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Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart”

  • June 26, 2015
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Love Will Tear Us Apart came out on June 27th, 1980. The song was a result of Joy Division’s dark sense of humor (Excess of sorrow laughs, excess of joy…) that was a response to the Neil Sedaka song “Love Will Keep Us Together” made famous by Captain and Tennille as a hit single just 5 years prior. In fact, the song was recorded at Strawberry Studios, the same place Sedaka had recorded the song “Love Will Keep Us Together” back in 1973.

8 Jan 1980. 40 years ago today Joy Division recorded ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ at Pennine Studios, Oldham. Bernard Sumner & producer Martin Hannett, and Stephen Morris photos by Daniel Meadows. Ian Curtis pic by Alan Hempsall. They later re-recorded the song at Strawberry Studios pic.twitter.com/OJVDd1PwLD

— Dave Haslam (@Mr_Dave_Haslam) January 8, 2020


The song’s lyrics, in retrospect, were an obvious reference to singer Ian Curtis’ failing marriage to his wife Deborah—and would later become the ill-fated singer’s epitaph upon his gravestone.

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Wikipedia claims that live—”Love Will Tear Us Apart” debuted on tour with The Buzzcocks, but curious enough, the song does not show up on live sets In the UK in September 1979, but instead appears to have debuted at the infamous Plan K show in Brussels on October 16th, 1979—with the show being promoted by Annik Honoré, Cabaret Voltaire performing, and William Burroughs in attendance.

Love Will Tear Us Apart Peel Session

After the Peel Session version performed on November 26th, 1979, the song was officially recorded at Pennine Studios, Oldham on January 8th, 1980 along with the B side, “These Days”. This version had a very dance-like feel, with Peter Hook’s Bass stronger, and brought more to the forefront, and with Ian Curtis’ vocals softer yet harmonizing more during the chorus. This version was similar to the version the band played live:

Love Will Tear Us Apart Pennine Studios Version

Ian Curtis and Martin Hannett, however, disliked the Pennine version of the song, so the band reconvened at Strawberry Studios, Stockport in March to re-record it with a more “Frank Sinatra” style vocal (according to Deborah Curtis in her book “Touching From a Distance”.) This new version is the one we all know, and was later recut with a promotional video that was initially recorded on April 28th, 1980, just 3 weeks prior to the tragic suicide of frontman Ian Curtis.

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