New Order - Blue Monday (Full 12-Inch EP) [1983]

Blue Monday is a single released in 1983 by British band New Order, and later remixed in 1988 and 1995. The song has been widely remixed and covered since its original release, and became a popular anthem in the dance club scene.
Track Listing:
Side A: Blue Monday
Side B: The Beach

[@angoethomsen2315]

41 years in rotation !!! Sound fresh like 1983

[@kevinherbert7335]

40 years old today & sounds as great as it did in 1983.

[@k.t.5405]

"sounds as great..." No it don't

[@bb5242]

Uh, I'm 50, so I was 10 in '83 and I don't remember this song from back then, so no way did you.

[@kevinherbert7335]

The tune is 40 years old, not me lol. I'm 54, so was 14 and did remember it very well 👍

[@louisvl10]

still makes air move on big speakers at the good parties

[@1WillowMoon]

I bought the 12" when it very first came out....wore it out literally....and bought another. I was a teen and this Tune was the best thing to ever hit my ears and i still love it now, and forever. ❤

[@MercuryCircuit]

It didn't need messing with. I only knew this version in the 1980's. This is and always will be the best version.

[@1WillowMoon]

With you on that....I bought the 12" twice when it first came out, blew me away and still love it.

[@espresso5512]

When someone ask me how 80s music is, I simply show this to them

[@88LaurenJade]

Amazing, it's amazing

[@Delilah70]

The Birth of Techno! New Order; Pioneers

[@therealjt6000]

Yesss

[@petergrauwels]

Still remember..I was a young teenager on the school trip bus...one of the kids started playing this track...all jaws dropped...just bliss

[@nich586]

When this was played at clubs in the 80's it was epic. Best of times.

[@michaeljavaras793]

How lucky we were to experience that !!! The 80's ! Thank God for the 80's ! The Universe had enough disco, and it was time to move forward . . .

[@jafetrodriguez6446]

What's all that white stuff on the counter top?

[@michaeljavaras793]

@@jafetrodriguez6446 , Lol ! You called it ! I almost brought that up ! We would carry over to Tijuana at around 3am ( 15 minutes away ) and go clubbing, more drinking, and eating ! Thank you for your comment !

[@johngotti4286]

@@jafetrodriguez6446 woah

[@sawilliams]

As soon as you hear that first few seconds of that bass drum it was dance time!

[@andrewrichmond5720]

The greatest synth record of all time? Too damned right it is!!!!

[@ronaldgroen1570]

Dat Klopt !

[@techmaester]

I actually can relate--somebody on a long-gone radio station stated something along that line. Think back in 1993.

[@ottogarcia8839]

I agre

[@krasteff]

Who says so? It is as "synth" as (or less than) I Feel Love, the latter being of universal importance to music, this one here is the most overrated by internet/youtube song ever.

[@jamesdude8399]

@@krasteff Stop talking out your arse you massive ponce

[@mattgilbert5850]

This track was way ahead of its time back then. So far ahead of its time that it almost seems like the remixes that were made only aspired to be comparable to the real thing at best. This is a masterpiece of musical creativity. Hell Yeah!

[@bydand9148]

Joy division and new order where well ahead of the times and so influential

[@QUIX4U]

However - not only did they "do" this tune - but on the flipside of their extended vinyl LP .. re {quote] New Order - Blue Monday (Full 12-Inch EP) [1983] [unquote] THEY PHYSICALLY REVERSED THE SONG Thus the flipside of the 12" plays the other way & thus plays this exact song = sdrawkcaB.. It's title HAD to be different - so they called it "THE BEACH" !!!!!! OBVIOUSLY THIS SONG IS ALL ABOUT THE BEACH ANYWAY - thus easily plays in reverse Compare the two versions and the "reversed" flipside track - pre-echoes itself, because when played in reverse - anything that gets "played" on the original side that delays any echoes - these echoes now precede the tune (played in reverse) - hence it's got "altered" singing digitized inverted vocals in it too ... and all other echoes PLAY BEFORE THE SOUND - as they now precede the active signal that created them.. re: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2HTnJSajdaanq8

[@QUIX4U]

ALL TRACKS are way ahead of their time - whenever I play-with (operative word = WITH = play-with) any music - as I do NOT play it the way countless others have followed along the blind commercial system - of playing a two channel stereo system by way of ONE CHANNEL - on the left-hand side & ONE CHANNEL on the right-hand side? Oh no - I either "play these" in total 360 degrees "analogue" surround sound (via my own invented multiple channel decoder system - that i discovered away back in 1965) OR - I play "things" from TOP TO BOTTOM, with a subwoofer at CENTER-HEIGHT. Why ? Because then I not only get the old-school (original) MONO SOUND of summated R+L channels, at the TOP Of the speaker tower stack - but I get a completely unheard HIDDEN track - that plays near the floor - whilst the summated SUB-WOOFER is summated between the normal MONO and the OTHER 90 degrees out-of-phase MONO - being the one I get out of the hidden content within any stereo recording (from the rear of studio / rear stage effects) - which when combined in full noise - actively give me a LOT MORE audio content - than you will ever get - playing forwards OR backwards any of your music - whether in direct analogue players - or from any digitized "virtual" sound delayed frontal system of "front surround only". And then sometimes - I go & 4k all of that up - by overlaying the completely opposite direction of play of that top/bottom content - into the opposing bottom & top channels (but over-layed in reverse).. Making a cacophony of harmonic sounds - being like nothing ever created.. Now where can you hear that effect? Oh yes - a car upside down on the side of a track (road actually) .. The title of it.. Oh for sure - sounds as bad as the content that YOU will soon subject your ears to listen too Ur addicted to MY music & U chant- QUIX4U (Wildest FM Radio on the doht com) .wmv kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaWVXmiQitqtmK8 Backwards - sideways PLUS upside down AND reversed - all tumbled in together. Yet your brain can follow along ? And eventually start to recognize little snippets of something Plus bits and pieces - played here and there.. DIFFERENT ? HELL YEAH Any silly village idiot - can push "play" on a commercially made audio player. NONE can play it my way.

[@fullfunk]

remixes suck make new tracks dont remix what is already set up right

[@mattgilbert5850]

@@fullfunk nobody is talking about any remix of this track because there is no way to outdo the brilliance of the original.

[@joellarson8906]

This is for my grandpa Joe he said it sounded urgent.he liked it.I miss him.

[@bhob70]

this makes me feel young and old all at the same time

[@kermit415]

New Order "Blue Monday", Depeche Mode "Get the Balance Right", B-Movie "Nowhere Girl" and Trans-X "Linving on Video" 12" vinyl are masterpiece. Also, Depeche Mode "Shake the Disease" They were so far ahead of their time... listening to the 12" singles which are extended version in today's time and you'll think its a remix.

[@hugsdontwork2283]

I'd forgotten about B-Movie. Thanks.

[@liverpoolscottish6430]

It's still THE DADDY after all these years. Incredible piece of work.

[@gordeux1201]

back when night clubs were night clubs! the smoke the lasers mirrors all over the place. there was a special connection made on the dance floor. 🥺😘😁💯👍🏼

[@phorewhoresman1897]

Substance is vastly underrated, one of the all time best albums.

[@jimrobertson4128]

Played to death 👍☺️

[@stefanenglisch8716]

I remember I was on the dance floor with my favorite girl - I loved her so much, we never came together... 💔 When I hear this 12inch today I'm in another world - on the dance floor with her for 12 minutes...

[@ramblyman69]

Today is 1-26-15 this is blue Monday. I play this version every blue Monday of the year since 1983

[@NBstormchasers]

You still doing it in 2021 now?

[@1WillowMoon]

2024?

[@ACCOUNTANTB]

Holly dam..this is timeless sort of electronic / dance music...

[@vicentemargal4349]

i can't believe i gave this away...what a dork!

[@rannydicciardo5656]

Indeed!

[@nickyairs7944]

If you look in a charity shop you might find a copy, still loads of deluded people throwing away the best part of their lives, fact

[@nickmartinez7674]

I did too 😢

[@markselvin2230]

This 12" single was at the time and after the biggest ever selling 12" mainly to the night clubs playing it and popular demand. I wonder if it is still? Way ahead of it's time A timeless classic

[@JohnDoe-qx3zs]

Remember this playing almost every night at the disco back then. Never saw the sleeve only the disc spinning in the booth. Oh those memories.

[@gregoryagogo]

5:45 LOVE that sound! Deep synth-bass sound unique to this record.

[@waterskqhstaceyapw3610]

Holly dam..this is timeless sort of electronic / dance music... 0:00 Blue Monday 7:28 The Beach There will never be a song to match Blue Monday....

[@Friarjohn1971]

I was sitting in a lucky seat at an MLB game in the 80s and I won a box of records. Inside the box of records was this New Order album Substance 1987. I still have it somewhere.

[@calumsanderson6741]

completely not the point but what teams were playing

[@simongalbraith7849]

Me and my mates in hull North England did 100s of mushrooms to this in mid 80s, it grow everywhere, what can I say, quality times, also human league unlimited orchestra. Wow

[@andyblack5865]

When this came out I was a 11 year old trying to bust some moves now I'm 44 year old still trying to bust some moves - blue monday has not aged apart from me xxx

[@philipbriggs7078]

This trak definatly stands the tests of time.

[@joshdougherty1574]

philip briggs “track” “definitely”

[@jamesdude8399]

@@joshdougherty1574 Bugger off, this is the comment section of a great song, not a spelling lesson

[@tangeyboy2012]

legendary tune !! dance music would not be what is today without it ,ahead of its time

[@michaeljavaras793]

It actually represented it's time while being ahead of it's time !!

[@LeoSilva-md6te]

There will never be a song to match Blue Monday....

[@markb6510]

2 Words = Fucking Classic

[@gunnarlars2103]

Always will be and for the future

[@lisam.rodriguez3061]

80s the best this is best version ever When this was played at clubs in the 80's it was epic. Best of times.

[@Shelley1834]

The best version, by far.

[@jimrobertson4128]

Ahem the only version 🥰

[@haydncook9079]

this is best version ever

[@gregoryagogo]

Like all perfect songs, they over played it on the radio, I remember... took me until today to revisit it! Brings back so many fun times, back when I was young and stoopid.

[@erikmolnar6585]

Its cool how the loading dial moves in the pic. Greatest 12 inch ever

[@fsibiza]

Used to dance to it in the clubs back in 83... this track was made for eternity

[@e.bissetteflora579]

Holly dam..this is timeless sort of electronic / dance music... legendary tune !! dance music would not be what is today without it ,ahead of its time 80s the best

[@Tintoycar]

I bought it back in 1983, small record shop, called "Music Man" in Bruges Belgium. Those were the days. The "Maxi single" is next to me here, kinda proud.

[@patrickbone6171]

You would dance to this track anywhere any time THAT WAS THE 80’s

[@mikew.andbrad8614]

Great songs, like this music, shall never die. This is added to our DANCE VAULT!

[@jamescooper-hope6930]

Blue Monday is still as fresh and relevant as the day it was born.

[@barbaraporter1902]

1983 version by far the best love it

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

Always been and forever will be the best.

[@ZeusKitty1]

It's the one I grew up with. Wasn't there a remix called "The Beach", or is this it?

[@ninaeikenberg2664]

There was a version named "The beach", it was on the B side of the 12 inch single. It was a brilliant remix of a brilliant song.

[@koanday8446]

Nina Eikenberg I have that 12 in. version...... I bought 3 vinyls when I was in Junior high school... I have never played them, they're still sealed. I consider them a treasure :)

[@ZeusKitty1]

It's silly to ask trivia questions on the internet, but who knows (or remembers) who these guys were before New Order, and what happened that caused the change?

[@caseyteacher1609]

One of the rare examples of a band going forward after losing its front man. Manzanarek and May tried, but obviously didn't succeed.

[@davidrawzen8232]

Manzarek... )

[@darthanddedeu2580]

That's because they didn't want to change things up, they wanted to continue with the formula but forgot it was missing a piece

[@enterbalak]

They should have created a new band from the ashes..

[@marcshroetter6083]

Can’t believe this is 40 yrs old this year , use to dance to this in after hours clubs , it still holds up

[@caneyebus]

40 years old today! Still as good now as it was 40 years ago.

[@jackiestyers6183]

I like the other side too. This song f n rocks. legendary tune !! dance music would not be what is today without it ,ahead of its time

[@johnfulgaro6327]

badass!! Today is 1-26-15 this is blue Monday. I play this version every blue Monday of the year since 1983 Substance is vastly underrated, one of the all time best albums.

[@lunaracc914]

WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! WHAT WAS THAT?! Um, I think it's Blue Monday. Man that was the original pressing! For fuck sake.

[@jesusiscomingrepent6625]

Bass test wow!! Sherwood 4109 receiver 8 Cerwin Vega earthquakes 15-in woofers in the cabinets Only 40 on the volume pod equalizer and mixer with preamps installed on the receiver makes this thing sound like a thousand watts per channel power amplifier totally awesome with this song the window shake the walls move and the highs cracked eardrums

[@heatherr0420]

I'm listening to this in 2021 & it still seems light years ahead of it's time

[@wolffhljaishafqm9100]

Holly dam..this is timeless sort of electronic / dance music... Today is 1-26-15 this is blue Monday. I play this version every blue Monday of the year since 1983 Substance is vastly underrated, one of the all time best albums.

[@isaacsoto_music]

0:00 Blue Monday 7:28 The Beach

[@joeyruss3933]

Thank you captain obvious

[@slammerbar]

Lol

[@gunnarlars2103]

This song will last forever

[@snaglet2284]

Simply Devine, peak dance floor 1983. Thank you to all involved.

[@user-ts2co4ov5h]

One of the GREATEST beats in HISTORY !!! I listen to it Lifting and doing cardio

[@tracynottage356]

One of my favourite 12inch singles of all time 😊

[@LeoSilva-md6te]

My all time favorite song 4ever.

[@RobinvE]

This is my favourite rendition of the song. Love how minimalistic this first version was, but still incredibly good and catchy. The 88 version's got too much sound effects for my taste.

[@ianb8677]

Robin v. E. I agree, the cool minimalism of "Blue Monday" is what made this track so awesome.

[@anthonydickinson6433]

Deep synth-bass is the sound of the 80’s ❤️👈🇬🇧

[@joaquinrodriguez6447]

80s the best

[@tomcruiseinriskybusiness2668]

One of my all time favourite jams!!

[@ryanmagdangal776]

I like the other side too. This song f n rocks.

[@existenze69]

Yes, the B-side is called The Beach...awesome!!

[@Kevork1970]

You look back and ask yourself how this was even possible in 1983.

[@nickyairs7944]

a drum machine made it possible, plus some very clever people

[@theselector4733]

MDMA

[@lorifoley4429]

Because we were generation X , THATS WHY!!!!

[@lorifoley4429]

​@@nickyairs7944is that all you think it was about???

[@lorifoley4429]

​@@theselector4733😮

[@adambassett8081]

Holy shit. Bring it to me 80s!!! I love you and all your max headroom headband headshaking beats!

[@courtneyoneillart]

My dad has this on record he said it was very hard to find because the record sleeve is blank, his favourite record of all time ❤

[@davidbunton1171]

hypnotic time warp beats endlessly!

[@chestrendy]

The biggest record to never make a dime.

[@robleary3353]

Still have my original vinyl!. Played it once and' taped it. Been in a plastic sleeve since.

[@marcio1563]

Finaly got my copy today ! It plays beautiful im my turntable. What a tune!

[@SecretLegoGuys]

They did it and it changed music in my opinion - stunning and have the white label - still sounds as good today - talent :)

[@robleary3353]

Back as a spotty teenager, smothered in 'Blue Stratos' aftershave, dressed in the 'club gear' giving it some in a smokey, grotty night club!. 🤣 Still have my original 12 inch of this in a plastic cover. Played once and 'taped'.... If you know you know that last bit!. 🤣

[@danielpayne500]

Timeless classic it is it was of the Biggest selling records that never charted sadly for it's time

[@danielpayne500]

This should have no 1 how many times over

[@eliasmora715]

91X / nevers get old this song.. just amazing

[@pierremarieCoupry]

Pure brilliance !

[@paulmilne1203]

Always a blessing this and always gives you verve!!!!

[@felab5313]

i was only 13 i got this brand new 12 iinch still gold

[@zero00-100]

I love this version!!

[@Dejection55]

1983!!! Holy Fuck!

[@gregoryagogo]

13:18 LOVE that picked guitar bass!

[@ashfaq1999]

Deserves to be the best selling uk 12 inch single of all time. Masterpiece 😊

[@chestrendy]

When it comes to New Order, remember them this way

[@enterbalak]

Truly beautiful

[@deirdrestewart4394]

👌 SUPERB!!😎🎶🎶

[@thomaswalsh8219]

Was there a better track that this released in the '80s? So innovative, so catchy, so memorable and just so damm good...

[@jesusiscomingrepent6625]

Great tune best WOW!!!

[@Trancetechniqueradio]

Superb !

[@manfreddochow7557]

du sagst es,mcpot77...war einer der besten maxi's aus den 80's...waren immer super altstadt.besuche...geile mucke super spass

[@manuelgerardosalasbetancou5065]

ESTA CANCIÓN TUVO MILES DE IMITACIONES.

[@bydand9148]

For me the only version and I still have my copy

[@xanderdamelio2510]

Lets the 80s come back hard like me.

[@filthyloops9821]

Jan 21, 2019 #BlueMonday A good opportunity to say that the original version (the one we're listening to...) is still way better than all the Remixes done for years now (incl. New Order's ones). And God knows how much I love Remixes and other Reworked versions... When this 12" has been released, I played it for all my friends and people I knew; except my best friend, they all told me I had to be insane to listen to this weird electro sh!t 🤣 Today, most of them say they always loved this title (and group)... smfh RIP Ian Curtis 💫

[@cocohead1000]

Had it, sold it , bought it back on eBay for 80$. Mine again

[@jesusiscomingrepent6625]

Great tunes

[@koanday8446]

THE ABSOLUTE BEST !!!!!!!

[@yolandamontalvo3557]

The best of best

[@leonardokoralesbizancio3685]

7:28.... Gozada. Gracias por compartir!

[@jamesspinks2606]

This is a banger

[@talalfaid6505]

This trak definatly stands the tests of time. You look back and ask yourself how this was even possible in 1983. There will never be a song to match Blue Monday....

[@gregoryagogo]

I think of 1986/87 when I hear it... but it was shoved in many a radio hotmix all the way through the mid 90s.

[@IpathLion]

badass!!