Why is Blue Monday so famous?

Released in 1983, ‘Blue Monday’ marked New Order’s triumphant moment as a band and introduced rock lovers to dance music in the most permanent of ways. The song was originally made in response to crowd disappointment about the fact that they never played encores.

What is the biggest selling 12 inch single of all time?

Blue Monday
On March 7th, 1983, New Order pioneered dance music with the release of the best selling 12 inch single of all time—Blue Monday, whose initial run sold over 700,000 copies. The song (now used to name the depressing 3rd Monday of January) is perhaps the most acclaimed and even influential synth-pop track of all time.

How much did New Order lose on Blue Monday?

Peter Hook on New Order’s ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ The iconic bassist explains how “Blue Monday” became the top-selling 12-inch single of all time but still somehow lost $100,000.

How did New Order make Blue Monday?

Gillian Gilbert, synthesiser Blue Monday’s distinctive intro was written on an Oberheim DMX drum machine. The synthesiser melody is slightly out of sync with the rhythm. This was an accident. It was my job to programme the entire song from beginning to end, which had to be done manually, by inputting every note.

Is New Order EDM?

According to a staff-written “Allmusic” history, the band are also regarded as “the first alternative dance” music group with their fusion of “used icy, gloomy post-punk with Kraftwerk-style synth-pop” and were also labeled as synth-pop, post-punk, new wave, dance-rock and electronica.

Who did Joy Division become?

New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. The band formed after the demise of Joy Division, following the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis; they were joined by Gillian Gilbert on keyboards later that year.