Song · New Order
“Sunrise” by New Order
From the album Low‐Life (1985)
“Sunrise” by New Order appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1985. It was first released in 1985 on the album Low‐Life. Its best result is #24 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #110 alternative song of 1985.
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"Sunrise" comes from Low-Life, New Order's third album, released on Factory in May 1985: the record where they finished turning from a post-punk band into a dance-rock machine without losing the rock in their bones. They produced it themselves, with Michael Johnson engineering, and the writing credit is shared by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert.
Low-Life leans harder than ever on synthesizers and samplers yet keeps hold of the grit of their earlier records, and it is widely counted among the best things they ever did. Its songs also made up the backbone of Pumped Full of Drugs, the concert video they shot in Tokyo just before the album came out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 24 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985 | 50 |
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