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New Order released the song Blue Monday. Date of release: 1983.

Release date: 1983
Duration: 07:29
The story of the song ' Blue Monday '

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The meaning of the song 'Blue Monday ', based on the lyrics
What is Blue Monday about?
🎶 Blue Monday song analysis

- The lyrics are about a person who is questioning their feelings and wondering how they are supposed to feel.

- This person is talking to someone else, asking them how they feel and if they are mistaken about what they thought they heard the other person say.

- The song is describing the feeling of confusion and not knowing what to do or how to act in a certain situation.

- It also talks about how people in general tend to turn away from each other instead of facing their problems.

- In the end, the song is about being left alone with your thoughts and wondering how you are supposed to feel in that moment.

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘Blue Monday’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.
The meaning of the song lyrics, in a few words...
The song is about confusion and not knowing how to act in a certain situation, and how people in general tend to turn away from each other instead of facing their problems.
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New Order - Short Biography


- New Order is an English rock band that was formed in 1980 by singer, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.

- The group began life as a continuation of their former incarnation Joy Division. Joy Division had disbanded after the death of the lead singer Ian Curtis.

- Gillian Gilbert, who was Morris' girlfriend at the time, soon joined the group and played guitar and keyboards.

- The discography of New Order consists of 10 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, six live albums, five extended plays (EPs), 45 singles, 12 video releases, 40 music videos and a number of soundtrack appearances.
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- The song "Blue Monday" was released as a 12-inch single on 7 March 1983.

- It was written and produced by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner.

- The song appears on certain cassette and CD versions of the band's second studio album, Power, Corruption and Lies (1983).

- The track was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England.

- The song was mixed at Britannia Row Studios in London.

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