Jump to content

Bizarre Love Triangle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Materialscientist (talk | contribs) at 05:53, 9 June 2020 (Reverted edits by 181.168.66.121 (talk): not providing a reliable source (WP:CITE, WP:RS) (HG) (3.4.10)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

"Bizarre Love Triangle"
Single by New Order
from the album Brotherhood
Released5 November 1986[1]
RecordedJanuary 1986
(London)
Genre
Length4:21 (album version)
3:43 (radio edit)
6:43 (extended mix)
LabelFactory (FAC 163)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)New Order
New Order singles chronology
"State of the Nation"
(1986) 		"Bizarre Love Triangle"
(1986) 		"True Faith"
(1987)
Music video
"Bizarre Love Triangle‬” on YouTube

"Bizarre Love Triangle" is a song by the English rock band New Order, released as a single in 1986 from their fourth studio album, Brotherhood (1986), which reached the top five on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart,[6] and No. 5 on the Australian ARIA Charts (No. 1 on the Victoria state chart) in March 1987.[7]

It failed to make the top 40 in either the United Kingdom (only reaching No. 56)[8] or the US Billboard Hot 100. In the United States, the song reached No. 8 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, but failed to chart on the Hot 100 during its original 1986 release. However, a new mix included on The Best of New Order was released in 1994 and finally made a brief appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 in the number 98 position in 1995.

In 2004 the song was ranked number 201 in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Personnel

Releases

The 12-inch version, remixed by Shep Pettibone, also appears on the compilation Substance and a second remix by Stephen Hague features on their Best Of album. The original album version appears on the 2005 compilation Singles, the 7-inch version appears on the 2016 reissue of this compilation. New Order's live versions since 1998 are based on the Shep Pettibone remix.[9]

The single mix features more electronics than the album version, with the Fairlight CMI music workstation used to provide sounds such as the orchestral hits, and to sequence the song. All instruments except vocals and Peter Hook's melodic bass were sequenced (the song also prominently features synthesised bass and synth choir parts).[10]

Music video

The music video, which was released in November 1986, was directed by American artist Robert Longo. It prominently featured shots of a man and a woman in business suits flying through the air as though propelled by trampolines; this is based directly on Longo's "Men in the Cities" series of lithographs.[11] The video also features a black and white cut-scene where Jodi Long and E. Max Frye are arguing about reincarnation, in which Long emphatically declares "I don't believe in reincarnation because I refuse to come back as a bug or as a rabbit!" Frye responds, "You know, you're a real 'up' person," before the song resumes.

Cover versions

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner

7": FAC 163 (UK)
No.TitleLength
1."Bizarre Love Triangle"3:43
2."Bizarre Dub Triangle"3:23
7": Qwest 7-28421 (US)
No.TitleLength
1."Bizarre Love Triangle" (edit)3:36
2."Every Little Counts"4:29
7": FAC-26 (Canada)
No.TitleLength
1."Bizarre Love Triangle"3:36
2."Every Little Counts"4:29
  • Initial pressings (matrix FAC-26-A) were the UK 7" mix,[19] later pressings (matrix FAC-26-A2) were the Canadian 7" mix[20]
7": FAC-163153 (Australia)
No.TitleLength
1."Bizarre Love Triangle"3:36
2."State of the Nation"3:27
12": FAC 163 (UK)
No.TitleLength
1."Bizarre Love Triangle"6:44
2."Bizarre Dub Triangle"7:02
12": Qwest 0-20546 (US)
No.TitleLength
1."Bizarre Love Triangle"6:41
2."I Don't Care" (Actually "Bizarre Dub Triangle")7:02
3."State of the Nation"6:31
4."Bizarre Love Triangle"3:43
  • US editions mis-credit "Bizarre Dub Triangle" as "I Don't Care", reputedly due to a record company person contacting New Order's Manager Rob Gretton to ask what to name the mix as, Gretton is claimed to have said "I don't care"[21]
CD: Qwest 9 20546-2 (US) - released in 1994
No.TitleLength
1."Bizarre Love Triangle" (album version)4:20
2."Bizarre Love Triangle" (Extended Dance Mix)6:44
3."I Don't Care" (Actually "Bizarre Dub Triangle")7:02
4."State of the Nation"6:31
5."Bizarre Love Triangle" (single remix)3:43

Charts

References

  1. ^ Hook, Peter (6 October 2016). Substance: Inside New Order. Simon & Schuster UK. Retrieved 19 July 2017 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Scarlett Johansson's band Sugar for Sugar covers New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle" -- listen". September 22, 2016.
  3. ^ Proefrock, Stacia. "Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Lindsay, Cam (8 September 2015). "An Essential Guide to New Order". Exclaim!. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  5. ^ "ASCAP entry".
  6. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "New Order - Music Biography, Streaming Radio and Discography - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  7. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, New South Wales, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 215. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. ^ OfficialCharts.com "Bizarre Love Triangle" UK chart history
  9. ^ Flint, Tom (April 2004). "Recreating New Order's 'Blue Monday' Live". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  10. ^ Fortner, Stephen (September 2005). "New Order. New Album. Old School. All Good". Keyboard. Archived from the original on 18 December 2005.
  11. ^ Shamberg, Michael. "Bizarre Love Triangle". kinoteca.net. Archived from the original on 15 January 2006.
  12. ^ . ARIA Top 50 Singles – Frente! – Bizarre Love Triangle https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Frente%21&titel=Accidently+Kelly+Street&cat=s – Frente! – Bizarre Love Triangle. Retrieved 17 November 2019. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ "Frente! Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2505". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  15. ^ "FRENTE Chart History". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  16. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1994". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Nada Surf covers New Order". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  18. ^ Murray, Robin (14 February 2020). "Desire Cover New Order's 'Bizarre Love Triangle'". clashmusic.com. Clash. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  19. ^ "New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle". Discogs. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  20. ^ "New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle". Discogs. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  21. ^ "Recycle 13: Bizarre Love Triangle". neworder-recycle.blogspot. 5 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
  22. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0796." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  23. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Bizarre Love Triangle". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  24. ^ "New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  25. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  26. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
  27. ^ "New Order Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  28. ^ "Dance Singles Sales - December 27, 1986". Billboard. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  29. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2508." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  30. ^ "New Order Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  31. ^ "Kent Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987". Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bizarre_Love_Triangle&oldid=961564036"