Song · New Order
“Leave Me Alone” by New Order
From the album Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
“Leave Me Alone” by New Order appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1983. It was first released in 1983 on the album Power, Corruption & Lies. Its best result is #25 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #98 alternative song of 1983.
Watch
Video from YouTube (ElectromaMV). Pressing play loads YouTube's player. Watch on YouTube
Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert share the writing credit on "Leave Me Alone", from Power, Corruption & Lies, the second New Order album, which Factory Records released on 2 May 1983. The band produced it themselves, with Michael Johnson engineering and Mark Boyne and Barry Sage assisting.
The record is where New Order plugged in harder than they had on Movement in 1981, stacking up the synthesizers and wiring their post-punk roots straight into electronic music. Critics lapped it up, and it has since landed on best-of lists for the decade and for all time. Peter Saville designed the sleeve, and in 2010 the Royal Mail put it on a stamp as one of ten classic covers by British acts.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 25 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983 | 50 |
Comments
Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about "Leave Me Alone" by New Order.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.