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- Is Blue Monday a cover?
- What kind of music is Blue Monday?
- What was new orders biggest hit?
- How was Blue Monday made?
Is Blue Monday a cover?
"Blue Monday" is a song performed by English rock band New Order. It was released as a 12-inch single on 7 March 1983 through Factory Records. ... The front cover features no words, but instead has code in the form of coloured blocks that reads out the artist, song, and label information, once deciphered.
What kind of music is Blue Monday?
Let's be honest – 'Blue Monday' wasn't made in a vacuum. It might've influenced decades of dance and rock music, but it scavenged the archives for plenty of 'inspiration' itself. That drilling bass drum sound, for a start, was an attempt to emulate Giorgio Moroder's pulsations on Donna Summer's 'Our Love'.
What was new orders biggest hit?
"Blue Monday" became a defining single for the group and caused a sensation, becoming the biggest selling 12-inch single of all time. New Order, like many other post-punk groups of the period, increasingly utilised keyboards, drum machine and sequencers in their music.
How was Blue Monday made?
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.
