Song · New Order
“Krafty” by New Order
From the album Waiting for the Sirens’ Call (2005)
“Krafty” by New Order appears on 11 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2005 and 2014. It was first released in 2005 on the album Waiting for the Sirens’ Call. Its best result is #73 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #215 alternative song of 2005 and #2,463 alternative song of all time.
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"Krafty" was the first taste of Waiting for the Sirens' Call, New Order's eighth album, in 2005, and it came with a change of address: their first new release on Warner Bros. with London Records out of the picture. John Leckie produced it with the band, Rich Costey mixed it, and Peter Saville, as so often, handled the sleeve.
The writing credit is split four ways, between Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham, and it sounds like a band comfortable in its own skin: guitars and synths chiming together in that bright, wistful way, a synth-pop heart beating under alt-rock clothes, with enough bounce left over for the dance floor.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 97 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005 | 106 |
| 2005 | 81 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 73 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 | 230 |
| 2005 | 330 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 791 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1010 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1032 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1071 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1107 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1164 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1202 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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