Love Will Tear Us Apart
| Love Will Tear Us Apart | |
|---|---|
| Joy Division | |
| publication | April 1980 (7 ") June 1980 (12") |
| length | 3:18 |
| Genre (s) | Post punk |
| Author (s) | Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook , Stephen Morris , Ian Curtis |
Love Will Tear Us Apart ( English for "love will tear us apart" ) is the most famous song by the British post-punk / dark-wave band Joy Division .
history
The song was released in April 1980, shortly before the suicide of Joy Division's singer and lyricist Ian Curtis , and reached number 13 in the UK singles chart.
Love Will Tear Us Apart has been fully recorded three times. The three recordings in November 1979, January 1980 and March 1980 differ among other things in a text variant in the second stanza. In the version from November 1979 (recorded for a peel session ) it says “have our feelings run dry”, in the versions from January and March 1980 it says “our respect run so dry”. The last version is also on Substance .
In June 1980 the song was released as a 12 "maxi single on Factory Records under catalog number FAC 23. Like the original 7" single, the B-side of the maxi contains the song These Days as well as an alternative version of the title . In order to be able to accommodate both tracks on the back of the 7 "single, it has - unusual for singles - the same playback speed of 33 ⅓ revolutions per minute as long-playing records. The alternative version of Love Will Tear Us Apart differs particularly through a different phrasing of the singing during the verses and is a bit faster. The otherwise black cover of the maxi shows the black and white photograph of a reclining angel figure by French photographer Bernard Pierre Wolff. A photograph by Bernard Pierre Wolff was also chosen for the cover of the Joy Division album Closer .
In 1983 Love Will Tear Us Apart was released again, this time it reached position 19 in the UK charts. The song is also on the 1988 compilation Substance and on the soundtrack to the 2001 film Donnie Darko .
Love Will Tear Us Apart was voted Best Single of All Time by the New Musical Express in 2003 and is listed at number 181 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time .
Curtis' widow Deborah had the sentence “Love Will Tear Us Apart” carved on her husband's tombstone, which was stolen by strangers in July 2008 and had to be replaced with a new stone.
Music video
The video clip, filmed in color, begins with a tracking shot leading up a staircase winding to the left to a door, which is opened from the inside by one hand through the gap in the door. There are various names on the wooden door, including the abbreviations of the band members. The door swings open and closed several times to introduce the piece of music and finally reveals a view of an empty factory hall. The next shot shows Bernard Sumner's hand playing a synthesizer (ARP Omni-2), then Stephen Morris on drums, and finally Peter Hook on bass (Yamaha BB1200). This is followed by a long shot of the entire group in the hall, surrounded by music equipment and spotlights. In the middle is the singer Ian Curtis with a white VOX phantom electric guitar.
In the further course, the band members can be seen alternately, the camera panning occasionally and the individual musicians filming from the front in a half-close shot. At the end of the video, the door is shown again, which is opened by the ghost hand like at the beginning of the clip to reveal the now deserted warehouse.
A red glow or a blooming effect (possibly also an intentional mistake) gives the video an additional unreal component in the opening and closing scenes.
The video was recorded on April 18 or April 28, 1980 at TJ Davidson's Rehearsal Studio, a former warehouse in Manchester. The cameraman was Peter Mackay and the director was Stuart Orme.
Cover versions
There are numerous cover versions of the song, including:
- The kind
- The Blood Divine (on the Peaceville X sampler )
- Phillip Boa
- Calexico
- Chutzpah
- Culture Kultür on their 2010 album Spirit (Caustic Records) and Scott Matthew
- The Cure
- Michelle Darkness
- Evelyn Evelyn
- Fall Out Boy (as acoustic version on the record My Heart Will Always Be The B-Side To My Tongue )
- Final Virus (as a live version on the album Super Heroes And Phat Pink Elephants , recorded at the Spuugh Festival in Vaals / NL)
- The frames
- José González
- Adam Green
- Honeyroot
- In the nursery
- Invisible limits
- John Jones from the Oyster band with June Tabor (on the live CD The Big Session Vol. 1 )
- The King
- Moonspell
- Nada Surf (as bootleg )
- New order
- Nerina Pallot
- Nouvelle Vague
- The Shanes
- Squarepusher
- Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
- Swans
- Unbroken
- Paul Young
- Fatima Spar and the Freedom Fries
- A version of Arcade Fire with U2 exists as a bootleg .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chuck AzEee !: Joy Division - Substance . In: Progressiveears.com . May 7, 2003. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 23, 2013: "the moody" Love Will Tear Us Apart "would become a synth-pop anthem and one of the most often covered songs of the era."
- ↑ Scott Floman: Joy Division - Substance (Qwest '88) . Retrieved October 23, 2013: "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is simply a lovely synth pop song with affecting lyrics that linger in listener's memories long after the last note. "
- ↑ release date
- ↑ 7 "single. Accessed August 31, 2015 (German).
- ^ Factory Records Catalog FAC 1-50. Retrieved November 17, 2008 .
- ↑ Bernard Pierre Wolff. Retrieved November 17, 2008 .
- ↑ hr-online: hr3 pop interpreter from June 30, 2008
- ^ Rolling Stone - The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
- ↑ BBC News, July 2, 2008: Ian Curtis memorial stone stolen (Eng.)
- ↑ Macclesfield Express, July 30, 2008: New stone laid at Curtis memorial (Engl.)
- ^ Joy Division Equipment. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .
- ^ Joy Division promotional videos. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Joy Division Places of Interest. Retrieved June 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980). IMVDb, accessed June 12, 2014 .
