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“Krafty” was the first single released from New Order’s 2005 album, Waiting for the Sirens’ Call.

It marks the first new release by New Order for Warner Bros. Records without London Records and was produced by John Leckie, who is notable for his involvement in records such as Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, Radiohead’s The Bends and The Stone Roses’ debut album. As with most New Order releases, the artwork is provided by Peter Saville and appears to be a reference to the cover of Kraftwerk’s Autobahn.

Reviews for the song have been mixed; Pitchfork Media rated it 3/5, stating “This is a tough call to make, because New Order are often at their best when they’re impossibly aloof, but there’s a fine line between effortless and tuneless, and “Krafty” isn’t the former.” When reviewed on the BBC Radio show Roundtable, one reviewer rated it 5/10, another 6/10 and the other 7/10.

“Krafty” was released on 7 March 2005 in the UK and in lieu of B-sides there are a plethora of remixes of the A-side. A US version was released 3 May 2005.

The video, directed by Johan Renck, who also directed the video for “Crystal”, appears to be set in Sweden and depicts two teenage lovers. The video shares a similar plot line with the Bran Van 3000 video for “Astounded” and the kent video for “Kärleken väntar”.

The track reached #26 in the Republic of Ireland in its week of release, and peaked at #8 in the United Kingdom. In July 2005, it hit #2 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
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  • rosaelefant

    lol at "80's"-tag

    March 2012

  • srrlism

    <3

    March 2012

  • Sash5034

    Perfect song for summer.

    June 2011

  • HockeyBrave

    Wonderful production!

    June 2011

  • Krystal_KIVC

    nice

    April 2011

  • AsthrayHeart

    forever one of my favorite songs! and the video is truly special to me... it makes me feel so real. it makes me realize what i really want. so lovely.

    January 2011

  • monikbuto

    Baila baila baila....

    January 2011

  • chronicplutonic

    young love bliss :D

    December 2010

  • candlaero

    This is where I want to be

    November 2010

  • DreadStalker

    Some are really little confused here, so many stupid comments I haven't seen in my life ;) peace

    October 2010

  • RedOverWhite

    New Order write a song that sounds like New Order!

    September 2010

  • Dudoj3nka

    1:15-1:28

    September 2010

  • SeduceTheWeak

    Catchy.

    August 2010

  • amarales

    this grinds you down until you realise how good it is [2]. absolutely.

    August 2010

  • felipea

    look for percusion effects, talking box! jajajajajaja!

    July 2010

  • conditionals

    I never found the Kraftwerk element in this song...

    June 2010

  • Slo4n

    A PERFECT SUMMER SONG

    June 2010

  • Goetheist

    uplifting, isn´t it ?

    June 2010

  • JamesKmccann

    this grinds you down until you realise how good it is

    April 2010

  • korotkova001

    ++++++++++++++++++

    April 2010
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