Confusion (New Order song)

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"Confusion"
Song

"Confusion" is a single released by British group New Order in August 1983 with the catalogue number Fac 93.[1][note 1] It was the follow-up to their massive club hit "Blue Monday". The song is produced by influential New York DJ Arthur Baker. As a result it was recorded in New York, a first for the band (though in September 1980 the band, as a three-piece, recorded the first versions of "Ceremony" and "In A Lonely Place" at E.A.R.S. (Eastern Artists Recording Studio) East Orange, New Jersey USA). Three remixes served as b-sides on the initial 12" release: "Confused Beats", "Confusion Instrumental" and "Confusion Rough Mix".

Music video

The video for the single features live footage of the band in concert, intercut with images of nightlife in New York City and producer Arthur Baker at work.

Legacy

A re-recorded "Confusion" as well as the original "Confusion Instrumental" appear on the group's 1987 Substance release. The track reappeared on the 1995 remix collection The Rest of New Order as a radical acid techno remix by Pump Panel. This new version was used in 1998 as part of the Blade film soundtrack. An edit of the Rough Mix represents the single on the 2005 compilation Singles.

The song (in its Pump Panel remixed form) has also been sampled on two popular dance tracks, "Operation Blade" by Public Domain and "Phat Bass" by Warp Bros and Aquagen. Both of these songs came out in the UK in the same month, December 2000, a fact that was played up by the latter song by including the sticker "The original Blade theme - accept no imitations" on the front of the CD single. Both songs reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

UK 12" - FAC 93

  1. "Confusion" (8:12)
  2. "Confused Beats" (5:19)
  3. "Confusion Instrumental" (7:38)
  4. "Confusion (Rough Mix)" (8:04)

12": QAL-249 [Minimal Records 1990 release]

  1. "Confusion (Alternative Mix)" (5:30)
  2. "Confusion (Essential Mix)" (5:10)
  3. "Confusion (Trip 1-Ambient Confusion)" (3:40)
  4. "Confusion (Accapella)" (1:17)
  5. "Confusion (Con-om-fus-ars-ion Mix)" (7:05)
  6. "Confusion (Ooh-Wee Dub)" (6:50)

CD: FCD260 [ffrr 1995 release]

  1. "Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)" (10:11)
  2. "Confusion (Pump Panel Flotation Mix)" (9:15)

CD: WACKT002 [Whacked Records 2002 release]

  1. "Confusion (Koma And Bones Edit)" (3:45)
  2. "Confusion (Arthur Baker 2002 Edit)" (3:09)
  3. "Confusion (Electroclash Edit)" (3:40)
  4. "Confusion (Outputs Nu-Rocktro Edit)" (3:41)
  5. "Confusion (Asto Dazed Edit)" (4:22)

Chart positions

Chart (1984) Peak
Position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart 72
Irish Singles Chart 7
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 7
UK Singles Chart 12
UK Indie singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 5
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 71
Chart (2002, Whacked Records re-release) Peak
Position
UK Singles Chart 64

References

  1. ^ New Order - Confusion at discogs.com Retrieved 6 August 2009.

Notes

  1. ^ The catalogue number given here is for the UK version. For other countries, see New Order - Confusion at discogs.com Retrieved 6 August 2009
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