Song · New Order
“Murder” by New Order
Released 1984
“Murder” by New Order appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1984. It was first released in 1984. Its best result is #20 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #89 alternative song of 1984.
New Order put out "Murder" in May 1984 on the Belgian label Factory Benelux, and only in Belgium. Their eighth single is an instrumental, cut in the winter of 1982 during the Power, Corruption & Lies sessions, written by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert and produced by the band itself. In place of a singer it splices in snatches of film dialogue from 2001: A Space Odyssey and Caligula, and the effect is chilly and unsettling.
The flip side recast the previous single, "Thieves Like Us", as an instrumental, and Peter Saville's sleeve, drawn from a metaphysical painting by Giorgio de Chirico, was made as a companion to that record's cover. British fans had to buy it on import, which got it only as high as 92 on the UK chart, the one New Order release that fell short of the Top 75.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 20 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1984 | 48 |
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