Bizarre Love Triangle

Bizarre Love Triangle
New order
publication	5th November 1986
length	3:44 (single remix) 4:20 (album version) 6:41 (12 ″ version)
Genre (s)	New wave , synth pop
Author (s)	Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook , Stephen Morris , Gillian Gilbert
Label	Factory Records
album	Brotherhood
Cover versions
1994	Frente!
2001	Commercial breakup

Bizarre Love Triangle ( dt. "Bizarre love triangle ") is a song of the British new wave - band New Order . The song is the second single release from their fourth studio album Brotherhood and was released on November 5, 1986. Although Bizarre Love Triangle did not reach high chart positions, it is one of the most famous pieces by New Order and has been covered numerous times . On by the newspaper Rolling Stone published 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time took Bizarre Love Triangle Square 204th

background

Bizarre Love Triangle was written by the band members of New Order. According to bassist Peter Hook , more attention was paid to the sound than the lyrics in writing the song. In an interview, Hook explained that when recording Brotherhood , the band decided to record the two sides of the album as two different parts with a distinct style: "The first side contains the quiet, rocking acoustic songs, and the second side the more electronic songs" . The band wanted to start the second side with a memorable song that dictates the direction of the album. After originally choosing a different song, the band decided on Bizarre Love Triangle shortly before release .

Similar to Blue Monday , in Bizarre Love Triangle the name of the song does not even appear in the text. According to Peter Hook, New Order records the title names through various media such as books, television and the like, and writes down good-sounding names for later use as the song title.

Musical and content

Bizarre Love Triangle is a new wave / synth pop song, which combines classic soul melodies and gospel lyrics with an electronic hookline and an 80s computer sound . The song is written in B flat major and has a tempo of 116 beats per minute . The various versions of the song begin differently but are then respectively with the typical for the song, 13 notes comprehensive drum intro interrupted before the catchy melody and the text begins. After the verse the melody of the song changes and gets higher before it merges into the chorus . Of Bizarre Love Triangle , there are many different versions of New Order, including the album version with a length of 4:20 minutes, the 7 "single version with a length of 3:44 minutes, which is usually played on the radio , the 12 ″ remix version with a duration of over six minutes and the 1994 version with a duration of 3:54 minutes.

Lyrically, Bizarre Love Triangle is divided into two stanzas , each ending with the chorus . In terms of content, the song vaguely describes different feelings, but does not give a detailed story.

"Every time I see you falling I get down on my knees and pray I'm waiting for that final moment You'll say the words that I can't say." - Refrain, original excerpt

"Every time I see you fall, I get on my knees and pray. I wait for the final moment when you say the words I can't pronounce." - Refrain, German translation

Commercial win

In terms of charts, Bizarre Love Triangle could not build on the success of Blue Monday . In the British singles charts , the song rose to number 56 on November 15, 1986. In the following chart week it fell to 66th place, which was the last chart placement. The song couldn't get into the Billboard Hot 100 after it was released, but reached number 8 in the Hot dance Charts . It was not until the release of a new remix in 1994 as part of the album release of The Best of New Order that the song reached number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100. Bizarre Love Triangle missed the single charts in German-speaking countries . In Australia the song rose to number 5 in the local single charts. Another chart placement succeeded with position 19 in New Zealand.

On by the newspaper Rolling Stone published 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time took Bizarre Love Triangle Square 204th

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
United Kingdom (OCC)	56 (2 weeks)	2
United States (Billboard)	98 (2 weeks)	2

Cover versions

Of Bizarre Love Triangle , there are numerous cover versions. The versions of Commercial Breakup and Frente had success in terms of charts ! .

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	US
1994	Bizarre Love Triangle Frente!	-	UK76 (2 weeks) UK	US49 (15 weeks) US	First published: 1994
2001	Bizarre Love Triangle Commercial Breakup	DE85 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: June 2001

Other cover versions (selection):

• Apoptygma Berzerk
• Charlotte Martin
• Days of Fate
• Jewel
• Sita
• South
• Stabbing Westward

Formats

7 ″ single (UK)

1. Bizarre Love Triangle  - 3:44
2. Bizarre Dub Triangle  - 3:23

7 ″ single (US)

1. Bizarre Love Triangle  - 3:36
2. Every Little Counts  - 4:29

12 ″ single (UK)

1. Bizarre Love Triangle  - 6:39
2. Bizarre Dub Triangle  - 7:06

12 ″ single (US)

1. Bizarre Love Triangle  - 6:41
2. I Don't Care ( Bizarre Dub Triangle )  - 7:02
3. State of the Nation  - 6:31
4. Bizarre Love Triangle  - 3:43

CD single 1994 (US)

1. Bizarre Love Triangle (album version)  - 4:20
2. Bizarre Love Triangle (Extended Dance Mic)  - 6:41
3. I Don't Care ( Bizarre Dub Triangle )  - 7:00
4. State of the Nation  - 6:31
5. Bizarre Love Triangle (single remix)  - 3:44

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Andrew Unterberger: 10 Reasons Why New Order's 'Bizarre Love Triangle' Is One of the Greatest Songs of All Time. In: Billboard . May 11, 2016, accessed January 6, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In: Rolling Stone . Retrieved January 6, 2017 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Cover Songs Uncovered: “Bizarre Love Triangle”. Retrieved January 6, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Musicnotes Bizarre Love Triangle. In: musicnotes.com. Retrieved January 6, 2017 . 
5. ↑ David Kent: Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 . Australian Chart Book, St Ives, NSW, Australia 1993, ISBN 0-646-11917-6 , p. 215.
6. ↑ Bizarre Love Triangle - Charthistory New Zealand. Hung Medien, accessed January 6, 2017 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Bizarre Love Triangle Charthistory United Kingdom. Official Charts Company , accessed January 6, 2017 . 
8. ^ New Order Charthistory United States. Billboard , accessed January 6, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Frente! Charthistory United States. Billboard , accessed January 6, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Commercial Breakup - Bizarre Love Triangle - Chart placement Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed January 6, 2017 . 
11. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/New-Order-Bizarre-Love-Triangle-Bizarre-Dub-Triangle/release/12651
12. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/New-Order-Bizarre-Love-Triangle/release/1710973
13. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/New-Order-Bizarre-Love-Triangle/release/12673
14. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/New-Order-Bizarre-Love-Triangle/release/121190
15. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/New-Order-Bizarre-Love-Triangle/release/2560539