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"Dearest Will Tear The states Apart"
Love Will Tear Us Apart song.jpg

7" cover
Single by Joy Division
B-side "These Days"
Released June 1980 (1980-06) [1]
Recorded March 1980[2]
Studio Strawberry, Stockport[three]
Genre Post-punk[four]
Length three:18
Characterization Factory
Songwriter(s)
  • Ian Curtis
  • Peter Hook
  • Stephen Morris
  • Bernard Sumner
Producer(due south)
  • Martin Hannett
  • Joy Division
Joy Partition British singles and EPs singles chronology
"Komakino"
(1980) 		"Love Volition Tear Usa Apart"
(1980) 		"Temper"
(1980)
Culling cover
12" cover

12" embrace
Music video
"Love Volition Tear Us Apart" on YouTube

"Love Volition Tear Us Apart" is a vocal by English rock ring Joy Division, released in June 1980 as a non-album single. Its lyrics were inspired by lead vocaliser Ian Curtis's marital problems and struggles with epilepsy.[5] The single was released the month after his suicide.

The song was certified platinum in the UK, selling over 600,000 copies, and has an ongoing legacy every bit a defining song of the era. In 2002, NME named "Love Will Tear United states Autonomously" equally the greatest single of all time, while Rolling Stone, in 2004 and 2011, named it one of the 500 best songs ever.

Background [edit]

"Dear Will Tear U.s. Autonomously" was written nigh Ian Curtis' troubled relationship with his wife, Deborah Woodruff, whom he married in August 1975. Additionally, information technology deals with his ain struggles with epilepsy, which he was diagnosed with in 1979, and the overwhelming stress of belongings downwardly a day job and his growing career as a singer.[six]

At a Joy Partitioning gig in October 1979, Curtis met Belgian journalist and music promoter Annik Honoré and the two began a relationship, which caused further distress between Curtis and Woodruff.[6] [7]

Speaking nearly her relationship with Curtis in a 2010 interview with Belgian magazine supplement Focus, Honoré said:

It was a completely pure and ideal human relationship, very childish, very chaste… I did not have a sexual relationship with Ian, he was on medication, which rendered it a non-physical relationship. I am so fed upwards that people question my word or his: people can say whatsoever they want, but I am the only person to have his letters… 1 of his messages says that the relationship with his married woman Deborah had already finished prior to us coming together each other.[8]

Recording [edit]

Joy Sectionalization get-go recorded "Love Will Tear Usa Autonomously" at Pennine Studios, Oldham, on viii Jan 1980, along with the B-side, "These Days". This version was similar to the version the band played live. However, singer Ian Curtis and producer Martin Hannett disliked the results and the band reconvened at Strawberry Studios, Stockport in March to re-record it.[3] Drummer Stephen Morris recalled:

Martin Hannett played 1 of his mind games when we were recording it – it sounds similar he was a tyrant, but he wasn't, he was overnice. We had this ane battle where it was nearly midnight and I said, "Is it all correct if I get domicile, Martin – it'due south been a long day?" And he said [whispers], "OK... you go home". Then I went dorsum to the flat. Only got to slumber and the phone rings. "Martin wants you to come back and exercise the snare drum". At four in the morning! I said, "What'southward wrong with the snare pulsate!?" Then every fourth dimension I hear "Love Will Tear Us Apart", I grit my teeth and remember myself shouting down the telephone, "You Bounder!" ... I can feel the acrimony in it fifty-fifty now. It's a dandy vocal and information technology's a bang-up product, but I practice go anguished every time I hear it.[9]

The guitar on the recording, a 12-cord Eko guitar, was played by Bernard Sumner.[x] While Curtis generally did not play guitar, to perform the song live, the band taught him how to strum a D major chord. Sumner said:

Ian didn't really want to play guitar, but for some reason we wanted him to play it. I can't remember the reason now... Nosotros showed him how to play D and we wrote a vocal. I wonder if that'southward why we wrote "Love Will Tear The states Apart", you could drone a D through it. I think he played it live because I was playing keyboards.[10]

While Joy Division were recording, U2 were in the studio to encounter Hannett about producing their single "xi O'Clock Tick Tock". U2 vocalist Bono said of the encounter:

Talking to Ian Curtis is... or was a strange feel because he'due south very warm... he talked—information technology was like two people inside of him—he talked very light, and he talked very well-mannered, and very polite. But when he got behind the microphone he really surged along; at that place was another free energy. It seemed like he was just two people and, you know, "Love Will Tear United states Autonomously", it was like [when] that tape was released... it was like, every bit if, there were the personalities, dissever; there they were, torn apart.[11]

Releases [edit]

It was first recorded for a John Peel session in Nov 1979, then re-recorded in Jan 1980 and March 1980. It is the latter version that appears on the 1988 Substance album. The Jan 1980 version, which has get known as the "Pennine version", originally appeared as 1 of the single's B-sides.

"Beloved Will Tear Us Apart" became Joy Division's first chart hitting, reaching number 13 in the UK Singles Chart.[12] The following month, the single topped the UK Indie Chart.[13] The song as well peaked at number 42 on the Billboard disco chart in October 1980.[14] "Beloved Will Tear Us Autonomously" likewise reached number 1 in New Zealand in June 1981.[15]

The unmarried was re-released in 1983 and reached number xix on the UK charts[16] and number 3 in New Zealand during March 1984.[15] In 1985, the seven" unmarried was released in Poland past Tonpress in different sleeve under licence from Factory and sold over 20,000 copies.[17] In November 1988, information technology fabricated one more Top 40 appearance in New Zealand, peaking at number 39.[fifteen]

Embrace photo [edit]

According to Curtis'south wife Deborah, to create the single cover photograph, the song title was etched upon a sheet of metal; this was anile with acid and exposed to the conditions to create the appearance of a stone slab.[18] For the 12" version of the single, a photograph of a grieving angel on the Ribaudo family tomb in Genoa'southward Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno (sculpted by Onorato Toso c. 1910) was used. The photograph was taken by Bernard Pierre Wolff in 1978.[nineteen]

Music video [edit]

The video was shot by the band themselves on 25 April 1980[twenty] as they rehearsed the song at T. J. Davidson'due south studio, in Knott Manufactory, Manchester urban center eye, where the band had previously rehearsed during the early on days of their career. At the start of the video, the door that opens and shuts is carved with Ian Curtis' name; reportedly this was the beginning of an calumniating message (the residual subsequently erased) carved into the door.

Due to poor production, the video's colour is 'browned out' at some points. Also, as the track recorded during the recording of the video was poor, information technology was replaced with the single-edit recording of the song past the band'due south record company in Australia, leading to problems with the synchronisation of music and video. This edited version of the music video would later get the official version due to the improvement of audio quality.

This was the only promotional video the band always produced every bit Ian Curtis hanged himself three weeks after the video was recorded.[21]

Legacy [edit]

A grey stone with "Ian Curtis, 18-5-80, Love Will Tear Us Apart" carved into it in block letters

Ian Curtis's grave mark, laid in 2008 to replace a similarly inscribed ane stolen earlier that year

"Honey Will Tear Us Apart" was named NME Single of the Year in 1980,[22] and was listed as the best single of all fourth dimension by NME in 2002.

In May 2007, NME placed it at number 19 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever, one place ahead of another Joy Division vocal, "Transmission". The song is besides listed equally beingness one of the five best indie songs of all time in the "All Time Indie Top fifty".[23]

In 2004, the song was listed by Rolling Stone mag at number 179 in its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[24] In 2011, the song was listed at number 181.[25] In the 2021 update of the list, it had risen to 41.[26]

The song reached number 1 in the inaugural Triple J Hottest 100 music poll of 1989 and again in 1990. When being interviewed for New Order Story, Neil Tennant of the Pet Store Boys stated that "Dear Will Tear United states Autonomously" was his favourite pop song of all fourth dimension. At Christmas 2011, listeners of Dublin'southward Phantom FM voted "Love Will Tear United states of america Apart" as their favourite song of all time. Furthermore, in 2012, in celebration of the NME 's 60th anniversary, a listing of the 100 Greatest Songs of NME 's Lifetime was compiled, and the listing was topped past "Love Will Tear The states Autonomously". Serbian rock musician, journalist and writer Dejan Cukić wrote about "Love Will Tear U.s. Apart" as 1 of the 45 songs that changed history of popular music in his 2007 book 45 obrtaja: Priče o pesmama. In 2015, the online magazine Pitchfork ranked "Love Will Tear Us Apart" seventh on its list of the "200 best songs of the 1980s".[27]

Post-obit Curtis'southward suicide, his married woman Deborah had the phrase "Love Volition Tear United states of america Autonomously" inscribed on his memorial stone.[28]

In June 2013, Mighty Box Games released Will Love Tear United states Apart?, a browser-based video game that adapts every poesy of the vocal into a level.[29]

Track listing [edit]

Side A
No. Title Length
i. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" iii:18
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "These Days" 3:21
2. "Love Will Tear Us Autonomously (Pennine version)[a]" iii:06
1995 cassette edition
No. Title Length
1. "Love Will Tear U.s. Apart" (radio version) 3:38
ii. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (original version) 3:25
1995 12" edition
No. Title Length
1. "Beloved Will Tear United states of america Apart" (original version) 3:25
2. "Love Volition Tear Us Apart" (radio version) 3:38
3. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Arthur Baker remix) four:12
4. "Atmosphere" (original Hannett 12") 4:08
1995 CD one edition
No. Title Length
one. "Dearest Will Tear Usa Autonomously" (radio version) 3:38
2. "Dearest Will Tear United states Autonomously" (original version) 3:25
3. "These Days" 3:25
4. "Transmission" (live) three:44
1995 CD two edition
No. Title Length
1. "Beloved Volition Tear Us Autonomously" (original version) 3:eighteen
ii. "Love Will Tear United states of america Apart '95" (radio version) 3:38
three. "Temper" 4:08
  1. ^ Not listed on original 7" unmarried and not listed equally existence alternate version where it was; the "Pennine version" label did not come into use until years later.
  • Runway 1 recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, early on March 1980
  • Tracks 2 and 3 recorded at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham, viii January 1980
  • In her biography Touching from a Altitude, Deborah Curtis explains that the reason for the two versions of the song, one on each side, was a result of Curtis's slightly different singing in each ane; one vocal have was allegedly washed when other band members told Curtis to sing "similar Frank Sinatra".
  • Like other Joy Division releases, including Transmission and An Ideal For Living, the 7" and 12" versions share the same tracks, but have different sleeves.

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Cover versions [edit]

Love Volition Tear Usa Apart
SwansLWTUAred.jpg
EP by

Swans
Released 1988
Length sixteen:56
Label Production Inc.
Producer Michael Gira
Swans chronology
Children of God
(1987) 		Love Will Tear Us Autonomously
(1988) 		Feel Good Now
(1988)

Throughout the eighties, multiple artists covered "Dear Will Tear Us Autonomously". Chuzpe recorded a cover version that peaked at number eight in Republic of austria in 1981.[38] Paul Young's 1984 cover "Love Will Tear Usa Apart" reached number ix in both the Belgium and Netherlands, and number 40 in Germany.[39] [40] [41] The New York band Swans' fourth EP Beloved Volition Tear Us Apart was named after their cover of the song, and was placed alongside ii semi-acoustic versions of songs from their 1987 LP Children of God. The EP reached number 85 on the UK Singles Nautical chart and number two on the UK Indie Chart.[42] [43] In May 2005, ambience dance duo Honeyroot reached number 70 on the UK Singles Chart in May 2005 with their comprehend.[44]

See besides [edit]

  • Joy Sectionalisation discography
  • List of number-i singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)

References [edit]

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  4. ^ Friskics-Warren, Bill (2005). I'll Take You There: Popular Music and the Urge for Transcendence. Continuum. p. 98. ISBN0-8264-1700-0. the cascading melody of Joy Division's sublimely gloomy post-punk anthem, 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
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  7. ^ "Annik Honoré, the inspiration for "Love Will Tear Us Apart", dies anile 56". Uncut. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 21 Jan 2021.
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  9. ^ Gale, Lee (17 December 2010). "An Ideal for Reliving". GQ. New York City. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  10. ^ a b Graham, Pat (2011). Instrument. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. p. forty. ISBN978-i-4521-0895-7.
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  12. ^ a b "Official Singles Nautical chart Superlative 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Indie Hits". Archived from the original on sixteen October 2007 – via Cherry Red Records.
  14. ^ a b "Disco Top 100". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 43. 25 October 1980. p. 33. ISSN 0006-2510.
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  35. ^ "End of Year Charts 1984". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  36. ^ "Italian single certifications – Joy Division – Love Volition Tear United states of america Apart" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 31 December 2019. Select "2019" in the "Anno" driblet-down carte du jour. Select "Love Volition Tear United states of america Apart" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
  37. ^ "British single certifications – Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Autonomously". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 August 2019. Select singles in the Format field.Select Platinum in the Certification field.Type Love Will Tear United states Autonomously in the "Search BPI Awards" field and so press Enter.
  38. ^ "Chuzpe – Love Will Tear United states Autonomously" (in at). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 17 May 2022. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized linguistic communication (link)
  39. ^ "Paul Young – Love Will Tear Us Apart". Gfk Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  40. ^ "Paul Immature – Dearest Will Tear United states Apart" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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  44. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Express. p. 266. ISBN1-904994-x-5.

External links [edit]

  • "Love Will Tear U.s.a. Apart" official music video on YouTube
  • ""Dear Will Tear Us Autonomously" (Joy Division'due south version)" at Discogs (list of releases)
  • ""Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Swans version)" at Discogs (listing of releases)
  • Usage in film and television: meet "Joy Partition. Soundtrack. 'Love Will Tear U.s.a. Apart'" at IMDb
  • Accolades archived at Acclaimed Music

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