was the second yearly poll of the most popular songs, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. From 1989 to 1991, listeners could vote for songs released in any year.-Full list:...
. When being interviewed for New Order Story
New Order Story
New Order Story is a 1993 documentary on the English indie rock band New Order, featuring the majority of their music videos, as well as interviews with the band members, their manager Rob Gretton, producers, etc. It also features appearances from the Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant, U2's Bono, Quincy...
, Neil Tennant
Neil Tennant
Neil Francis Tennant is an English musician, singer and songwriter, who, with bandmate Chris Lowe, makes up the successful electronic dance music duo Pet Shop Boys.-Childhood:...
of the Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....
stated that "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was his favourite pop song of all time.
The song has also been used in television programs and in films, such as the 2001 film Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko is a 2001 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell...
, in a pivotal scene before Donnie has to leave his girlfriend in order to save her. The song is included in the indie film Wristcutters, which takes place in an afterlife for people who have committed suicide. It was also included in a film about the Manchester music scene, 24 Hour Party People
24 Hour Party People
24 Hour Party People is a 2002 British film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Winterbottom...
, during several scenes about the band and Curtis's suicide. It is heard in the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
episode "School Reunion
School Reunion (Doctor Who)
"School Reunion" is the third episode in the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It first aired on 29 April 2006. The episode's narrative takes place some time after the events of "The Christmas Invasion"...
". The film Series 7: The Contenders
Series 7: The Contenders
Series 7: The Contenders is a 2001 film directed by Daniel Minahan. The movie is presented as a marathon of the seventh series of an American reality television show called The Contenders, where six people, picked at random from a national lottery, are each given a gun and forced to hunt and kill...
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 '80s video with actors dressed in stereotypical goth fashion. In the sci-fi
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
comedy radio series Undone
Undone (radio series)
Undone is a radio comedy broadcast by the BBC on the digital channel BBC 7, written by and starring Ben Moor. It uses a sci-fi theme of parallel universes to poke fun at life and especially the media business in London...
, the song is performed as a chime on an ice cream van
Ice cream van
An ice cream van or ice cream truck is a commercial vehicle which serves as a travelling retail outlet for ice cream, usually during the summer. Ice cream vans are often seen parked at public events, or near parks, beaches, or other areas where people congregate...
. On November 11, 2009 it was featured in the opening scene of episode 7 of season 5 ("The Performer") of the television series Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was also featured at the beginning of UK police drama, Silent Witness
Silent Witness
Silent Witness is a BBC crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in February 1996, the series is still airing to the present day, with a fifteenth series expected to air in January 2012. The series was...
in the episode "Voids: Part 1". The song is featured in the American Dad!
American Dad!
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episode "Escape from Pearl Bailey
Escape from Pearl Bailey
"Escape from Pearl Bailey" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of American Dad!. It aired on Fox in the United States on November 9, 2008...
".
An edited version of the chorus is sung by Manchester United fans about winger Ryan Giggs
Ryan Giggs
Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Manchester United. Giggs made his first appearance for the club during the 1990–91 season and has been a regular player since the 1991–92 season...
("Giggs, Giggs will tear you apart again"), along with Stoke City who began to sing an altered version against West Ham
West Ham
West Ham is in the London Borough of Newham in London, England. In the west it is a post-industrial neighbourhood abutting the site of the London Olympic Park and in the east it is mostly residential, consisting of Victorian terraced housing interspersed with higher density post-War social housing...
. A similar version is sung by the Barmy Army
Barmy Army
The Barmy Army is a semi-organised group of English cricket fans which arranges touring parties for some of its members to follow the English cricket team on overseas tours...
, English cricket's official supporters group when spinner
Spin bowling
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Graeme Swann
Graeme Swann
Graeme Peter Swann is an English international cricketer. He is primarily a right-arm offspinner, and also bats right-handed. After initially playing for his home county Northamptonshire, for whom he made his debut in 1997, he moved to Nottinghamshire in 2005. He often fields at slip...
is bowling.
Cover versions
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" was first performed by New OrderNew Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
(at the Edgbaston Tower Ballroom, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
on 9 May 1983) and has been covered
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
by many artists including Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
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, Mark Owen
Mark Owen
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, Björk
Björk
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, Nerina Pallot
Nerina Pallot
Nerina Pallot is a platinum selling, BRIT Award and Ivor Novello Award nominated British singer and songwriter. Although born in London, Pallot was brought up in Jersey to a half-French father and mother from Allahabad, India.-Early life:Pallot played piano as a child and wrote her first song...
, Hawksley Workman
Hawksley Workman
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, Calexico, Bloc Party
Bloc Party
Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
, The Cure
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The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
, Swans
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, Unbroken, Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene
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, Nouvelle Vague
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, Heavens, Fall Out Boy
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, José González
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, Red Mecca
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, Yat-Kha
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, Stanton Miranda
Stanton Miranda
Stanton Miranda is a Factory Records artist from New York City from the 1980s. She achieved some notice for her single "Wheels Over Indian Trails" and her later cover of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division...
, U2
U2
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, David Gahan
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, John Frusciante
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John Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums...
, Arcade Fire, Revere, Squarepusher
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, Honeyroot
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, Chris Edwards
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, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
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, Moonspell
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, The Blood Divine
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, Simple Minds
Simple Minds
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, Oysterband
Oysterband
Oysterband is a British electric folk or folk rock band formed in Canterbury in or around 1976.-Early history:...
with June Tabor
June Tabor
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, Paul Young
Paul Young (singer and guitarist)
Paul Antony Young is an English pop musician. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & The Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, his following solo success as a solo recording artist turned him into a 1980s teenage pop idol...
, Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum is an English pop and jazz-pop singer-songwriter. Though he is primarily a vocalist/pianist he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums. Since April 2010, he has been presenting a weekly jazz show on BBC Radio 2, broadcast on Tuesdays from 19:00.- Early...
, Evelyn Evelyn
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, In the Nursery
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, Apoptygma Berzerk
Apoptygma Berzerk
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and The Mulhollands. The song "Let's Dance to Joy Division
Let's Dance to Joy Division
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" by UK act The Wombats
The Wombats
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was inspired by "Love Will Tear Us Apart", and includes "let love tear us apart" in the lyrics; similarly, Kasper Bjørke's song "Alcatrez" references "Love Will Tear Us Apart": "Do you think it's true that our love will tear us apart?"; the song "Tiny Skeleyons" by An Horse
An Horse
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also references "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in the lyric "Ian Curtis said it would tear us apart".
Serbia
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n rock musician, journalist and writer Dejan Cukić
Dejan Cukic
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wrote about "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as one of the forty-six songs that changed history of popular music
Popular music
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in his 2007 book 45 obrtaja: Priče o pesmama
45 obrtaja: Price o pesmama
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Broken Social Scene's cover was featured in the soundtrack for The Time Traveler's Wife
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Bush covered the song as a bonus track on their album The Sea of Memories, having previously covered the song In a Lonely Place
Ceremony (song)
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Swans version
Love Will Tear Us Apart is an EP by the New YorkNew York
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band Swans
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, its ninth release. It features a cover version of the Joy Division song. It was originally released in two different versions with Jarboe (black sleeve) and Gira (red sleeve) providing vocals, along with two semi-acoustic versions of songs from their 1987 LP Children of God
Children Of God (album)
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. On some versions, a fourth song was appended: A solo acoustic version of "New Mind".
EP track listing
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:40
- "Trust Me" – 3:07
- "Our Love Lies" – 6:56