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"Everything's Gone Green"
"Everything's Gone Green"
Single by New Order
B-side	"Cries and Whispers"; "Mesh";
Released	December 1981
Genre	Post-punk; synth-pop; electronic;
Length	5:33
Label	Factory Benelux
Songwriter(s)	Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner
Producer(s)	Martin Hannett
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"Everything's Gone Green" is the third single by the English rock band New Order, released in December 1981.

As usual per New Order and Joy Division's releases, the recording date and location of the music is not disclosed on the original sleeve. The single was originally released in Belgium on Factory Benelux and bears the catalogue number FBN8. The single was later released in New Zealand in 1982 and was made available in the UK through import copies. The artwork was designed by Peter Saville with computer graphics on the cover designed by Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert.

Recording and music

The song had already been released in an edited form, as a double A side with the song "Procession" in September 1981.

Two original songs, "Cries and Whispers" and "Mesh", are included as B-sides. Both have been commonly mistitled on New Order's releases. The track names of the B-sides are correctly identified on the label, but are printed in incorrect order on the sleeve. As a result, the songs were misidentified on subsequent releases; for example, the track identified as "Mesh" on the CD version of the Substance compilation is actually "Cries and Whispers". For the 2019 12" single reissue, the tracks are properly labelled on the rear sleeve cover, with "Cries and Whispers" listed before "Mesh".

Stephen Morris wrote the lyrics to "Cries and Whispers" and "Mesh," earning Morris the scorn of critic Julie Burchill ("Sixth form drivel").^[4] The title "Cries and Whispers" is taken from the Ingmar Bergman film. Morris later wrote about the origin of the title for "Everything's Gone Green:" "The song's title arrived spontaneously as we were programming the rhythm track at Pinky's. After a few hours of button stabbing, synth-chattering and drum bashing, I sat down on a rickety chair, rolled a joint and inhaled deeply. The weak sunlight was reflected off the glazing of the swimming baths opposite and diffused through the grease-smeared window of our room. Momentarily, the light seemed to me to take on a crystalline glow, giving the room an aquamarine haze. 'Everything's gone Green,' I observed. 'That's good, let's call it that then,' said Bernard, who hadn't noticed my Condor moment."^[4]

All three tracks were produced by Martin Hannett, the last that he would produce with Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris. Hannett, who had previously produced Movement and both of Joy Division's studio albums, had a fractious relationship with the group, caused by his unorthodox techniques and the band's (especially Sumner's) desire to co-produce. Sumner remarked retrospectively that "Martin's last track was 'Everything's Gone Green' – fact he walked out halfway through the mix because Hooky and me asked him to turn the drums up."^[5]

Availability

"Everything's Gone Green" and "Mesh" were rereleased the following year on the 1981–1982 EP, along with the tracks from the "Temptation" 12". The single was rereleased as a CD in 1990. All three tracks appeared on the cassette version of Substance in 1987 and were in remastered form on the 2008 collector's edition of the 1981 album Movement.

"Everything's Gone Green" appears on many of New Order's compilations; aside from Substance, the song appears in remixed form (by Dave Clarke) on 1995's The Rest of New Order, in both its original form and a live recording on 2002's Retro, in its 7" mix on 2005's Singles and in its 12" mix on the second disc of the 2008 collector's edition re-release of Movement.

Track listing

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

12": Factory Benelux FBN 8 (Benelux)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Everything's Gone Green"	5:33
2.	"Cries and Whispers"	3:25
3.	"Mesh"	3:00

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart^[6]	29
UK Independent Singles Chart^[7]	3
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play^[8]	64

References

^ Hsu, Hua (5 May 2006). "Better Than Prozac". Slate. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "We Were Never Being Boring: Pet Shop Boys and New Order". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 607. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
^ ASCAP entry
^ ^a ^b Morris, S. (2020). Fast Forward: Confessions of a Post-Punk Percussionist: Volume II. United Kingdom: Little, Brown Book Group.
^ Nolan, David (2007). Bernard Sumner – Confusion (1st ed.). Church Stretton: Independent Music Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-9552822-6-3.
^ ""Discography New Order". charts.nz. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
^ "Indie Hits "N"". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2 Oct 2008.
^ "New Order: Billboard singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-11-23.

External links

[1] Hsu, Hua (5 May 2006). "Better Than Prozac". Slate. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

[Stanley_2013-2] Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "We Were Never Being Boring: Pet Shop Boys and New Order". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 607. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.

[3] ASCAP entry

[:0-4] Morris, S. (2020). Fast Forward: Confessions of a Post-Punk Percussionist: Volume II. United Kingdom: Little, Brown Book Group.

[Bernard_Sumner_Confusion-5] Nolan, David (2007). Bernard Sumner – Confusion (1st ed.). Church Stretton: Independent Music Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-9552822-6-3.

[nz_charts-6] ""Discography New Order". charts.nz. Retrieved 2010-11-23.

[cherryred.co.uk-7] "Indie Hits "N"". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2 Oct 2008.

[amgsingles-8] "New Order: Billboard singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-11-23.

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-| format     = [[12-inch single]], [[Compact Disc]] <small>(1990)</small>
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+| genre      =
-| genre      = [[Post-punk]], [[synthpop]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2006/05/better_than_prozac.html | title=Better Than Prozac | publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] | accessdate=12 April 2016 | author=Hsu, Hua}}</ref>
+* [[Post-punk]]
+* [[synth-pop]]<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2006/05/better_than_prozac.html | title=Better Than Prozac | journal=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] | access-date=12 April 2016 | author=Hsu, Hua| date=5 May 2006 }}</ref>
+* [[Electronic music|electronic]]<ref name= "Stanley 2013">{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= We Were Never Being Boring: Pet Shop Boys and New Order|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=607}}</ref>
 | length     = 5:33
 | label      = [[Factory Benelux]]
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 ==Recording and music==
+The song had already been released in an edited form, as a  double A side  with the song "[[Procession (New Order song)|Procession]]" in September 1981.
-The song had already been released in an edited form, as a [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] on the single "[[Procession (New Order song)|Procession]]" in September of the same year. All tracks were produced by [[Martin Hannett]] and was the last work he did with New Order. Hannett previously produced [[Movement (New Order album)|''Movement'']] and both of Joy Division's studio albums. Hannett and the group had worked together fractiously, caused by the producer's unorthodox techniques and the band's (especially Sumner's) desire to co-produce. [[Bernard Sumner]] remarked retrospectively that "Martin's last track was "Everything's Gone Green"&nbsp;– fact he walked out halfway through the mix because Hooky and me asked him to turn the drums up".<ref name="Bernard Sumner Confusion">{{cite book
-| first= David
-| last= Nolan
-| year= 2007
-| title= Bernard Sumner&nbsp;– Confusion
-| edition= 1st
-| publisher= Independent Music Press
-| location= Church Stretton
-| isbn= 0-9552822-6-8
-| page= 102}}</ref>
-Two original songs, "Cries and Whispers" and "Mesh" are included as B-sides. Both have been commonly mis-titled on releases by the group. The track names of the B-sides are correctly identified on the label, but are in the wrong order on the sleeve. This led to their being misidentified on subsequent releases; for example, the track identified as "Mesh" on the CD version of the ''[[Substance (New Order album)|Substance]]'' compilation is actually "Cries and Whispers". For the 2019 12" single reissue, the tracks are properly labelled on the rear sleeve cover, with "Cries and Whispers" being listed before "Mesh".
+Two original songs, "Cries and Whispers" and "Mesh", are included as B-sides. Both have been commonly mistitled on New Order's releases. The track names of the B-sides are correctly identified on the label, but are printed in incorrect order on the sleeve. As a result, the songs were misidentified on subsequent releases; for example, the track identified as "Mesh" on the CD version of the ''[[Substance (New Order album)|Substance]]'' compilation is actually "Cries and Whispers". For the 2019 12" single reissue, the tracks are properly labelled on the rear sleeve cover, with "Cries and Whispers" listed before "Mesh".
+[[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]] wrote the lyrics to "Cries and Whispers" and "Mesh," earning Morris the scorn of critic [[Julie Burchill]] ("Sixth form drivel").<ref name=":0">Morris, S. (2020). Fast Forward: Confessions of a Post-Punk Percussionist: Volume II. United Kingdom: Little, Brown Book Group.</ref> The title "Cries and Whispers" is taken from the [[Cries and Whispers|Ingmar Bergman film]]. Morris later wrote about the origin of the title for "Everything's Gone Green:" "The song's title arrived spontaneously as we were programming the rhythm track at Pinky's. After a few hours of button stabbing, synth-chattering and drum bashing, I sat down on a rickety chair, rolled a joint and inhaled deeply. The weak sunlight was reflected off the glazing of the swimming baths opposite and diffused through the grease-smeared window of our room. Momentarily, the light seemed to me to take on a crystalline glow, giving the room an aquamarine haze. 'Everything's gone Green,' I observed. 'That's good, let's call it that then,' said Bernard, who hadn't noticed my Condor moment."<ref name=":0" />
+All three tracks were produced by [[Martin Hannett]], the last that he would produce with [[Bernard Sumner]], [[Peter Hook]], and [[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]]. Hannett, who had previously produced [[Movement (New Order album)|''Movement'']] and both of Joy Division's studio albums, had a fractious relationship with the group, caused by his unorthodox techniques and the band's (especially Sumner's) desire to co-produce. Sumner remarked retrospectively that "Martin's last track was 'Everything's Gone Green'&nbsp;– fact he walked out halfway through the mix because Hooky and me asked him to turn the drums up."<ref name="Bernard Sumner Confusion">{{cite book|last=Nolan|first=David|title=Bernard Sumner&nbsp;– Confusion|publisher=Independent Music Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-9552822-6-3|edition=1st|location=Church Stretton|page=102}}</ref>
 ==Availability==
-"Everything's Gone Green" and "Mesh" were re-released the following year on the ''[[1981 – 1982]]'' EP, along with the tracks from the "[[Temptation (New Order song)|Temptation]]" 12". The single was re-released as a CD in 1990. All three tracks appear together on the cassette version of ''[[Substance (New Order album)|Substance]]'' in 1987 and were remastered and appear on the 2008 Collector's Edition of the 1981 album ''[[Movement (New Order album)|Movement]]''.
+"Everything's Gone Green" and "Mesh" were rereleased the following year on the ''[[1981–1982 (EP)|1981–1982]]'' EP, along with the tracks from the "[[Temptation (New Order song)|Temptation]]" 12". The single was rereleased as a CD in 1990. All three tracks appeared on the cassette version of ''[[Substance (New Order album)|Substance]]'' in 1987 and were in remastered form on the 2008 collector's edition of the 1981 album ''[[Movement (New Order album)|Movement]]''.
-"Everything's Gone Green" does not appear on the majority of New Order's compilations; aside from ''Substance'' the song appears in remixed form (by [[Dave Clarke (techno DJ)|Dave Clarke]]) on 1995's ''[[The Rest of New Order]]'', in both its original form and a live recording on 2002's ''[[Retro (New Order album)|Retro]]'', in its 7" mix on 2005's ''[[Singles (New Order album)|Singles]]'', and in its 12" mix on the second disc of the 2008 collector's edition re-release of ''[[Movement (New Order album)|Movement]]''.
+"Everything's Gone Green" appears on many of New Order's compilations; aside from ''Substance'', the song appears in remixed form (by [[Dave Clarke (techno DJ)|Dave Clarke]]) on 1995's ''[[The Rest of New Order]]'', in both its original form and a live recording on 2002's ''[[Retro (New Order album)|Retro]]'', in its 7" mix on 2005's ''[[Singles (New Order album)|Singles]]'' and in its 12" mix on the second disc of the 2008 collector's edition re-release of ''Movement''.
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-|align="left"|New Zealand [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|RIANZ]] Singles Chart<ref name="nz_charts">"{{cite web|url=http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=New+Order |title=Discography New Order |publisher=Charts.org.nz |accessdate=2010-11-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724201217/http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=New+Order |archivedate=2011-07-24 |df= }}</ref>
+|align="left"|New Zealand [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|RIANZ]] Singles Chart<ref name="nz_charts">"{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=New+Order |title=Discography New Order |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=2010-11-23 }}</ref>
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-|align="left"|[[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Independent Singles Chart]]<ref name="cherryred.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/n.htm |title=Indie Hits "N" |publisher=Cherry Red Records |accessdate=2 Oct 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606210333/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/n.htm |archivedate=2011-06-06 |df= }}</ref>
+|align="left"|[[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Independent Singles Chart]]<ref name="cherryred.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/n.htm |title=Indie Hits "N" |publisher=Cherry Red Records |access-date=2 Oct 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606210333/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/n.htm |archive-date=2011-06-06 }}</ref>
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-|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="amgsingles">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5017/charts-awards/billboard-singles/chart_name-asc|pure_url=yes}} | title=New Order: ''Billboard'' singles | publisher=Allmusic| accessdate=2010-11-23}}</ref>
+|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="amgsingles">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5017/charts-awards/billboard-singles/chart_name-asc|pure_url=yes}} | title=New Order: ''Billboard'' singles | publisher=Allmusic| access-date=2010-11-23}}</ref>
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 ==References==
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-* [http://www.neworderonline.com/Music/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=32 neworderonline.com, Discography, Everything's Gone Green]
 ==External links==
+*[http://www.neworderonline.com/Music/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=32 neworderonline.com, Discography, ''Everything's Gone Green'']
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcZrTQr-F7U 1981 live performance of song]
-* {{MetroLyrics song|new-order|everythings-gone-green}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
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+{{authority control}}
 [[Category:New Order (band) songs]]

v t e New Order
Bernard Sumner Stephen Morris Gillian Gilbert Phil Cunningham Tom Chapman Peter Hook
Studio albums	Movement Power, Corruption & Lies Low-Life Brotherhood Technique Republic Get Ready Waiting for the Sirens' Call Lost Sirens Music Complete
Live albums	BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert Live at the London Troxy Live at Bestival 2012
Compilation albums	Substance 1987 The Best of New Order International Retro Singles Total: From Joy Division to New Order
Remix albums	The Rest of New Order Complete Music
EPs and other releases	1981–1982 The Peel Sessions The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack In Session 12″ × 12
Singles	"Ceremony" "Procession" "Everything's Gone Green" "Temptation" "Blue Monday" "Confusion" "Thieves Like Us" "Murder" "The Perfect Kiss" "Sub-culture" "Shellshock" "State of the Nation" "Bizarre Love Triangle" "True Faith" "Touched by the Hand of God" "Blue Monday 1988" "Fine Time" "Round & Round" "Run 2" "World in Motion" "Regret" "Ruined in a Day" "World (The Price of Love)" "Spooky" "True Faith-94" "1963" "Blue Monday-95" "Video 5 8 6" "Crystal" "60 Miles an Hour" "Someone Like You" "Here to Stay" "Krafty" "Jetstream" "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" "Restless" "Tutti Frutti"
Other songs	"Doubts Even Here" "Love Vigilantes" "Age of Consent" "Elegia" "Plastic"
Videos	Substance 1987 New Order Story 316 511 A Collection Live in Glasgow
Tours	North American Tour 2012
Related groups	Joy Division Electronic Revenge Monaco The Other Two Freebass Bad Lieutenant Peter Hook & The Light
Related articles	Discography Songs The Haçienda Control Rob Gretton List of tribute albums