New Order - Blue Monday (1983)

"Blue Monday" is a dance song recorded in 1982, released as a single in 1983 by British band New Order, and later remixed in 1988 and 1995. The song has been widely remixed and covered since its original release, and became a popular anthem in the dance club scene. The Official UK Chart Company (UK Singles Chart) has estimated its total UK sales at over one million. In the all-time UK best-selling singles chart, published in 2002, "Blue Monday" came 76th.  This is the best-selling 12 inch single of all time. It is also one of the longest charting singles ever, at 7:25.

"Blue Monday" is often seen as one of the most important crossover tracks of the 1980s pop music scene. Synthpop had been a major force in British popular music for several years, but "Blue Monday" was arguably the first British dance record to exhibit an obvious influence from the New York club scene, particularly the work of producers like Arthur Baker (who collaborated on New Order's follow-up single "Confusion").
According to Bernard Sumner, "Blue Monday" was influenced by four songs: the arrangement came from "Dirty Talk", by Klein + M.B.O.; the signature bassline with octaves came from Sylvester's disco classic, "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"; the house beat came from "Our Love", by Donna Summer; and the long keyboard pad on the intro and outro was sampled from the Kraftwerk song "Uranium", from the Radio-Activity album. In an interview for Channel 4's countdown of the biggest selling UK singles, the band claimed to have written the song in response to crowd disappointment at the fact that they never played encores. This song, they say, allowed them to return to the stage, press play on a synthesiser and leave the stage again.
"Blue Monday" has been a hit several times in the UK. In 1983, it charted twice, initially reaching number 12, then re-entering the chart later in the year .
In 1988, "Blue Monday" was officially remixed by Quincy Jones and John Potoker under the title "Blue Monday 88" (with the instrumental flip being titled "Beach Buggy"). The single reached number 3 in the British charts, number 4 in the Australian charts, and topped the dance charts in the United States, and in New Zealand. A further official remix/reissue in 1995, with a mix by Hardfloor as the lead track, also made the British Top 20.
In 1993 Electroset covered Blue Monday under the name "How Does It Feel?". This entered the top 30 in the UK.  In 1998 Orgy covered Blue Monday on their album Candyass, which became the band's biggest hit and arguably the biggest hit remake of the original song.
In 2005 Tanghetto covered this song on their album Buenos Aires Remixed.
The title is not mentioned in the lyrics. This is true of many New Order songs.

In 2008 Blue Monday was remixed by Kurd Maverick. ( source : wikipedia)

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original video 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftJZomwDhxQ

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88 remix audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGbr32Hn3bo

Electroset remake
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bbJb0BkfY

Orgy remake
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKm8G9Z8ik4