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key confidence low · relative C major · tempo confidence medium · half-time 64.8 · low end 47% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · how accurate
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- Written byBernard Sumnersource
- Remixed byCosmos, Kylie's New Chickensource
- Sampled byElectroset, How Does It Feel? (Theme From Techno Blues) (original mix)source
- CoveredFlipside feat. Liva Akselbosource
- CoveredFlipsidesource
- CoveredFlunksource
- CoveredFranco Saint De Bakkersource
- Written byGillian Gilbertsource
- CoveredGregoriansource
- SamplesKraftwerk, Uransource
- Remixed byNew Order & Richie Hawtin, Blue Monday (Hawtin mix – alternate version 2)source
- Remixed byNew Order, Blue Monday (Hardfloor dub)source
- Remixed byNew Order, Blue Monday (Indecent Noise remix)source
- Remixed byNew Order, Blue Monday (Plutone mix)source
- Remixed byNew Order, Blue Monday (Richie Hawtin mix)source
- Remixed byNew Order, Blue Monday (Starwash mix)source
- Remixed byNew Order, Blue Monday (Virgin Magnetic Material remix)source
- Remixed byNew Order, Blue Monday 1988 (12″ mix)source
- CoveredNouvelle Vaguesource
- CoveredOrgysource
- Written byPeter Hooksource
- CoveredPeter Hook & the Lightsource
- Sampled byRihanna, Shut Up and Drivesource
- Written byStephen Morrissource
- CoveredSwan Leesource
- CoveredThe Cascadessource
- Sampled byTrevor Something, Come Back Downsource
- CoveredVitamin String Quartetsource
- CoveredWave in Headsource
Why it is here
- The 12-inch used an Emulator 1 sampler, sampling choir sounds from Kraftwerk's "Uranium" and even the band's own flatulence and sneezes as they learned the machine. source
- Its packaging was a die-cut sleeve designed by Peter Saville and Brett Wickens to resemble a 5.25-inch floppy disk, so expensive to produce that Factory Records lost money on every copy sold. source
- It is cited as the best-selling 12-inch single in history, with UK sales of 1.16 million copies across all formats. source
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