Song · Joy Division
“The Eternal” by Joy Division
From the album Closer (1980)
“The Eternal” by Joy Division appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1982. It was first released in 1980 on the album Closer. Its best result is #48 on the John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1982). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,336 alternative song of all time.
Joy Division left "The Eternal" on Closer, their second and final studio album, which Factory released on 18 July 1980. Martin Hannett produced and engineered it, with Jon Caffery engineering alongside him and Michael Johnson assisting. Ian Curtis sings lead, and the writing is shared among Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner.
The album was recorded two months before Curtis took his own life and came out two months after, and that shadow falls across everything on it. The remaining members regrouped as New Order, while Closer was named NME's Album of the Year and is now counted among the defining records of post-punk.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 48 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1982) | 50 |
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