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“Crystal” by New Order

From the album Get Ready (2001)

“Crystal” by New Order appears on 20 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2001 and 2024. It was first released in 2001 on the album Get Ready. Its best result is #9 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #77 alternative song of 2001 and #2,040 alternative song of all time.

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#9best position
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"Crystal" was New Order's way back in: the lead single from Get Ready, their seventh album, in 2001, and their first new original song since 1993. It rushes in on a surging bass line and a wall of guitars, a band that had always straddled the rock club and the dance floor leaning hard on the rock side this time, with Dawn Zee adding backing vocals. Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner share the writing credit.

Steve Osborne produced, Jan "Stan" Kybert engineered and added production of his own, and Mark "Spike" Stent mixed. Critics greeted it as a real comeback, and on the album it opens proceedings in a different cut from the single, stretched with a longer intro and coda.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 19 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 65 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 9 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001 50
2001 53 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2001 191
2001 73 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 103
2001 38 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 1983 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1966 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1894 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1894 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1886 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 774 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 793 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 791 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 808 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 834 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 827 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 808 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 166 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2024 994 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055

Charting alongside it in 2001

Best songs of 2001 →
  1. 1Hash PipeWeezer
  2. 2SchismTool
  3. 3How You Remind MeNickelback
  4. 4Smooth CriminalAlien Ant Farm
  5. 5It's Been AwhileStaind
  6. 6Fat LipSum 41

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