Video 5 8 6
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"Video 5 8 6", originally titled "Prime 5 8 6",[2][3] is an electronic instrumental piece written and produced in 1982 by the British group New Order.[4] In December 1982, the track was initially released in two sections in Touch Music's first cassette magazine, Feature Mist.[2][4][5] Touch re-released the entire track as a CD single in 1997.[2][5]
Composed primarily by Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris, "Prime 5 8 6"/"Video 5 8 6" was an early version of "5 8 6" (from Power, Corruption & Lies), which contained rhythm elements that would later surface on "Ultraviolence" and the 1983 hit "Blue Monday".[2] After Factory Records' Tony Wilson asked New Order for twenty minutes of "pap", it was first played in public during the opening of The Haçienda on 21 May 1982.[2]
On release it reached #86 on the main British singles chart[6] and #19 on the British indie chart. Bassist Peter Hook has said the key to the title "5 8 6" can be found in another of the group's songs, "Ecstasy"; 5, 8 then 6 is the song's bar structure.
A video was released for the song called Primitive 586 on the FACT 56, IKON 3 VHS and BETA tape 'A Factory Video', the footage is mostly primitive 80s computer graphics.
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"Video 5-8-6" (Performed by New Order) |
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"As You Said" (Performed by Joy Division - only included on 12" versions TONE 7.1) |
2:01 |
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