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{{Short description|1983 single by New Order}}
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{{Infobox song
| name          = Blue Monday
| cover         = NewOrderBlueMonday.jpg
| alt           = 
| caption       = Original die-cut sleeve
| type          = single
| artist        = [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
| album         = 
| B-side        = * "The Beach" (12-inch version)
* "[[Thieves Like Us (song)|Thieves Like Us]]" (7-inch version)
| released      = 7 March 1983<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rhino.com/article/watch-new-order-reveal-how-blue-monday-was-made | title=Watch: New Order Reveal How Blue Monday was Made }}</ref>
| recorded      = 1982
| studio        = [[Britannia Row Studios|Britannia Row]], Islington, UK
| genre         = {{hlist|[[Eurodisco]]|[[synth-pop]]|[[alternative dance]]|{{nowrap|[[hi-NRG]]}}|[[dance-pop]]}}
| length        = * 7:29 (12-inch version)
* 4:09 (7-inch version)
| label         = * [[Factory Records|Factory]] (12-inch version)
* Tonpress (7-inch version)
| writer        = {{hlist|[[Gillian Gilbert]]|[[Peter Hook]]|[[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]]|[[Bernard Sumner]]}}
| producer      = New Order
| prev_title    = [[Temptation (New Order song)|Temptation]]
| prev_year     = 1982
| next_title    = [[Confusion (New Order song)|Confusion]]
| next_year     = 1983
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|c1GxjzHm5us|"Blue Monday"}}|header=Lyric video}}
}}
"'''Blue Monday'''" is a song by the English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[New Order (band)|New Order]]. It was released as a [[12-inch single]] on 7 March 1983 through [[Factory Records]]. It appears on certain cassette and CD versions of New Order's second studio album, ''[[Power, Corruption & Lies]]'' (1983).<ref name="album">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-eighties-20110418/new-order-power-corruption-lies-20110330 |title=New Order, 'Power, Corruption & Lies' {{!}} 100 Best Albums of the Eighties |date=18 April 2011 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref> The track was written and produced by [[Gillian Gilbert]], [[Peter Hook]], [[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]] and [[Bernard Sumner]].

"Blue Monday" is a [[Eurodisco]], [[synth-pop]] and [[alternative dance]] song that drew inspirations from many works of other artists. The 12-inch single was backed with a primarily instrumental version of the song entitled "The Beach" on the B-side. The single's unique packaging was designed by [[Peter Saville (graphic designer)|Peter Saville]] and [[Brett Wickens]]. It features a [[Die (manufacturing)|die-cut]] sleeve designed to resemble a {{Frac|5|1|4}}-inch [[floppy disk]]. The cover features no words, but instead has code, invented by Saville, in the form of coloured blocks that contains the artist, song and label information.

The original single made the top 10 in many countries. It reached number nine on the [[UK singles chart]] and spent 38 weeks in the top 75. It spent 186 weeks on the [[UK Independent Singles Chart]], effectively selling for four years until the release of the ''[[Substance 1987]]'' compilation on which it featured. The UK Indie Chart run was second only to "[[Love Will Tear Us Apart]]" by [[Joy Division]], which clocked 195 weeks (their runs overlapped). In New Zealand, it peaked at number 2 and spent 74 weeks (spread across three calendar years) in the top 50. The 1988 remix reached number 3 on the British chart and number 4 on the Australian chart, and it topped the [[Dance Club Songs|dance chart]] in the United States.

"Blue Monday" is the best-selling 12-inch single in history.<ref name="review"/><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/14/blue-monday-biggest-selling-single |title= An indie label releases Blue Monday, the biggest selling 12-inch single ever |author= Alexis Petridis |work= [[The Guardian]] |date= 14 June 2011 |location= [[London]] |issn= 0261-3077 |oclc= 60623878 |access-date= 8 July 2011}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, it has sold 1.16 million copies in all formats, including the 1988 and 1995 re-releases. Sales of the original 1983 12-inch release account for the bulk of the total, at over 700,000 copies.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/who-we-are/eighties/ |title=The history of the Official Charts: the Eighties |publisher= [[Official Charts Company]] |location= [[London]]  |access-date= 19 January 2011}}</ref> It was remixed by the band twice, in 1988 and 1995. The 1988 remix reached number 1 in New Zealand and the top 10 in other countries. The song has been covered by bands including [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]], [[Flunk]], [[808 State]], [[The Enemy (English rock band)|the Enemy]] and [[Health (band)|Health]]. In 2021 and 2022, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' included it at numbers 235 and 18 in its lists of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]" and "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time".
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==Background and writing==
New Order was formed in 1980 by the former members of [[Joy Division]], which split after the death of their singer, [[Ian Curtis]].<ref name="Ankeny">{{cite web |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |title=New Order: Biography |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/new-order-mn0000334193/biography |access-date=20 July 2013 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> They later recruited [[Gillian Gilbert]] as keyboardist and second guitarist,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rambali |first=Paul |title=A Rare Glimpse into a Private World |date=July 1983 |magazine=[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]] |page=30}}</ref> and began to explore new musical technology such as synthesisers.
[[File:Oberheim_DMX.jpg|thumb|An [[Oberheim DMX]] drum machine was used to create the rhythm and synchronise the sequences.]]
New Order wrote "Blue Monday" in their rehearsal room in [[Cheetham Hill]], Manchester.<ref name="nme">{{cite web |last=Nicolson |first=Barry |date=2015 |title=New Order — How we wrote 'Blue Monday' |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/new-order-how-we-wrote-blue-monday-762505 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107063925/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/new-order-how-we-wrote-blue-monday-762505 |archivedate=7 January 2017 |access-date=31 August 2016 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref>

The synth bassline was performed on a [[Moog Source]] and sequenced on a [[Music sequencer|sequencer]] built by the singer, [[Bernard Sumner]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web |author=Flint, Tom |date=April 2004 |title=Recreating New Order's 'Blue Monday' Live |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/recreating-new-orders-blue-monday-live |access-date=18 August 2020 |work=[[Sound on Sound]]}}</ref> An [[Oberheim DMX]] drum machine was used for rhythm.<ref name=":1" /> The kick drum was recorded playing through a studio monitor to capture the room's natural [[Reverb effect|reverb]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Andy |date=13 October 2014 |title=Bernard Sumner talks to Northern Soul |url=https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/bernard-sumner/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=Northern Soul}}</ref> New Order bought an early [[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]], the [[Emulator I|Emulator 1]], and [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] choir sounds from [[Kraftwerk]]'s "Uranium".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Horton |first=Matthew |date=30 July 2018 |title=How New Order's 'Blue Monday' Changed Music Forever |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/how-blue-monday-changed-music-forever-771764 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> The band learned how to use the sampler by recording their flatulence and sneezes.<ref name=songexploder>{{Cite AV media |people=[[New Order (band)|New Order]] |title=Song Exploder – New Order |url= https://songexploder.net/new-order |date= 3 May 2023 |type=Podcast}}</ref>

New Order worked before the advent of [[MIDI]], and so enlisted the engineer Martin Usher to design a circuit to synchronise the synthesisers and drum machine.<ref name="nme" /> The sequence was programmed using [[binary code]].<ref name="nme" /> Gilbert wrote the sequence out by hand on a long roll of paper, and accidentally added an extra [[Rest (music)|rest]], throwing the sequence slightly out of time; the band liked the effect and kept it in the song.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The story behind New Order's Blue Monday - the UK's biggest-selling 12-inch single |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/the-story-behind-new-order-s-blue-monday-the-uk-s-biggest-selling-12-inch-single/087537 |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=[[Music Week]]}}</ref> New Order also reused some elements from their 1982 composition "[[Video 5 8 6]]".<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Blue Monday |encyclopedia=Songlexikon - The Encyclopedia of Songs |publisher=Zentrum für Populäre Kultur und Musik, [[University of Freiburg]], [[University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf]] |url=http://www.songlexikon.de/songs/bluemonday |access-date=12 November 2015 |last=Hall |first=Marko M. |date=October 2013 |editor1-last=Fischer |editor1-first=Dr. Dr. Michael |editor2-last=Hörner |editor2-first=Prof. Dr. Fernand |editor3-last=Jost |editor3-first=PD Dr. Christofer}}</ref>

The bassist, [[Peter Hook]], cited [[Kraftwerk]], [[Giorgio Moroder]] and [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] as influences,<ref name="nme" /> and said the song was "stolen" from the [[Donna Summer]] song "[[Our Love (Donna Summer song)|Our Love]]".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Heylin |first=Clinton |date=2 July 2015 |title=The great rock'n'roll swindle – 10 classic stolen pop songs from Saint Louis Blues to Blue Monday |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/02/the-great-rocknroll-swindle-10-classic-stolen-pop-songs-bob-dylan-elvis-new-order |access-date=11 June 2018 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Sumner cited Kraftwerk along with [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]], [[the Human League]] and [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electronicbeats.net/max-dax-interviews-bernard-sumner/|title=Max Dax interviews Bernard Sumner|last=Dax|first=Max|date=2 September 2012|website=Electronic Beats|access-date=20 May 2025}}</ref> and said that parts were taken from "[[Dirty Talk (Klein + M.B.O. song)|Dirty Talk]]" by [[Klein + M.B.O.|Klein + MBO]] and "[[You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)]]" by [[Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]].<ref name=":0" /> 

==Composition==
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"Blue Monday" was described as New Order "getting into [[Eurodisco|Euro disco]]" by drummer [[Stephen Morris (drummer)|Stephen Morris]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iCPH4iyQf3MC&dq=blue+monday+euro+disco&pg=PT128|title= How Soon is Now? The Madmen and Mavericks who Made Independent Music 1975-2005|first1=Richard|last1=King|date=2012|publisher=[[Faber & Faber]]|isbn=9780571278329|quote="Blue Monday" was us getting into Euro disco, says Stephen Morris, New Order's drummer.|via=Google Books}}</ref> but labelled a "[[synth-pop]] classic"<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/top-50-dance-songs/ |title=50 songs to make you dance |date=7 February 2016 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/style/depeche-mode-rules.html |title=Return of the '80s! Synth-Pop Bands Stage a Middle-Aged Comeback |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=11 October 2017 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last= Treble Staff|title= A History of Synth-Pop in 50 Essential Songs|website= Treble|date= May 11, 2020|url= https://www.treblezine.com/50-essential-synth-pop-songs-history/|accessdate= August 27, 2024}}</ref> and cementing the bands's transition from [[post-punk]] to [[alternative dance]] by critics.<ref name="review">{{cite web|author= John Bush |url= https://www.allmusic.com/song/blue-monday-mt0000440181 |title= Blue Monday review at Allmusic |work= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= 12 September 2012}} "Still the best-selling 12" single of all time, "Blue Monday" cemented New Order's transition from post-punk to alternative dance with vivid sequencers"</ref> Barney Hoskyns of [[Spin (magazine)|''Spin'']] highlighted the song as an example of the [[hi-NRG]] style of [[Dance music|club music]],<ref>[[Barney Hoskyns|Hoskyns, Barney]] (May 1985). [https://books.google.com/books?id=9ugCQfxwym0C&dq=blue+monday+electropop&pg=PA41 "What is Bronski Beat?"] ''Spin''. via Google Books.</ref> and the 2004 edition of ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' called it "the ultimate in flawlessly programmed, LSD-driven, push-button [[dance-pop]]".<ref name= "RS 2004">{{cite book |chapter=New Order |last=Gross |first=Joe |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/582 582–583]}}</ref>

The song begins with a [[sixteenth note|semiquaver]] kick drum, followed by a sequenced melody.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Simpson|first1=Dave|title=How we made: New Order's Gillian Gilbert and designer Peter Saville on Blue Monday|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/feb/11/how-we-made-blue-monday|website=The Guardian|access-date=23 August 2017|date=11 February 2013}}</ref> "Blue Monday" does not feature a standard verse-[[Refrain|chorus]] structure. After a lengthy introduction, the first and second verses are contiguous and are separated from the third verse only by a brief series of sound effects. A short breakdown follows the third verse, which leads to an extended outro.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

"Blue Monday" was described by the [[BBC Radio 2]] "Sold on Song" feature as "a crucial link between Seventies [[disco]] and the dance/house boom that took off at the end of the Eighties."<ref name="SOS">{{cite web |author=[[BBC]] Radio 2 website |date=April 2005 |title=Sold on Song – 'Blue Monday' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/indepth/bluemonday.shtml |access-date=12 August 2012}}</ref> Synth-pop had been a major force in British popular music for several years, but "Blue Monday", with encouragement by the band's manager [[Rob Gretton]], was a dance record that also exhibited influences from the New York club scene.<ref name="SOS" />

==Packaging==
The 1983 edition artwork is designed to resemble a {{Frac|5|1|4}} inch [[floppy disk]]. The sleeve does not display either the group name or song title in plain English anywhere; the only text on the sleeve is "FAC SEVENTY THREE" on the spine. Instead the legend "FAC 73 BLUE MONDAY AND THE BEACH NEW ORDER" is represented in [[code]] by a series of coloured blocks. The key enabling this to be deciphered was printed on the back sleeve of the album, ''[[Power, Corruption & Lies]]''.<ref name="PCL">{{cite web |url= http://www.uponpaper.com/features/deciphered-peter-saville/ |title= Deciphered: Peter Saville |author= Paul Hetherington |work= Upon Paper |publisher= Uponpaper.com |location= London |date= October 2012 |access-date= 24 July 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130216234810/http://www.uponpaper.com/features/deciphered-peter-saville/ |archive-date= 16 February 2013 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> "Blue Monday" and ''Power, Corruption & Lies'' are two of four Factory releases from this time period to employ the colour code, the others being "[[Confusion (New Order song)|Confusion]]" by New Order and ''[[From the Hip (Section 25 album)|From the Hip]]'' by [[Section 25 (band)|Section 25]].

The single's original [[Record sleeve|sleeve]], created by Factory designer [[Peter Saville (artist)|Peter Saville]] and [[Brett Wickens]], was [[Die (manufacturing)|die-cut]] with a silver inner sleeve.<ref name="PCL"/> It cost so much to produce that [[Factory Records]] actually lost money on each copy sold. Matthew Robertson's ''Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album''<ref>{{cite book|author= Matthew Robertson |title= Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album |year= 2007 |publisher= Chronicle Books |location= San Francisco |isbn= 978-0-8118-5642-3 |page= 224}}</ref> notes that "[d]ue to the use of die-cutting and specified colours, the production cost of this sleeve was so high that the single sold at a loss." Tony Wilson noted that it lost 5p per sleeve "due to our strange accounting system"; Saville noted that nobody expected "Blue Monday" to be a commercially successful record at all, so nobody expected the cost to be an issue."<ref name="SW24"/> In ''Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records'', Saville states "I am so bored with this story. We didn't even know how many of these expensive covers were ever made anyway."<ref>{{cite book|author= James Nice |title= Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records |year= 2011 |publisher= Aurum Press |isbn= 978-1-84513-634-5 |page=210 |url= http://aurumpress.co.uk/shadowplayers}}</ref>

Robertson also noted that "later reissues had subtle changes to limit the cost" (the diecut areas being replaced with printed silver ink).<ref name="SW24">''[[24 Hour Party People]]'' DVD, director's commentary, [http://testpressing.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/design-tony-wilson-peter-saville-in-conversation/ Wilson interviews Saville]</ref> Saville commented in 2013 that the printers "banged out a cheaper version. I don't know how many thousands were sold [the original] way, or whether Factory were charged the full price for something they didn't get, which would be very Factory."<ref name="How we made: New Order's Gillian Gilbert and designer Peter Saville on Blue Monday">{{cite news |last1=Simpson |first1=Dave |title=How we made: New Order's Gillian Gilbert and designer Peter Saville on Blue Monday |url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/feb/11/how-we-made-blue-monday |access-date=27 September 2015 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Peter Saville Associates charged Factory £538.20 for the sleeve design.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factoryrecords.org/cerysmatic/peter-saville-associates-stationery.php|title=Peter Saville Associates stationery|work=Cerysmatic Factory|access-date=10 June 2017}}</ref> The artwork was so late that Saville sent it straight to the printer, unreviewed by either the band or the label.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://the-talks.com/interviews/peter-saville/ |title= Peter Saville: 'I never had to answer to anyone' |work= The Talks |date= 22 May 2013 |access-date= 20 July 2013 |quote= New Order didn't approve it, they rarely saw it. More often than not they would go directly from me; "Blue Monday" for example went directly from me to the printer.}}</ref> The 1988 and 1995 versions were packaged in conventional sleeves.

==Music videos==
A music video for a shortened version of the original was created in 1983, featuring military clips with [[false colour]], simple computer-generated graphics such as colour blocks and geometric lines, digitised video of band members at very low resolution and framerate, a brief amount of footage taken from the 1977 film ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', and a short appearance of the 1982 video game ''[[Zaxxon]]''. The colour blocks were created using [[Peter Saville (artist)|Peter Saville]]'s colour-coded alphabet.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://video.aol.com/video-detail/peter-savilles-alphabet/227493012 |title= Peter Saville's Alphabet – AOL Video |website= Video.aol.com |access-date= 19 January 2011}}</ref>

The music video for "Blue Monday '88" appears on the ''[[Substance 1987|Substance]]'' video collection (released as a companion to the album of the same name). The video features sketches by photographer [[William Wegman (photographer)|William Wegman]] and his [[Weimaraner]] dog named Fay Ray doing balancing acts intercut with hand-drawn animation by [[Robert Breer]]. The band members are shown standing around doing various tasks, such as walking a wooden plank over a floor that is painted blue, holding wire-mesh constructed art and [[milk crate]]s over their faces, being hit by [[tennis ball]]s, and standing still while they flip through various [[flip book]]s (tying into the hand-drawn animation sequences).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eai.org/eai/tape.jsp?itemID=4159 |title=Blue Monday by William Wegman and Robert Breer with New Order |work=Electronic Arts Intermix |access-date=24 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128075245/http://www.eai.org/eai/tape.jsp?itemID=4159 |archive-date=28 November 2007 }}</ref>

In September 2012, New Order headlined a festival at [[Portmeirion]] in [[North Wales]] and festival organisers recruited the support of the local Brythoniaid Male Voice Choir to produce a cover version and accompanying video.<ref>{{cite video |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa4JWzEPJe8  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/wa4JWzEPJe8 |archive-date=22 December 2021 |url-status=live|title= Festival No.6 presents the Brythoniaid Male Voice Choir - 'Blue Monday' |via= [[YouTube]] |date= 16 August 2012 |access-date= 12 September 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Legacy and influence==
In the decades since its release, "Blue Monday" has been commonly cited as one of the greatest songs of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2014/02/the-top-500-songs-of-all-time-according-to-nme/|title=The Top 500 Songs of All Time, according to NME|date=11 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2011/10/24/the-all-time-100-songs/slide/blue-monday-new-order/|title=All-TIME 100 Songs|magazine=Time |date=21 October 2011 |last1=Wolk |first1=Douglas }}</ref> In 2015, ''[[LA Weekly]]'' ranked it number 12 in their list of "The 20 Best Dance Music Tracks in History".<ref>{{cite web|first=Andy|last=Hermann|url=https://www.laweekly.com/the-20-best-dance-music-tracks-in-history/|title=The 20 Best Dance Music Tracks in History|work=[[LA Weekly]]|date=11 November 2015|access-date=13 April 2025}}</ref> In 2020, ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' ranked it number 27 in their list of "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time".<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Slant Staff|title=The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/100-greatest-dance-songs/|magazine=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=15 June 2020|accessdate=10 April 2025}}</ref> In 2022, "Blue Monday" was included in the list "The story of ''[[NME]]'' in 70 (mostly) seminal songs", at number 21. [[Mark Beaumont (journalist)|Mark Beaumont]] wrote that with this song, "Britain's formative alternative dance culture found its way" in the mainstream and "stayed there until the acid house explosion obliterated clubland".<ref>{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Beaumont |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/story-of-nme-in-70-seminal-songs-3176759 |title=The Story of ''NME'' in 70 (mostly) Seminal Songs |publisher=NME |date=7 March 2022 |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307110139/https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/story-of-nme-in-70-seminal-songs-3176759 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2021 and 2022, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' included it at numbers 235 and 18 in its lists of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]" and "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=15 September 2021 |title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Jon|last1=Dolan|first2=Julyssa|last2=Lopez|first3=Michaelangelo|last3=Matos|first4=Claire|last4=Shaffer|title=200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/200-greatest-dance-songs-of-all-time-1372888|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=22 July 2022|accessdate=6 April 2025}}</ref> In 2025, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine ranked it number 15 in their "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time".<ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Andrea|last1=Domanick|first2=Andrew|last2=Unterberger|first3=Elias|last3=Leight|first4=Eric|last4=Renner Brown|first5=Jason|last5=Lipshutz|first6=Joe|last6=Lynch|first7=Kat|last7=Bein|first8=Katie|last8=Bein|first9=Krystal|last9=Rodriguez|first10=Lily|last10=Moayeri|first11=Melinda|last11=Newman|first12=Thomas|last12=Smith|first13=Zei|last13=McCarthy|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-dance-songs-all-time/|title=The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time: Staff List|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=28 March 2025|access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref>

Following its release, "Blue Monday" influenced [[hi-NRG]]-producer [[Bobby Orlando]], the [[Detroit techno]] scene and the synth-pop duo [[Pet Shop Boys]]. In 2002, [[Kylie Minogue]] performed a [[mashup (music)|mashup]] of "Blue Monday" and her hit single "[[Can't Get You Out of My Head]]" entitled "Can't Get Blue Monday Out of My Head" at the [[Brit Awards 2002|Brit Awards]]. In 2007, "Blue Monday" was interpolated for the main [[riff]] of [[Rihanna]]'s song "[[Shut Up and Drive]]", with the four members of New Order receiving a co-writing credit for the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/07/forty-years-of-new-order-blue-monday-inspirations |title=Forty years of New Order's Blue Monday: who inspired it and who it inspired |author=Petridis, Alexis |date=7 March 2023 |work=The Guardian }}</ref>

==Releases==
{{Infobox song
| name          = Blue Monday 1988
| cover         = Blue_Monday_1988_Cover_Art.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
| album         = 
| B-side        = Beach Buggy
| released      = 25 April 1988
| recorded      = 1982
| studio        = 
| length        = * 4:57 (7-inch)
* 7:10 (12-inch)
| label         = [[Factory Records|Factory]]
| writer        = {{hlist|[[Gillian Gilbert]]|[[Peter Hook]]|[[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]]|[[Bernard Sumner]]}}
| producer      = {{hlist|New Order|[[Quincy Jones]]}}
| prev_title    = [[Touched by the Hand of God]]
| prev_year     = 1987
| next_title    = [[Fine Time]]
| next_year     = 1988
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|9GMjH1nR0ds|"Blue Monday 88"}}}}
}}

{{Infobox song
| name          = Blue Monday-95
| cover         = BlueMonday 95 Blauer.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
| album         = [[The Rest of New Order]]
| released      = 24 July 1995
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| length        = 8:35
| label         = [[London Records|London]]
| writer        = {{hlist|[[Gillian Gilbert]]|[[Peter Hook]]|[[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]]|[[Bernard Sumner]]}}
| producer      = New Order
| prev_title    = [[1963 (song)|1963]]
| prev_year     = 1995
| next_title    = [[Video 5 8 6]]
| next_year     = 1997
}}

"Blue Monday" has been a hit several times in the UK. In 1983, it charted twice, initially reaching number 12 on the [[UK singles chart]], then re-entering the chart later in the year and climbing to number 9, helped by the fact that neither side of the single (the B-side "The Beach" was an instrumental re-working of "Blue Monday", whose lyrics include the line "I thought I told you to leave me when I walked down to the beach") was featured on the UK version of the group's subsequent album, ''Power, Corruption & Lies''. Despite selling well it was not eligible for an official [[Music recording sales certification|gold disc]] because Factory Records was not a member of the [[British Phonographic Industry]] association.<ref name="SOS" /> According to the [[Official Charts Company]], its total sales stand at 1.16 million in the United Kingdom alone, and "Blue Monday" came 69th in the all-time UK best-selling singles chart published in November 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/nov/04/uk-million-selling-singles-full-list|title=UK's million-selling singles: the full list|author=Ami Sedghi|date=4 November 2012|access-date=4 November 2012|newspaper=Guardian}}</ref> As of March 2023 total consumed units across all formats have reached 2 million units sold in United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/the-story-behind-new-order-s-blue-monday-the-uk-s-biggest-selling-12-inch-single/087537|title=The story behind New Order's Blue Monday - the UK's biggest-selling 12-inch single|author=Andre Paine|date=7 March 2023|access-date=11 August 2023|publisher=Music Week}}</ref>

New Order appeared on the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', on 31 March 1983,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0730611/ |title= "Top of the Pops" Episode dated 31 March 1983 (TV Episode 1983) |work= IMDb |date= 31 March 1983 |access-date= 24 July 2013}}</ref> to promote the song. New Order insisted on performing "Blue Monday" live. The performance was dogged by technical problems, and was unrepresentative of the recording. In the words of Morris, "Blue Monday was never the easiest song to perform, anyway, and everything went wrong. The synthesisers went awry. It sounded awful."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/29/popandrock3 |title= You woke up on a Thursday and it smelled like a Top of the Pops day|author= Dave Simpson, Dorian Lynskey |work= The Guardian |date= 29 July 2006 |access-date= 24 July 2013}}</ref>

In 1985, "Blue Monday" and "Thieves Like Us" were released in Poland as a 7" single in a different sleeve by Tonpress under license from Factory Records and sold over 50,000 copies and reached number 5 on the year-end single chart.<ref>Andrzej Buda ''Historia rocka, popu i hip-hopu wedlu krytykow'', Wydawnictwo Niezalezne: 33, 2006, {{ISBN|978-83-915272-8-3}}</ref>

=== Alternative versions ===
In 1988, "Blue Monday" was remixed by [[Quincy Jones]] and John Potoker as "Blue Monday 1988". Jones was the owner of [[Qwest Records]], New Order's record label in the United States. The single reached number 3 on the British chart, number 4 on the Australian chart, and topped the [[Dance Club Songs|dance chart]] in the United States.

A 1995 reissue, with a mix by [[Hardfloor]] as the lead track, also made the UK top 20. The song has sold 1.21 million copies in the UK as of October 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/quiz-who-sold-more__11079/|title=Quiz: Who sold more?|last=Myers|first=Justin|date=24 October 2015|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref>

=== Compilations ===
The single was not originally on ''Power, Corruption & Lies'', but was included on the Gap Records Australia/New Zealand cassette version (though listed only on the cassette itself, not on the card), and the 1983 [[Qwest Records]] US CD version.

In 2008, Collector's Editions of all New Order's 1980s albums were released, with remastered versions of the original 12-inch "Blue Monday" and its B-side "The Beach" appearing on the Collector's Edition of ''Power, Corruption & Lies''. Meanwhile, two versions of "Blue Monday '88" appear on the Collector's Edition of 1986's ''[[Brotherhood (New Order album)|Brotherhood]]''.

* 1987: ''Substance 1987'' – Original 12" version
* 1994: ''[[The Best of New Order]]'' – 1988 7" version
* 1995: ''[[The Rest of New Order]]'' – Hardfloor Mix <small>[note: some versions come with a disc of "Blue Monday" remixes]</small>
* 2002: ''[[International (New Order album)|International]]'' – Original 12" version
* 2002: ''[[Retro (New Order album)|Retro]]'' – Original 12" version and Jam and Spoon Manuela Mix
* 2005: ''[[Singles (New Order album)|Singles]]'' – Original 12" version <small>[note: this version omits the opening seconds]</small> and 1988 7" version
* 2011: ''Total'' - Original 12" version
* 2016: ''Singles'' (2016 re-release) - Original 12" version and 1988 7" version<ref>[http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/new-order-updated-and-improved-singles-compilation-on-the-way New Order / Updated and improved Singles compilation on the way June 23, 2016 by Paul Sinclair] superdeluxeedition.com</ref>

Compilation appearances include
* 1996 ''[[The Best...Album in the World...Ever!]]'' - New edited version of 12" mix (runs at 6:45 length)
* 2001 ''[[Mixmag]] B!g Tunes'' - Original 12" version
* 2002 ''Electric Dreams'' - Original 12" version{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}
* 2008 ''[[Ministry of Sound Anthems|Anthems II 1991-2009]]'' - 1988 7" mix (mixed into "[[Chime (Orbital song)|Chime]]" by [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]])
* 2011 ''[[Plastikman|Arkives]]'' - [[Plastikman]] Remix
* 2021 ''NOW Yearbook 1983'' - Original 12" version<ref>[https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/now-yearbook-83-new-compilation-revisits-the-year-it-all-started/ Now Yearbook '83: new compilation revisits the year it all started – SuperDeluxeEdition May 25, 2021 by Paul Sinclair] superdeluxeedition.com</ref>

==Track listing==
All tracks written by [[Gillian Gilbert]], [[Peter Hook]], [[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]] and [[Bernard Sumner]].

'''Blue Monday'''
{{Track listing
| headline = 12": FAC73 (UK) (1983)
| title1   = Blue Monday
| length1  = 7:29
| title2   = The Beach
| length2  = 7:19
}}
'''Blue Monday 1988'''
{{Track listing
| headline      = 7": FAC73-7 (UK)
| title1        = Blue Monday 1988
| length1       = 4:09
| title2        = Beach Buggy
| length2       = 4:18
}}

'''Blue Monday 1988'''
{{Track listing
| headline      = 12": FAC73R (UK)
| title1        = Blue Monday 1988
| length1       = 7:09
| title2        = Beach Buggy
| length2       = 6:52
}}

'''Blue Monday-95'''
{{Track listing
| headline      = 7": NUO 7 (UK)
| title1        = Blue Monday-95 ([[Hardfloor]] Radio Edit)
| length1       = 4:16
| title2        = Blue Monday (Original Radio Edit)
| note2         = actually "Blue Monday 1988 (7-inch)"
| length2       = 4:09
}}

==Personnel==
Personnel adapted from ''Song Exploder'' and ''Sound on Sound''.<ref name=songexploder>{{Cite AV media |people=[[New Order (band)|New Order]] |title=Song Exploder – New Order |url= https://songexploder.net/new-order |date= 3 May 2023 |type=Podcast}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |author=Flint, Tom |date=April 2004 |title=Recreating New Order's 'Blue Monday' Live |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/recreating-new-orders-blue-monday-live |access-date=18 August 2020 |work=[[Sound on Sound]]}}</ref>

'''New Order'''
* [[Bernard Sumner]] – vocals, [[Moog Source]], programming, [[vocoder]]
* [[Peter Hook]] – 6-string bass
* [[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]] – keyboards, programming
* [[Gillian Gilbert]] – keyboards, programming

'''Technical'''
* [[New Order (band)|New Order]] – production
* Michael Johnson – engineering
* [[Barry Sage]] and Mark Boyne – assistants

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
===="Blue Monday"====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1983–1985)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992|year=1993 |publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW, Australia|isbn=0-646-11917-6|pages=215}}</ref>
|align="center"|13
|-
{{single chart|Austria|4|artist=New Order|song=Blue Monday|access-date=24 July 2013}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|7|artist=New Order|song=Blue Monday|access-date=24 July 2013}}
|-
|Belgium ([[VRT Top 30]] Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top30-2.radio2.be/#/song-info/5523 |title=Blue Monday - NEW ORDER |website=Top30-2.radio2.be |language=nl |access-date=26 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409063716/http://top30-2.radio2.be/ |archive-date=9 April 2012 }} Hoogste notering in de top 30 : 7</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_N.php |title=InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste |publisher=InfoDisc |date=23 June 2013 |language=fr |access-date=23 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918030555/http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_N.php |archive-date=18 September 2011 }} You have to use the index at the top of the page and search "New Order"</ref>
|align="center"|38
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref name="IRL">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]] |access-date=24 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105231849/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archive-date=5 January 2010 }} 1st, 2nd and 4th results when searching "Blue Monday"</ref>
|align="center"|4
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|3|artist=New Order|access-date=24 July 2013|note=With "The Beach"}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|2|artist=New Order|song=Blue Monday|access-date=24 July 2013}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|10|artist=New Order|song=Blue Monday|access-date=24 July 2013}}
|-
|[[UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UK">{{cite web|url= https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25394/new-order/ |title= New Order |publisher= [[Official Charts Company]] |access-date= 23 June 2013}}</ref>
|align="center"|9
|-
|[[UK Indie Chart|UK Indie]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="IHN">{{cite web|url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/n.htm |title=Indie Hits 'N' |publisher=Cherry Red Records |access-date=2 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926064331/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/n.htm |archive-date=26 September 2009 }}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|US [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="awards">{{cite web|url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/new-order-mn0000334193/awards |title= New Order awards at Allmusic |work= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= 23 June 2013}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|West Germany ([[Official German Charts]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-967|title=Blue Monday - New Order|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts|GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|}

===="Blue Monday 1988"====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1988)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|4|artist=New Order|song=Blue Monday 1988|access-date=24 July 2013|refname=bluemonday1988}}
|-
|Belgium ([[Ultratop 50]] Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/6ff/New-Order-Blue-Monday-1988 |title= Ultratop.be - New Order – Blue Monday 1988 |publisher= Ultratop |access-date= 23 June 2013}}</ref>
|align="center"|14
|-
|Belgium ([[VRT Top 30]] Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top30-2.radio2.be/#/song-info/5524 |title=Blue Monday '88 - NEW ORDER |website=Top30-2.radio2.be |language=nl |access-date=26 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409063716/http://top30-2.radio2.be/ |archive-date=9 April 2012}} Hoogste notering in de top 30 : 6</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-06-11.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=5|issue=24|page=22|date=11 June 1988|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Jake|last=Nyman|year=2005|title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja|edition=1st|publisher=Tammi|location=Helsinki|isbn=951-31-2503-3|language=fi}}</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref name="IRL"/>
|align="center"|2
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|5|artist=New Order - Blue Monday 1988|access-date=24 July 2013}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|4|artist=New Order|song=Blue Monday 1988|access-date=24 July 2013}}
|-
|New Zealand ([[Recorded Music NZ|RIANZ]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Charts.nz - New Order – Blue Monday 1988 |website=charts.nz |url= https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=New+Order&titel=Blue+Monday+1988&cat=s |access-date= 29 July 2019}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|Switzerland ([[Swiss Hitparade|Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref>{{cite web|title= New Order – Blue Monday 1988 |website=swisscharts.com |url= http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=New+Order&titel=Blue+Monday+1988&cat=s |access-date= 23 June 2013}}</ref>
|align="center"|9
|-
|[[UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UK"/>
|align="center"|3
|-
|[[UK Indie Chart|UK Indie]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="IHN"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="awards"/>
|align="center"|68
|-
|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19880528.html|title=Cash Box Top 100: May 28, 1988|publisher=cashbox.com|access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|75
|-
|US [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<br />{{small|''with "Touched by the Hand of God"''}}<ref name="awards"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|US [[Dance/Electronic Singles Sales|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<br />{{small|''with "Touched by the Hand of God"''}}<ref name="awards"/>
|align="center"|9
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|3|artist=New Order|song=Blue Monday 1988|refname=Germany-3|access-date=24 July 2013|songid=1791}}
|-
|}

===="Blue Monday-95"====
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1995)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|109|artist=New Order|song=Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)|rowheader=true|access-date=22 May 2021}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg |title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015 |access-date=16 July 2015 |website=Imgur.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716153430/http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg |archive-date=16 July 2015 }}</ref> 
|-
{{single chart|Finland|9|artist=New Order|song=Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)|rowheader=true|access-date=15 June 2024}} <ref>{{cite book|author= Jake Nyman |year= 2005 |title= Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja  |edition= 1st |publisher=Tammi |location= Helsinki |isbn= 951-31-2503-3 |language= fi}}</ref>
|-
{{single chart|Germany|54|artist=New Order|song=Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)|rowheader=true|access-date=24 July 2013|songid=98783}}
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|29|song=Blue Monday 1995|rowheader=true|access-date=15 June 2024}} <ref name="IRL"/>
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|38|artist=New Order|song=Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)|rowheader=true|access-date=24 July 2013}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|17|date=19950730|rowheader=true|access-date=15 June 2024}}<ref name="UK"/>
|-
{{single chart|UKdance|7|date=19950730|rowheader=true|access-date=15 June 2024}}
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
===="Blue Monday"====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Chart (1983)
! Position
|-
| Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus83">{{cite web |url=https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg |title=Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983 |publisher=[[Kent Music Report]] |via=Imgur.com |access-date=22 January 2023}}</ref>
| align="center"| 53
|-
| Belgium (Ultratop)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1983|title=Jaaroverzichten 1983|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 23
|-
| New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1983-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1983|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 1
|-
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1983 | title=Bijzondere lijst: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983 }}</ref>
| align="center"| 28
|-
| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Peter|editor-last=Scaping|chapter=Top 100 singles: 1983|title=BPI Year Book 1984|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|pages=42–43|date=1984|isbn=0-906154-04-9}}</ref>
| align="center"| 18
|-
| West Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1983|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1983|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts|GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=9 March 2024}}</ref>
| align="center"| 12
|}
{|class="wikitable"
! Chart (1984)
! Position
|-
| New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1984-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1984|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 11
|}

===="Blue Monday 1988"====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Chart (1988)
! Position
|-
| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1988/singles-chart|title=1988 ARIA Singles Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 50
|-
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-01-01.pdf|title=1988 Year End Eurocharts – Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=6|issue=52/1|page=30|date=1 January 1989|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 63
|-
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1988|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1988|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>
| align="center"| 78
|-
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1988&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1988|publisher=[[Dutch Charts|MegaCharts]]|language=nl|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 74
|-
| New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1988-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1988|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 11
|-
| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles: Year-End Chart 1988|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=12|date=4 March 1989}}</ref>
| align="center"| 57
|-
| West Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1988|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1988|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts|GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
| align="center"| 41
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=New Order|title=Blue Monday|award=Gold|relyear=1983|certyear=1989|access-date=26 September 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=New Order|title=Blue Monday|award=Gold|relyear=1983|certyear=2024|access-date=29 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|source=oldchart|type=single|artist=New Order|title=Blue Monday|award=Gold|relyear=1983|certyear=1985|id=3150|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607201705/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3150|archive-date=2019-06-07|access-date=7 June 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=Spain|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=2024|artist=New Order|title=Blue Monday|accessdate=29 January 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=New Order|title=Blue Monday|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2008|certyear=2023|access-date=3 March 2023|id=12535-2204-1}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

==Cover versions==
===Orgy versions===
{{Infobox song
| name          = Blue Monday
| cover         = Bluemonday.PNG
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]]
| album         = [[Candyass]]
| released      = 14 December 1998
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| genre         = * [[Industrial rock]]
* [[alternative metal]]
* [[nu metal]]
| length        = 4:25
| label         = * [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
* [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
* [[Elementree Records|Elementree]]
| writer        = * [[Gillian Gilbert]]
* [[Peter Hook]]
* [[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]]
* [[Bernard Sumner]]
| producer      = * [[Josh Abraham]]
* [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]]
| prev_title    = [[Stitches/Dissention|Stitches]]
| prev_year     = 1998
| next_title    = Eva
| next_year     = 2001
}}

{{Infobox song
| name          = Blue Monday / Stitches
| cover         = 
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]]
| album         = 
| released      = 9 February 1999
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| genre         = *[[Industrial rock]]
*[[alternative metal]]
*[[nu metal]]
| length        = 48:04
| label         = * [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
* [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
* [[Elementree Records|Elementree]]
| writer        = * [[Gillian Gilbert]]
* [[Peter Hook]]
* [[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]]
* [[Bernard Sumner]]
| producer      = * [[Josh Abraham]]
* [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]]
| prev_title    = 
| prev_year     = 
| next_title    = 
| next_year     = 
}}

"Blue Monday" was [[cover version|covered]] by American [[industrial rock]] band [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] as the seventh track on their debut studio album, ''[[Candyass]]'' (1998).<ref>Brusca, p. 544.</ref> The song was released as the album's second single on 14 December 1998. Shortened from the 12-inch single, the band reworked the song as industrial rock,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Jamison |first=Darren |date=March 7, 2023 |title=100 Greatest Songs from 1999 |url=https://singersroom.com/good-music-from-1999-best-songs/ |access-date=July 13, 2025 |website=Singersroom}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=April 8, 2019 |title=The 99 Greatest Songs of 1999: Critics' Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/greatest-songs-of-1999-top-99-8505742/ |access-date=July 14, 2025 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> [[alternative metal]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Huey |first=Steve |title=Chamber Music Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/chamber-music-mw0000248183 |access-date=July 13, 2025 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Casalena |first=Em |date=December 23, 2024 |title=3 One-Hit Wonders That Were Actually Cover Songs |url=https://americansongwriter.com/3-one-hit-wonders-that-were-actually-cover-songs/ |access-date=July 13, 2025 |website=[[American Songwriter]]}}</ref> and [[nu metal]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hill |first=Stephen |date=4 July 2017 |title=The Top 40 nu-metal songs of all time |url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2017-07-04/the-top-40-nu-metal-songs-of-all-time |access-date=5 July 2017 |magazine=[[Metal Hammer]]}}</ref> with heavy guitar riffs, electronic beats, and dark, moody vocals from lead singer [[Jay Gordon (singer)|Jay Gordon]].<ref name=":4" />

"Blue Monday" is the only Orgy song to appear on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], reaching  reached No. 56, but also peakied at No. 1 on the [[Dance Singles Sales]], and No. 5 on the [[Canadian music charts|Canadian Singles Charts]]. The song remains a fan favorite and is considered one of the band's signature tracks.<ref name=":4" />

====Background====
In an interview with ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' guitarist [[Amir Derakh]] said that upon working on the song they "wanted to do the original 'Blue Monday' justice" and had expected more criticism. He went on to say that they felt lucky to have covered it and that they felt it could have been something that they had written.<ref name="H84">Hay, p. 84.</ref> The fact that their first major hit was a cover of the 1980s [[Electronic dance music|electronic dance]] song did not bother the band.<ref name="H13"/>

Their first official single of "Blue Monday" had various versions of the song. Upon its success, the band decided to include their previous single "[[Stitches (Orgy song)|Stitches]]" on the second release. With the label's support, this was an enhanced CD, featuring the song's [[music video]], and released on 9 February 1999,<ref name="H84"/> which was in [[QuickTime]] format. "Blue Monday" has been made into several dance remixes,<ref name="K1"/> some which were produced to appeal to the underground dance club scene,<ref name="H84"/> and was even advertised under "Club Mix" 2000, a popular dance compilation series.<ref>''Billboard'' (4 March 2000), p. 102.</ref>

The music video for "Blue Monday" also appeared on several music television stations, and the song was also released on vinyl.<ref>{{cite web|title= Orgy - Blue Monday (Vinyl) at Discogs |date= 31 August 1999 |url= http://www.discogs.com/Orgy-Blue-Monday/release/875151 |publisher= [[Discogs]] |access-date= 21 October 2010}}</ref>

====Release====
"Blue Monday" charted internationally, some of which included ''[[CMJ]]''{{'}}s "Commercial Alternative Cuts"<ref name="CMJ">''CMJ New Music Report'', p. 21.</ref> and ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Alternative Airplay|Alternative]], [[Billboard Hot 100|Pop]], and Dance song charts as well as others. The song appeared on [[modern rock]] radio stations,<ref name="H13">Hay, p. 13.</ref> and was a hit on [[MTV]];<ref name="BESS">Bessman, p. 25.</ref> it appeared on MTV's [[Alternative rock|alternative music]] programs ''[[120 Minutes]]''<ref name="H84"/> and ''[[Total Request Live|TRL]]'', in which it debuted at number eight on 22 February 1999.<ref>Jackman, p. 128.</ref> It also appeared in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''<ref>Hadden, et al., p. 3.</ref> and ''[[Newsweek]]''<ref>Strousse, et al., p. 7.</ref> in 2000 as featured song clips. The song was perceived as the band's gateway to success, allowing them to tour in [[Ozzfest]].<ref>Bessman, p. 75.</ref> and in the [[Family Values Tour]]<ref name="BESS"/> and led to the rerelease of the song "Stitches".<ref name="H84"/> 

The song appeared in ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine's "Hits of the Year" for 1999.<ref name="K2">Kenneally (January 2000), p. 102.</ref> "Blue Monday" is also said to have helped pave the way for the [[cyberpunk]] trend, as best exemplified in the popularity of the 1999 science fiction film ''[[The Matrix]]'', which appeared soon afterwards.<ref>Richardson, p. 69.</ref> In an interview of [[Joel Gallen]] in ''[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles]]'' magazine, the music supervisors were discussing the use of Orgy's "Blue Monday" for a football scene in the film ''[[Not Another Teen Movie]]'' (2001), among others.<ref>Melton, p. 35.</ref> Stating that the song "had energy", they eventually selected it for the movie,<ref>Melton, p. 36.</ref> and it appeared in the soundtrack as well.<ref>Udo.</ref>

====Critical reception====
{{Music ratings
|rev1= [[AllMusic]] <small>''(Blue Monday (single))''</small>
|rev1Score= {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|title= Blue Monday (Single)|url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-monday-single-mw0000231019 |work= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= 20 October 2010}}</ref>
|rev2= [[AllMusic]] <small>''(Blue Monday / Stitches)''</small>
|rev2Score= {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="STI"/>
}}
Orgy's "Blue Monday" has been called the "aggro-fied-for-the-1990s" version of New Order's song,<ref name="K1">Kenneally (March 1999), p. 46.</ref> and it is considered to be part of a resurgence of new wave covers by [[hard rock]] bands, along with [[Dope (band)|Dope]]'s cover of [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]]'s "[[You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)]]".<ref>Clover, p. 201.</ref> Many critics attribute the success of the album ''Candyass'' to "Blue Monday", and some anticipated that Orgy would become a [[one-hit wonder]], believing that it would be difficult for the band to follow up with another hit song.<ref name="H84"/> 

Many critics believed it to be their best song.<ref>Whitburn, p. 103.</ref> While the New Order song is viewed positively by the author of the comic book series ''[[Blue Monday (comics)|Blue Monday]]'', [[Chynna Clugston]], in an interview she expresses dislike for the misconception that she borrowed the title for her book from Orgy's cover version rather than the original.<ref>Shirley, p. 220.</ref> In a January 2000 ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' interview, [[Buckcherry]]'s vocalist [[Josh Todd (musician)|Josh Todd]] and guitarist Keith Nelson did not speak highly of the song, likening its sound to a [[Nine Inch Nails]] rip-off and calling the sound "mechanical".<ref name="K2"/>

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| headline      = Blue Monday (single)
| extra_column  = Mix
| title1        = Blue Monday
| extra1        = Radio Edit
| length1       = 3:48
| title2        = Blue Monday
| extra2        = Album Version
| length2       = 4:26
| title3        = Blue Monday
| extra3        = Club 69
| length3       = 8:45
| title4        = Blue Monday
| extra4        = Club 69 Dub
| length4       = 8:14
| title5        = Blue Monday
| extra5        = Optical Vocal
| length5       = 6:33
}}

<small>''Information on Blue Monday (single).''<ref name="NZ"/></small>

{{Track listing
| headline      = Blue Monday/Stitches
| extra_column  = Mix
| title1        = Blue Monday
| extra1        = Single
| length1       = 4:29
| title2        = Blue Monday
| extra2        = [[Optical (artist)|Optical]] Vocal
| length2       = 6:40
| title3        = [[Stitches (Orgy song)|Stitches]]
| extra3        = [[Green Velvet]]
| length3       = 6:13
| title4        = Blue Monday
| extra4        = [[Peter Rauhofer|Club 69]]
| length4       = 8:43
| title5        = Blue Monday
| extra5        = Club 69 Dub
| length5       = 8:13
| title6        = Blue Monday
| extra6        = Optical Instrumental
| length6       = 6:41
| title7        = Blue Monday
| extra7        = [[DJ Dan]] Remix
| length7       = 9:32
}}

:<small>''Information on "Blue Monday" and "Stitches".''<ref name="STI">{{cite web|title= Blue Monday/Stitches |work= [[AllMusic]] |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-monday-stitches-mw0000231019 |access-date= 20 October 2010}}</ref></small>

==== Weekly charts ====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Chart (1998–1999)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|36|artist=Orgy|song=Blue Monday|access-date=24 July 2013}}
|-
| [[Canadian Singles Chart]]<ref name="awards"/>
| align="center"| 5
|-
|[[CMJ]] Commercial Alternative Charts<ref name="CMJ"/>
| align="center"| 4
|-
{{single chart|Germany|83|artist=Orgy|song=Blue Monday|access-date=24 July 2013|songid=125484}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|30|artist=Orgy|song=Blue Monday|access-date=24 July 2013|refname="NZ"}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|56|artist=Orgy|access-date=7 August 2017}}
|-
| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100 Singles Sales]]
| align="center"| 30
|-
| US ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="awards"/>
| align="center"| 2
|-
| US ''Billboard'' [[Dance/Electronic Singles Sales|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]]<ref name="awards"/>
| align="center"| 1
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|4|artist=Orgy|access-date=7 August 2017}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|18|artist=Orgy|access-date=7 August 2017}}
|-
| US ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)|Top 40 Mainstream]]<ref name="awards"/>
| align="center"| 32
|}

==== Year-end charts ====
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (2001)
!Position
|-
|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2001|publisher=[[Jam!]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020726120310/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles2.html|archive-date=26 July 2002|access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|176
|}

===Flunk version===
{{Infobox song
| name          = Blue Monday
| cover         = Flunk Blue Monday single.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Flunk]]
| album         = Blue Monday
| released      = * 8 April 2002 {{small|(Norway)}}
* 3 June 2002 {{small|(UK and various)}}
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| genre         = [[Electronic music|Electronic]]
| length        = 
| label         = * [[Beatservice Records|Beatservice]]
* {{small|BS053 ([[Compact disc|CD]])}}
| writer        = * [[Gillian Gilbert]]
* [[Peter Hook]]
* [[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]]
* [[Bernard Sumner]]
| producer      = 
| prev_title    = 2002
| prev_year     = Miss World
| next_title    = On My Balcony
| next_year     = 2004
}}

[[Flunk]] covered the song and released it as a single in 2002. In this version, Flunk slows down "Blue Monday", making it a popular hit for Flunk,<ref name="FM">{{cite web|url= http://www.flunkmusic.com/bio_english.html |title= Flunk |website= Flunkmusic.com |access-date= 12 September 2012}}</ref> based in part on the song's wide recognition. The lyrics become the focus for this version rather than the danceable beat (which was emphasized in the original version).{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} The single received generally positive reviews by electronic music critics,<ref name="FM"/> but Mallory O'Donnell of ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' commented that Flunk "only showed the paucity of melody" of the original New Order song.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/staff_top_10/top-ten-reasons-why-bizarre-love-triangle-blue-monday.htm |title= Top Ten Reasons Why 'Bizarre Love Triangle' > 'Blue Monday' - Staff Top 10 |magazine= [[Stylus Magazine]] |access-date= 12 September 2012 |archive-date= 24 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120706/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/staff_top_10/top-ten-reasons-why-bizarre-love-triangle-blue-monday.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref> The song was subsequently remixed, with at least 7 remixes along with the original version available. The original release was on the 2002 [[Extended play|EP]] titled ''Blue Monday''.

====Appearances====
* ''[[Walking Tall (2004 film)|Walking Tall]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Nancy Drew (2007 film)|Nancy Drew]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Wonder Woman 1984]]'' (2020)

====2002 EP track listing====
# "Blue Monday"
# "Eight Days a Freak"
# "Blue Monday" (Howard Maple Mess Up Mix)
{{Clear}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
{{Refbegin|35em}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Bessman|first=Jim|title=Orgy Expands on Elemtree's 'Vapor'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=23 September 2000 |volume=112|issue=39|page=138|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|issn=0006-2510}}
* {{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Billboard|date=4 March 2000|volume=112|issue=10|page=132|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|issn= 0006-2510}}
* {{cite book|last=Brusca|first=Donny|title=BPM List 2006: Main Edition|year=2006|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-84728-860-8|page=700}}{{self-published source|date=February 2020}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Clover|first=Joshua|title=Jukebox Culture|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=November 2000|volume=16|issue=11|page=224 |issn=0886-3032}}
* {{cite magazine|title=Commercial Alternative Cuts|magazine=[[CMJ New Music Report]]|date=8 February 1999|volume=57|issue=604|pages= 60|issn=0890-0795}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Hadden|first=Briton|display-authors=et al.|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|year=2000|volume=155|title=Time|issn=0040-781X|oclc=1767509}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Hay|first=Carla|title=Elemtree's Orgy Hits with '80s cover|magazine=Billboard|date=6 February 1999 |volume=111|issue=6|page=84|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|issn=0006-2510}}
* {{cite book|last=Jackman|first=Ian|title=TRL: The Ultimate Fan Guide|year=2000|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=0-7434-1850-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/trlultimatefangu00jack_0/page/144 144]|url=https://archive.org/details/trlultimatefangu00jack_0/page/144}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Kenneally|first=Tim|title=Just can't get enough: Orgy are, like, totally awesome 80's|magazine=Spin |date= March 1999|volume=15|issue=3|page=164|issn=0886-3032}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Kenneally|first=Tim|title=Buckcherry's Jukebox Jury|magazine=Spin|date=January 2000|volume=16|issue=1 |page=144|issn=0886-3032}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Melton|first=Mary|title=Burden of Spoof|magazine=[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles]]|date=December 2001|volume=46|issue=12|page= 192|publisher=Emmis Communications|issn=1522-9149}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Richardson|title=Orgy|magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=November 2000|issue=87|pages=112|issn=1074-6978}}
* {{cite book|last=Shirley|first=Ian|title=Can Rock & Roll Save the World?: An Illustrated History of Music and Comics|year=2005|publisher=SAF Publishing Ltd|isbn=0-946719-80-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/canrockrollsavew0000shir/page/256 256]|url=https://archive.org/details/canrockrollsavew0000shir/page/256}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Strousse|first=Jean|magazine=[[Newsweek]] |title=Newsweek |year=2000|volume=135|issue=10–17|issn=0028-9604|oclc=1760328|display-authors=etal}}
* {{cite book|last=Udo|first=Tommy|title=Brave Nu World|year=2002|publisher=Sanctuary|isbn=978-1-86074-415-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm/page/255 255]|url=https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm/page/255}}
* {{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Rock Tracks: Mainstream Rock 1981–2002: Modern Rock, 1988–2002: Bonus Section! Classic Rock Tracks, 1964–1980|year=2003|publisher=Record Research|isbn=0-89820-153-5|page=335}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
* [http://www.niagara.edu/neworder/ New Order discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060623135022/http://www.niagara.edu/neworder/ |date=23 June 2006 }} (includes images of sleeve)
* [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/feb/11/how-we-made-blue-monday How we made: New Order's Gillian Gilbert and designer Peter Saville on Blue Monday]
* {{discogs master|type=single|3297}}
* Official Lyric {{YouTube|c1GxjzHm5us}}
* {{YouTube|P-FRgsmMtAQ|Blue Monday deconstructed}} - analysis of the song's samples, instrumentation, and recording techniques

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