Tracklist
| A | Blue Monday | |
| B | The Beach |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – PolyGram Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Factory Communications Ltd.
- Copyright © – Factory Communications Ltd.
- Published By – Be Music (2)
- Manufactured By – PolyGram Inc.
- Distributed By – PolyGram
- Distributed By – PolyGram Distribution Inc.
- Lacquer Cut At – Disques SNB Ltée.
- Pressed By – Cinram
- Printed By – Ever Reddy
Credits
- Engineer – Michael Johnson
- Engineer [Assistant] – Mark Boyne
- Producer – New Order
Notes
Released with a die-cut cover and a plain silver inner sleeve.
Front cover:
Some copies with a silver sticker attached to the cover:
"New Order
Blue Monday
The Beach
12" Single
FACX — 10
Manufactured by PolyGram Inc and distributed by PolyGram Distribution Inc. — Made In Canada."
(copies without sticker also existing)
Spine:
New Order
Blue Monday
℗© 1983 Factory Communications Ltd.
Factory FACX 10
Back cover:
Distribution PolyGram
Inner sleeve:
FACX 10
Labels:
Published By B Music 1983
A Factory Record FACX 10
Made in Canada
Runouts are etched, except for variant 3 where the circled CR is stamped.
Front cover:
Some copies with a silver sticker attached to the cover:
"New Order
Blue Monday
The Beach
12" Single
FACX — 10
Manufactured by PolyGram Inc and distributed by PolyGram Distribution Inc. — Made In Canada."
(copies without sticker also existing)
Spine:
New Order
Blue Monday
℗© 1983 Factory Communications Ltd.
Factory FACX 10
Back cover:
Distribution PolyGram
Inner sleeve:
FACX 10
Labels:
Published By B Music 1983
A Factory Record FACX 10
Made in Canada
Runouts are etched, except for variant 3 where the circled CR is stamped.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): CR
- Other (Bottom right corner back jacket): [Ever Reddy logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): FACX 10-A I̸ 2 SNB 230 CR
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): FACX 10-B ② SNB 230 CR
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): FACX 10-A ② 01 SNB 230 CR
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): FACX 10-B ② SNB 230 CR
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): FACX 10-A #2 SNB 230 CR
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): FACX 10-B ② SNB 230 CR
Other Versions (5 of 220)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Monday (12", 45 RPM, Single) | Factory | FAC 73, FAC SEVENTY THREE | UK | 1983 | |||
| Blue Monday (12", 45 RPM, Single, Black Inner Sleeve) | Factory | FAC 73, RTD 10, FAC SEVENTY THREE | 1983 | ||||
| Blue Monday (12", 45 RPM, Single) | Factory | FAC 73, VR 22504 | Netherlands | 1983 | |||
| Blue Monday (12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single) | Factory | 600717, 600 717 | 1983 | ||||
| Blue Monday (12", 45 RPM, Single) | Base Record | FAC 73 | Italy | 1983 |
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Reviews
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Mine does not have the hype sticker and the matrix runout is a little different... I have an encircled #3 instead of the 2 -
This single hardly needs any introduction. Full of ideas from a recent trip to New York, Steve Morris sat down with a brand new drum machine and programmed what would become New Order's most celebrated song. Re-using elements from their own "5-8-6" and a rhythm nicked from Georgio Moroder, plus Peter Hook's memorable bassline, "Blue Monday" was a distinctly different, idiosyncratic and very British take on the New York club sound. Debate still rages over the meaning of the lyrics, but there's no doubting the power of the groove. Nor is there any doubting the single's achievements: in the UK, it climbed into the top 20 twice in 1983 alone (possibly due to people waiting to buy the album, then finding that "Blue Monday" wasn't on it) and hung around the Top 200 for nearly five years, racking up three quarters of a million sales on its original 12" release alone, and ing the million mark with the help of subsequent remixes. (Bear in mind that the population of the UK is less than a quarter that of the USA, so a million-selling single on home turf alone is a big deal.) "Blue Monday" remains a benchmark, and is still New Order's biggest-selling single both at home and worldwide.
Is it their best, though? To my mind, no. To their credit, what could so easily have been a millstone round their necks actually became a stepping stone to even better things. But I still love "Blue Monday". Who doesn't?
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