Tracks 2 and 3 recorded at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham, 8 January 1980.Track 1 recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, early March 1980.Track listing Original release 7" vinyl (Factory FAC 23) & 12" vinyl (Factory FAC 23.12) 2.1 Pennine and Strawberry Studio Versions.Although the single was now issued on the Warner label, it retained all the classic Factory packaging, down to the FAC 23 catalogue number. This time, it was to publicise the Collector's Edition re-issues of the band's three albums. On 24 September 2007, the single was again reissued, in its original configuration. In 1995, to publicise the release of Permanent, the track was reissued, complete with a new remix done by Arthur Baker and a new radio edit, also known as the Permanent Mix. The January 1980 version originally appeared as the single's B-side. It is the latter version that appears on Substance. It was first recorded for a John Peel session in November 1979, then re-recorded in January 1980 and March 1980. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" appears on the Substance compilation album. In 1986 the 7" single was released in Poland by Tonpress in different sleeve under license from Factory and sold over 20000 copies. In November 1988, it made one more Top 40 appearance in New Zealand, peaking at #39. "Love" was re-released in 1983 and reached number 19 on the UK charts and re-appeared at #3 in New Zealand during March 1984. The band postponed their US tour after his death, performed a few short sets as The No-Names, then finally renamed the group as New Order. Later that summer, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" peaked at #42 on the American disco/dance charts. It also debuted at #1 in New Zealand in June 1981. The song was first released in April 1980 and, after Curtis's suicide that May, became the band's first chart hit, reaching number 13 in the UK. Deborah Curtis had the phrase "Love Will Tear Us Apart" inscribed on Ian Curtis's memorial stone. The lyrics ostensibly reflect the problems in Ian Curtis's marriage to Deborah Curtis, as well as his general frame of mind in the time leading up to his suicide in May 1980. The title is an ironic reference to " Love Will Keep Us Together". It is one of the few songs in which singer Ian Curtis played guitar (albeit somewhat minimally). It was written in August and September 1979, and debuted when the band supported Buzzcocks on their UK tour in September and October 1979. His wife found his body the next morning." Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by the British post-punk band Joy Division. At the time of his death, his health was failing as a result of the epilepsy and attempting to balance his musical ambitions with his marriage, which was foundering in the aftermath of his affair with journalist Annik Honoré. He had just viewed Werner Herzog's film Stroszek and listened to Iggy Pop's The Idiot. In the early hours of, Curtis hanged himself in the kitchen of his house in Macclesfield. He told her to leave him alone in the house until he caught his train to Manchester the next morning. The recording of this performance can be found on the compilation album Still.ĭetailed in Debbie Curtis's Touching from a Distance, Curtis was staying at his parents' house at this time and attempted to talk his wife into staying with him on, to no avail. The last song Curtis performed on stage was "Digital". Curtis's last live performance was on at Birmingham University, a show that included Joy Division's first and only performance of the song "Ceremony", later recorded by New Order and released as their first single.
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