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==Music video==
==Music video==
The [[music video]], which was released in November 1986, was directed by [[United States|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 [[Lithography|lithographs]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kinoteca.net/Text/Bizarre.htm |first=Michael |last=Shamberg |author-link=Michael Shamberg |title=Bizarre Love Triangle |work=kinoteca.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060115071858/http://www.kinoteca.net/Text/Bizarre.htm |archive-date=15 January 2006}}</ref> 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.
The [[music video]], which was released in November 1986, was directed by [[United States|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 [[Lithography|lithographs]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kinoteca.net/Text/Bizarre.htm |first=Michael |last=Shamberg |author-link=Michael Shamberg |title=Bizarre Love Triangle |work=kinoteca.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060115071858/http://www.kinoteca.net/Text/Bizarre.htm |archive-date=15 January 2006}}</ref> The video has 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.


==Reception==
==Reception==

Revision as of 03:41, 6 April 2022

"Bizarre Love Triangle"
Single by New Order
from the album Brotherhood
Released5 November 1986[1]
RecordedJanuary 1986 (London)
Genre
Length
  • 4:21 (album version)
  • 3:43 (7-inch version)
  • 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,[7] and No. 5 on the Australian ARIA Charts (No. 1 on the Victoria state chart) in March 1987.[8]

It failed to make the top 40 in either the United Kingdom (only reaching No. 56)[9] 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 No. 98 position in 1995.

In 2004, the song was ranked No. 204 in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."[10]

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.[11]

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).[12]

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.[13] The video has 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.

Reception

"Bizarre Love Triangle" has been critically acclaimed since its release. In a 30th anniversary retrospective citing the song as one of the greatest of all time, Billboard described it as a "synth-pop masterpiece" and "an incandescent jewel of mid-'80s computer love."[14] NME praised the song as New Order's "finest pop moment" and credited its simplicity in comparison to previous singles such as "Blue Monday".[15] In 2004, the song was ranked No. 204 in Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."[10] In 2013, Stereogum ranked the song number two on their list of the 10 greatest New Order songs,[16] and in 2021, The Guardian ranked the song number seven on their list of the 30 greatest New Order songs.[17]

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,[23] later pressings (matrix FAC-26-A2) were the Canadian 7" mix[24]
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"[25]
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. ISBN 9781471132438. Retrieved 19 July 2017 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Scarlett Johansson's band Sugar for Sugar covers New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle" -- listen". 22 September 2016.
  3. ^ "80 best love songs of the 1980s". Cleveland. 31 August 2018.
  4. ^ Proefrock, Stacia. "Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Lindsay, Cam (8 September 2015). "An Essential Guide to New Order". Exclaim!. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  6. ^ "ASCAP entry".
  7. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "New Order - Music Biography, Streaming Radio and Discography - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ OfficialCharts.com "Bizarre Love Triangle" UK chart history
  10. ^ a b "New Order, 'Bizarre Love Triangle'". Rolling Stone. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  11. ^ Flint, Tom (April 2004). "Recreating New Order's 'Blue Monday' Live". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  12. ^ Fortner, Stephen (September 2005). "New Order. New Album. Old School. All Good". Keyboard. Archived from the original on 18 December 2005.
  13. ^ Shamberg, Michael. "Bizarre Love Triangle". kinoteca.net. Archived from the original on 15 January 2006.
  14. ^ Unterberger, Andrew. "10 Reasons Why New Order's 'Bizarre Love Triangle' Is One of the Greatest Songs of All Time". Billboard. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  15. ^ Elan, Priya (29 November 2017). "Why 'Bizarre Love Triangle' is New Order's finest pop moment". NME. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  16. ^ Lariviere, Aaron (25 January 2013). "The 10 Best New Order Songs". Stereogum. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  17. ^ Petridis, Alexis (7 January 2021). "New Order's 30 greatest tracks – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Frente! – Lonely". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Frente! Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  20. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2505". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  21. ^ "FRENTE Chart History". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
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  25. ^ "Recycle 13: Bizarre Love Triangle". neworder-recycle.blogspot. 5 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
  26. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0796." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  27. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Bizarre Love Triangle". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
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  30. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
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  32. ^ "Dance Singles Sales - December 27, 1986". Billboard. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
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