Bizarre Love Triangle

"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 U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart,^[3] and No. 5 on the Australian ARIA Charts (No. 1 on the Victoria state chart) in March 1987.^[4]

Though it is one of the group's best known singles, it failed to make the top 40 in either the United Kingdom (only reaching No. 56^[5]) or the US Billboard Hot 100. In the United States, the song also reached the eighth position 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 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".

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. New Order's live versions since 1998 are based on the Shep Pettibone remix.^[6]

The single mix features a cleaner sound with more electronics than the album version, notably the Fairlight CMI music workstation, the premier sampling keyboard workstation of the '80s, used to provide novel sounds, such as the orchestral hits that were so popular, but also to sequence the song. All instruments minus bass and voice were sequenced.^[7]

An alternate version featuring vocal hums after the first chorus is on the soundtrack of the 1988 film Married to the Mob.

The song can also be heard in the 2010 film Hot Tub Time Machine, 2011 film What's Your Number? and can be heard briefly in the 2013 film Grown Ups 2.

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.^[8] 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!"

Cover versions

"Bizarre Love Triangle" has been covered by many artists, such as The Black Eyed Peas, Even As We Speak, Manitu, Devine and Statton, Sita, Tony DeSare, South, Rookie of the Year, Apoptygma Berzerk, Stabbing Westward, Jaymay, Charlotte Martin, Anne Curtis, Vendetta, Nouvelle Vague, The Speaks, Makana, Echosmith and Apostle of Hustle and Zeus.
Australian band Frente! released an acoustic cover version of the song in 1994; it was the band's only major overseas success. This version was also the highest charting in the United States, peaking at 49 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song was also remixed in 2005 by The Crystal Method (for their album Community Service II) and by Richard X (for the New Order single "Waiting for the Sirens' Call").
It was remade into Chinese with the Cantonese version by Amanda Lee and the Mandarin version, by Sandy Lam, both under the title of "一個人 / Yī Gè Rén" ("Alone").
Brandon Flowers of The Killers, a band owing their name to New Order,^[9] has played "Bizarre Love Triangle" solo on piano at several of The Killers' concerts, as seen in widely circulated YouTube videos.
American alternative rock band Nada Surf performed a version of the song in May 2012 for The A.V. Club's A.V. Undercover series.^[10]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner.

7": FAC 163 (UK)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bizarre Love Triangle"	3:43
2.	"Bizarre Dub Triangle"	3:23

7": Qwest 7-28421 (US)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bizarre Love Triangle" (edit)	3:36
2.	"Every Little Counts"	4:29

7": FAC-26 (Canada)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bizarre Love Triangle"	3:36
2.	"Every Little Counts"	4:29

Initial pressings (matrix FAC-26-A) were the UK 7" mix,^[11] later pressings (matrix FAC-26-A2) were the Canadian 7" mix^[12]

7": FAC-163153 (Australia)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bizarre Love Triangle"	3:36
2.	"State of the Nation"	3:27

12": FAC 163 (UK)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bizarre Love Triangle"	6:44
2.	"Bizarre Dub Triangle"	7:02

12": Qwest 0-20546 (US)
No.	Title	Length
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"^[13]

CD: Qwest 9 20546-2 (US) - released in 1994
No.	Title	Length
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

Weekly Charts

Charts (1986)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA) ^[4]	5
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[14]	51
Ireland (IRMA)^[15]	25
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[16]	19
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[17]	56
UK Indie (Official Charts Company)^[18]	1
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[19]	4
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard) ^[20]	8
Charts (1994)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[21]	53
Charts (1995)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[22]	98

References

1 2 Proefrock, Stacia. "Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order - Listen, Appearances, Song Review - AllMusic". AllMusic.
↑ ASCAP entry
↑ Ankeny, Jason. "New Order - Music Biography, Streaming Radio and Discography - AllMusic". AllMusic.
1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, NSW, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 215. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
↑ chartstats.com "Bizarre Love Triangle" UK chart history
↑ http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr04/articles/rogerlyons.htm
↑ "Keyboard magazine - Welcome to Keyboard magazine---the latest info on keyboards, digital pianos, synths, music software, & sheet music for rock, jazz, electronica & pop". keyboardmag.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2005.
↑ See the full account of the production of the "Bizarre Love Triangle" video, written by Michael Shamberg.
↑ Binelli, Mark (2005-06-16). "Hit Men". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
↑ "Nada Surf covers New Order". Retrieved March 30, 2013.
↑ http://www.discogs.com/New-Order-Bizarre-Love-Triangle/release/2530184
↑ http://www.discogs.com/release/505366
↑ http://neworder-recycle.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/recycle-13-bizarre-love-triangle.html
↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0796." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Bizarre Love Triangle". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
↑ "Archive Chart: 1986-11-09" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
↑ "Archive Chart: 1986-11-09" UK Indie Chart.
↑ "New Order – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for New Order. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
↑ "Dance Singles Sales - December 27, 1986". Billboard. Retrieved 25 December 2015. (subscription required (help)).
↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2508." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
↑ "New Order – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for New Order. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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 John Peel Sessions The Best of New Order The Rest of New Order International Retro In Session Singles iTunes Originals – New Order Total: From Joy Division to New Order

EPs and other releases	1981 – 1982 The Peel Sessions The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack 12x12"

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" "Plastic" "Tutti Frutti" "Singularity"

Other songs	"Dreams Never End" "Doubts Even Here" "Love Vigilantes" "Age of Consent" "We All Stand" "Lonesome Tonight" "Elegia"

Videos	Substance 1987 New Order Story 316 511 A Collection Live in Glasgow

Related groups	Joy Division Electronic Revenge Monaco The Other Two Freebass Bad Lieutenant Peter Hook and The Light

Related articles	Discography Factory Records The Haçienda 24 Hour Party People Control Ian Curtis Martin Hannett Peter Saville Tony Wilson Rob Gretton Stephen Hague Dawn Zee Keith Allen Peter Beardsley Chris Waddle John Barnes List of tribute albums

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Studio albums	Marvin the Album (1992) Shape (1996) Live At Fez, New York 2004 (2014)

Extended plays	Whirled (1991) Clunk (1992) Labour of Love (1993) Lonely (1994)

Singles	"Accidently Kelly Street" "No Time" "Ordinary Angels" "Lonely" "Bizarre Love Triangle" "Labour of Love" "Sit on My Hands" "Horrible" "What's Come Over Me" "Goodbye Goodguy" "Try to Think Less"

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