Song · New Order
“Round and Round” by New Order
From the album Technique (1989)
“Round and Round” by New Order appears on 13 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1989 and 2003. It was first released in 1989 on the album Technique. Its best result is #7 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #27 alternative song of 1989, #2,106 alternative song of all time and #183 of the '80s.
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"Round and Round" comes off Technique, New Order's fifth album, released on Factory in 1989, and it catches the band at their most dance-floor-minded: guitar and bass mostly step aside and let the rhythm run the show. Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner share the writing credit, and the band produced the album version on their own; for the single they cut it again with Stephen Hague as co-producer.
It was a second single the band never wanted. Factory's Tony Wilson picked it over their choice, "Vanishing Point", and got his way. In true New Order fashion the title never turns up in the words, which makes the song feel more like a mood than a slogan.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 13 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 | 107 |
| 1989 | 7 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 197 | WLIR / WDRE | WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s | 200 |
| 1989 | 136 | 91X | 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) | 191 |
| 1990 | 121 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) | 299 |
| 1991 | 367 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1992 | 237 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) | 500 |
| 1994 | 249 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) | 497 |
| 1995 | 173 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) | 500 |
| 1996 | 455 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) | 500 |
| 1998 | 444 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 2002 | 1394 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 449 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Round And Round; Round & Round.
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