In this 1984 BBC studio performance of ‘Blue Monday’, New Order look almost unaware that they are creating one of the most influential electronic tracks in music history — just four people in a room, headphones on, casually shaping the future of dance music.

Jul 27, 2026 · 7:43 PM UTC

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Thanks for sharing never seen / heard this before. Got to say, @peterhook guitar always, always sounds better live than when recorded. Especially on Thieves Like Us.
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I used to hit the Chicago dance floors hard whenever this song dropped. I still spin it on vinyl and I know my kids have it in their playlists. Blue Monday never seems to age…
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This was pretty cool breakdown youtu.be/yAUG1vAPFtI?is=QMAL…

The Making of Blue Monday – How New Order Built an Accidental...

“Blue Monday” by New Order was a revolution in electronic music. Bu...

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Summer of ‘83 I would listen to this endlessly on the cassette player in my car and in my mind I was the coolest guy in town
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I rode my bike around the UK and Europe in Summer of 1984, and remember it as the summer of Bronski Beat.
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They created it in 83, this was a live performance and they weren’t happy after a difficult journey to get there I believe
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The Cure in 1983 'The Walk' has a very similar theme. youtube.com/watch?v=gkCYh1x4…

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"Blue Monday" was first released in March of 1983. So they "created" the "track" before this August 1984 BBC studio session.
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Hearing this in a nightclub back in the day
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And they tried to stop those repetitive beats... And they tried to stop those repetitive beats.... And they tried to stop those repetitive beats....
𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙩.
@bluntfullstop
Jul 28
1/5. No maps. No internet. Just a payphone number at 10pm and 10,000 people in an abandoned warehouse. In the summer of 1989, authorities thought they controlled the territory. They monitored motorways, set checkpoints and waited to stop the assembly before it began. They didn't understand decentralised routing. The movement coordinated through phone boxes, decoy convoys and quiet discipline. The police prepped for a static target but were unprepared for a fluid, permissionless network. 🧵👇
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Wonderful cover by Orkestra Obsolete on Youtube uses only instruments & technology available in 1930s!
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Saw New Order in concert, this is pretty much what it looked like. At one point they all walked off stage and the music kept going.
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@MANCHESTERMUS10
31 Mar 2024
41 YEARS AGO TODAY NEW ORDER • Blue Monday youtu.be/tJBAVTwUzHU?si=MPsV… [Live on BBC Top Of The Pops 31.03.1983] #OnThisDay #NewOrder #BlueMonday
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Never understood the allure of this song. Every time it shows up on my radio I turn it.
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Full video demanded or they never did kill the radio star!
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They had already recorded it the previous year. This was a TV appearance they agreed to do but at least one of them nearly didn’t make it to the studio in time and was seriously hungover…
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Après, ce sont les ex-membres de Joy Division, après le suicide de Ian Curtis, donc c'est impossible pour eux de faire de la merde, ce sont des génies !
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I bought the 12” when i was at school. Still listening to it now. It doesn’t age.
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Saw them at Red Rocks, summer of ‘89. Squeeze and Sugarcubes opened. Great show.
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One of my favorite bands of all time. Saw them in 93 if I recall. In Chicago with 808 state.
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That's exactly what they said about Daft Punk.
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HOOKY'S DOOM-LADEN BASS SOUND IS A THING OF EPIC BEAUTY
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I love watching bands make some of the most influential music in history! They have no idea what ahead and just embracing the moment. Fascinating! 😀
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Narrator: They were, in fact, unaware that they were creating one of the most influential electronic tracks in music history.
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Bang On perfection created
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The song had already notable airplay upon its first release in early 1983. Hence, if this is really from the writing session, it must have happened earlier than 1984. Otherwise, this is just a regular rendition promoting the single.
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For those who are unaware, there were "Writing Session" versions of the track which were released in recent years. They were both recorded sometime in 1982. youtu.be/Q0pIDCvNPRk youtu.be/zx0ZoDYYI_o

Blue Monday (Writing Session Recording)

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This was part of an all night love music thing, as I recall. I remember holding a microphone to the television speaker to record their set, then wishing I hadn't.
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Those shorts 😂
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The most important 7 minutes and 29 seconds in the history of contemporary music.
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On my Spotify, never gets old and still fills the floor
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42 years ago, closer to the Second World War than today
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So cool @Toy_Room
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Ca change du rap/ gangstarap qui valorisent le masculinisme,la violence et rabaisse les femmes. On a les générations qu'on mérite.
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I used to work with their IT guy who supported them on tour, what an absolutely lovely guy he was too.
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Sorry but the Germans were doing that long before this
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