Let's Dance to Joy Division
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| Single by The Wombats | ||||
| from the album A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation | ||||
| Released | 8 October 2007 | |||
| Format | Digital download, CD | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Label | 14th Floor | |||
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"Let's Dance to Joy Division" is a song by The Wombats and the second single taken from their second album A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation. The song was available to download on 8 October 2007, and was physically released one week later. It is based on a drunken night when lead singer Matthew Murphy danced on a table with his girlfriend to "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division at the Liverpool night club Le Bateau, and the cover art references that single's art. There is a hidden track on the 7" vinyl version of the single, when Tord Øverland-Knudsen sings the theme tune from children's television show Postman Pat in Norwegian. The song features on the BBC Three program "Scallywagga" as the theme tune.
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[edit] Formats and track listings
Track listings of major single releases of "Let's Dance to Joy Division".
UK CD single
(Released 15 October 2007)
- "Let's Dance to Joy Division"
- "Let's Dance to Joy Division
UK 7" single
(Released 15 October 2007)
- "Let's Dance to Joy Division"
- "Derail and Crash"
UK 7" single
(Released 15 October 2007)
- "Let's Dance to Joy Division"
- "Tales of Girls, Boys and Marsupials (Live from Fuji Rocks)"
- "School Uniforms (Live from Fuji Rocks)"
[edit] Chart performance
On 14 October 2007, the single entered the UK Singles Chart at #35 on downloads alone.[1] A week later, after a physical release, it peaked at #15,[2] before falling gradually down the chart in the following weeks.
The song also came in at #12 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007.[3]
It reached #19 on the Dutch Singles Chart.
It reached #76 on the Australian Singles Chart.
It was the Free Single of the Week on iTunes Store on 2 June 2008.
It was featured in Matchstick Productions' Claim, as the music featured for Swedish freeskier Jacob Wester.
[edit] Awards
On 28 February 2008, Let's Dance to Joy Division won an NME Award for Best Dancefloor Filler.
[edit] References
- ^ "Top 40 Singles Archive :: Week 43 : 14 October 2007 - 20 October 2007". The Official UK Charts Company. 2007-10-20. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/top40_singles_last.php?week=16&end=14/10/2007%20-%2020/10/2007. Retrieved 2008-01-27.[dead link]
- ^ "Top 40 Singles Archive :: Week 43 : 21 October 2007 - 27 October 2007". The Official UK Charts Company. 2007-10-27. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/top40_singles_last.php?week=15&end=21/10/2007%20-%2027/10/2007. Retrieved 2008-01-27.[dead link]
- ^ "Hottest 100 Countdown". Triple J. 2008-10-26. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20071024200536/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/countdown/text/countdown.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
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