Haha I didn't know that. That's a cool story.

It is a legend... I love the story about Factory Records losing money on every 12" sale due to the cost of the sleeve design...

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"Blue Monday" is a song by the British rock 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).[1] The track was written and produced by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner.

New Order wrote "Blue Monday" in their rehearsal room in Cheetham Hill, Manchester.[9] The synth bassline was performed on a Moog Source and sequenced on a sequencer built by the singer, Bernard Sumner.[10] A Oberheim DMX drum machine was used for rhythm.[10] The kick drum was recorded playing through a studio monitor to capture the room's natural reverb.[11] New Order bought an early sampler, the Emulator 1, and sampled choir sounds from Kraftwerk's "Uranium".[12][13] Sumner and the drummer, Stephen Morris, learnt how to use the sampler by spending hours recording their flatulence.[13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_(New_Order_song)

(Grows cold, grows cold, grows cold, grows cold)

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> "Blue Monday" is a song by the British rock 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).[1] The track was written and produced by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner.
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> New Order wrote "Blue Monday" in their rehearsal room in Cheetham Hill, Manchester.[9] The synth bassline was performed on a Moog Source and sequenced on a sequencer built by the singer, Bernard Sumner.[10] A Oberheim DMX drum machine was used for rhythm.[10] The kick drum was recorded playing through a studio monitor to capture the room's natural reverb.[11] New Order bought an early sampler, the Emulator 1, and sampled choir sounds from Kraftwerk's "Uranium".[12][13] Sumner and the drummer, Stephen Morris, learnt how to use the sampler by spending hours recording their flatulence.[13]
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_(New_Order_song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1GxjzHm5us

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
How does it feel
To treat me like you do?
When you've laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are?
I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me how do I feel?
Tell me now, how do I feel?
Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They'll turn away no more
And still, I find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But, I'm quite sure that you'll tell me
Just how I should feel today

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
I see a ship in the harbour
I can and shall obey
But, if it wasn't for your misfortune
I'd be a heavenly person today
And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me, how do I feel?
Tell me now, how should I feel?
Now I stand here waiting


[Verse 3]
I thought I told you to leave me
When I walked down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold
(Grows cold, grows cold, grows cold, grows cold)

[Instrumental Outro]