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| "Love Will Tear Us Apart" | ||||
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 7" cover | ||||
| Single by Joy Division | ||||
| B-side | "These Days" | |||
| Released | June 1980[1] | |||
| Recorded | March 1980[2] | |||
| Studio | Strawberry (Stockport)[3] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | Factory | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 12" cover | ||||
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| "Love Will Tear Us Apart" on YouTube | ||||
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by English rock band Joy Division, released in June 1980 as a non-album single. Its lyrics were inspired by lead singer Ian Curtis's marital problems and struggles with epilepsy.[7] The single was released the month after his suicide.
The song was certified double platinum in the UK, selling and streaming over 1,200,000 units, and has an ongoing legacy as a defining song of the era. In 2002, NME named "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as the greatest single of all time, while Rolling Stone named it one of the 500 greatest songs ever in 2004, 2010, and 2021.
- ^ Curtis, Deborah (2014) [1995]. Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division. London: Faber and Faber. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-571-32241-1.
- ^ Curtis, Deborah (2005) [1995]. Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division. Faber and Faber. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-571-17445-4.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Joydiv.orgwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Friskics-Warren, Bill (2005). I'll Take You There: Pop Music and the Urge for Transcendence. Continuum. p. 98. ISBN 0-8264-1700-0.
the cascading melody of Joy Division's sublimely gloomy post-punk anthem, 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
- ^ a b "David Bay launches groovy original cover of Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' as debut single". Orange Magazine. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Abed, Cyrus (12 April 2022). "33 Best New Wave Songs In The World". Music Industry How To. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "500 Must-Have Music Tracks". The Daily Telegraph. 1 February 2014. p. X8.