New OrderBizarre Love Triangle (4:20)

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“Bizarre Love Triangle” is a single released in 1986 by New Order. A version is included on their album Brotherhood.

Though generally regarded as one of the group’s best singles, it failed to make the UK Top 40, only reaching #56. It was, however, a surprise hit in Australia, reaching #5 and initiating a string of five consecutive Top 20 hits. In the U.S, the song’s popularity has only climbed steadily since 1986 and it is considered a classic in many circles.

In 2004 the song was ranked #201 in Rolling Stone’s “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.

The 12-inch version appears on the compilation Substance and a remix by Stephen Hague features on their Best Of album.

The music video was directed by American artist Robert Longo. It prominently featured shots of a man and a woman in business suits flying through the air as though propelled by trampolines; this is based directly on Longo’s “Men in the Cities” series of lithographs.

The single mix features a cleaner sound with more electronics than the album version, notably the Fairlight CMI music workstation, the premier sampling keyboard workstation of the eighties, used to provide novel sounds, such as the orchestral hits that were so popular, but also to sequence the song. All instruments minus bass and voice were sequenced.[3]

A version is on the soundtrack of the 1988 film Married to the Mob.
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  • Substance 1987
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  • Substance 1987 (disc 1)
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  • msippigirl

    Their very BEST!

    Thursday evening
  • Deardeadfriend

    Divine.

    9 days ago
  • kitching89

    BRILLIANT

    13 days ago
  • TheWormPrincess

    <33

    14 days ago
  • Lukinhas_44

    Perfect! One of my favorites songs ever, and have a wonderful lyric.

    14 days ago
  • Ariues

    why does so much 80s music make me feel like killer romantic robots are coming after me and my heart?

    17 days ago
  • howhown

    this is an example of the sentiment that sometimes pop is so much more that its more a kaboom than a mere pop

    23 days ago
  • NatalieAddams1

    :)

    last month
  • Melibita

    Another great song from New Order that sounds upbeat even if the subject matter sounds like it might be the opposite.

    March 2012
  • frosa

    such a tune!

    March 2012
  • Charlie1957

    One More Time! One More Time! One More Time!

    March 2012
  • djskellington

    One of the greatest songs ever recorded. Period. Suck it, Mozart!

    March 2012
  • BeckaXstar

    <3

    March 2012
  • TheWormPrincess

    d^_^b love it! <3 v| |v

    February 2012
  • deadgrave

    this song is so awesome , makes me happy , funny tho :D

    February 2012
  • IgorCampinas

    Isso descreve perfeitamente o momento que eu to vivendo.

    February 2012
  • Knifymoloko

    [Enlightened Buddha] this song is perfect. Listening this song is [a] pure [awakening]. [4]

    January 2012
  • keanequeen

    s2

    January 2012
  • Alphaville73

    zajebisty kawałek !!!!!

    January 2012
  • keanequeen

    Perfeita , contagiante , vicia de mais.. amo.♥

    January 2012
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