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1980 unmarried by Joy Division

1980 single past Joy Sectionalisation

"Beloved Will Tear Us Autonomously"
7" comprehend
Single past Joy Sectionalization
B-side	"These Days"
Released	June 1980 (1980-06) [1]
Recorded	March 1980[ii]
Studio	Strawberry, Stockport[three]
Genre	Post-punk[four]
Length	3:18
Label	Manufactory
Songwriter(s)	Ian Curtis Peter Hook Stephen Morris Bernard Sumner
Producer(due south)	Martin Hannett Joy Division
Joy Division British singles and EPs singles chronology
"Komakino" (1980) "Dear Volition Tear Us Apart" (1980) "Temper" (1980)
Alternative embrace
12" cover
Music video
"Love Will Tear U.s. Apart" on YouTube

"Dearest Will Tear United states of america Autonomously" is a song by English language rock band Joy Division, released in June 1980 as a non-album single. Its lyrics were inspired by lead singer Ian Curtis's marital problems and struggles with epilepsy.^[v] The unmarried was released the calendar month afterward his suicide.

The song was certified platinum in the Great britain, selling over 600,000 copies, and has an ongoing legacy as a defining song of the era. In 2002, NME named "Dear Will Tear Us Apart" as the greatest single of all time, while Rolling Stone, in 2004 and 2011, named it one of the 500 best songs ever.

Background [edit]

"Beloved Will Tear Us Apart" was written most Ian Curtis' troubled relationship with his wife, Deborah Woodruff, whom he married in August 1975. Additionally, it deals with his ain struggles with epilepsy, which he was diagnosed with in 1979, and the overwhelming stress of property down a day job and his growing career as a singer.^[6]

At a Joy Division gig in October 1979, Curtis met Belgian journalist and music promoter Annik Honoré and the two began a relationship, which caused further distress between Curtis and Woodruff.^{[6] [7]}

Speaking about her relationship with Curtis in a 2010 interview with Belgian mag supplement Focus, Honoré said:

It was a completely pure and platonic relationship, very childish, very chaste… I did non have a sexual relationship with Ian, he was on medication, which rendered it a non-physical relationship. I am and so fed upward that people question my give-and-take or his: people can say whatever they want, but I am the only person to have his messages… One of his messages says that the relationship with his wife Deborah had already finished prior to u.s. meeting each other.^[eight]

Recording [edit]

Joy Division first recorded "Love Will Tear Us Apart" at Pennine Studios, Oldham, on 8 January 1980, along with the B-side, "These Days". This version was similar to the version the band played live. All the same, vocalist Ian Curtis and producer Martin Hannett disliked the results and the band reconvened at Strawberry Studios, Stockport in March to re-record information technology.^[3] Drummer Stephen Morris recalled:

Martin Hannett played one of his mind games when we were recording information technology – it sounds like he was a tyrant, but he wasn't, he was nice. Nosotros had this 1 boxing where it was nearly midnight and I said, "Is information technology all right if I become home, Martin – information technology'southward been a long day?" And he said [whispers], "OK... you go home". So I went back to the flat. Just got to sleep and the telephone rings. "Martin wants you to come back and do the snare drum". At 4 in the morning! I said, "What'due south wrong with the snare drum!?" Then every time I hear "Dear Will Tear Us Apart", I dust my teeth and retrieve myself shouting down the phone, "You lot Bastard!" ... I tin can feel the anger in it even now. Information technology's a cracking song and it's a great product, but I do become anguished every time I hear it.^[9]

The guitar on the recording, a 12-string Eko guitar, was played past Bernard Sumner.^[x] While Curtis mostly did not play guitar, to perform the song live, the ring taught him how to strum a D major chord. Sumner said:

Ian didn't really desire to play guitar, but for some reason we wanted him to play it. I can't call up the reason at present... We showed him how to play D and we wrote a song. I wonder if that'due south why we wrote "Love Will Tear United states Autonomously", you lot could drone a D through it. I think he played it live because I was playing keyboards.^[10]

While Joy Division were recording, U2 were in the studio to meet Hannett about producing their single "xi O'Clock Tick Tock". U2 vocaliser Bono said of the encounter:

Talking to Ian Curtis is... or was a strange experience because he's very warm... he talked—it was like two people within of him—he talked very light, and he talked very well-mannered, and very polite. But when he got backside the microphone he really surged forth; there was some other free energy. Information technology seemed like he was just two people and, you know, "Love Will Tear Us Apart", it was like [when] that tape was released... information technology was like, as if, there were the personalities, divide; there they were, torn apart.^[11]

Releases [edit]

Information technology was beginning recorded for a John Peel session in November 1979, then re-recorded in January 1980 and March 1980. It is the latter version that appears on the 1988 Substance anthology. The January 1980 version, which has go known as the "Pennine version", originally appeared as ane of the single's B-sides.

"Love Will Tear United states Apart" became Joy Sectionalization's first chart hit, reaching number 13 in the Britain Singles Chart.^[12] The following calendar month, the single topped the UK Indie Nautical chart.^[13] The song also peaked at number 42 on the Billboard disco chart in October 1980.^[14] "Dear Will Tear Us Apart" also reached number 1 in New Zealand in June 1981.^[15]

The unmarried was re-released in 1983 and reached number 19 on the United kingdom charts^[16] and number 3 in New Zealand during March 1984.^[xv] In 1985, the 7" single was released in Poland by Tonpress in different sleeve under licence from Factory and sold over twenty,000 copies.^[17] In November 1988, information technology fabricated one more than Top xl appearance in New Zealand, peaking at number 39.^[15]

Embrace photo [edit]

According to Curtis'due south wife Deborah, to create the single cover photograph, the song title was etched upon a sheet of metallic; this was aged with acid and exposed to the weather condition to create the appearance of a stone slab.^[18] For the 12" version of the unmarried, a photograph of a grieving angel on the Ribaudo family unit tomb in Genoa's Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno (sculpted by Onorato Toso c. 1910) was used. The photograph was taken by Bernard Pierre Wolff in 1978.^[19]

Music video [edit]

The video was shot past the band themselves on 25 April 1980^[20] as they rehearsed the song at T. J. Davidson's studio, in Knott Mill, Manchester city centre, where the band had previously rehearsed during the early days of their career. At the start of the video, the door that opens and shuts is carved with Ian Curtis' name; reportedly this was the beginning of an calumniating message (the remainder later erased) carved into the door.

Due to poor production, the video's colour is 'browned out' at some points. Also, as the track recorded during the recording of the video was poor, it was replaced with the single-edit recording of the song by the ring'south record company in Australia, leading to problems with the synchronisation of music and video. This edited version of the music video would later become the official version due to the improvement of sound quality.

This was the only promotional video the band ever produced as Ian Curtis hanged himself three weeks afterward the video was recorded.^[21]

Legacy [edit]

Ian Curtis's grave marking, laid in 2008 to replace a similarly inscribed one stolen earlier that twelvemonth

"Love Will Tear U.s. Apart" was named NME Single of the Year in 1980,^[22] and was listed every bit the best single of all fourth dimension by NME in 2002.

In May 2007, NME placed it at number nineteen in its listing of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever, i place ahead of some other Joy Division song, "Transmission". The song is also listed as existence one of the 5 all-time indie songs of all fourth dimension in the "All Time Indie Peak 50".^[23]

In 2004, the song was listed by Rolling Stone mag at number 179 in its listing of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".^[24] In 2011, the song was listed at number 181.^[25] In the 2021 update of the list, it had risen to 41.^[26]

The song reached number 1 in the inaugural Triple J Hottest 100 music poll of 1989 and again in 1990. When being interviewed for New Order Story, Neil Tennant of the Pet Store Boys stated that "Dear Will Tear Usa Autonomously" was his favourite pop song of all time. At Christmas 2011, listeners of Dublin's Phantom FM voted "Beloved Will Tear Us Apart" as their favourite vocal of all time. Furthermore, in 2012, in commemoration of the NME 'due south 60th anniversary, a list of the 100 Greatest Songs of NME 's Lifetime was compiled, and the list was topped by "Love Will Tear Us Autonomously". Serbian rock musician, announcer and writer Dejan Cukić wrote nearly "Love Will Tear The states Apart" as one of the 45 songs that changed history of popular music in his 2007 book 45 obrtaja: Priče o pesmama. In 2015, the online magazine Pitchfork ranked "Honey Volition Tear Us Apart" 7th on its list of the "200 all-time songs of the 1980s".^[27]

Following Curtis's suicide, his wife Deborah had the phrase "Dear Will Tear United states of america Autonomously" inscribed on his memorial rock.^[28]

In June 2013, Mighty Box Games released Volition Love Tear United states of america Apart?, a browser-based video game that adapts every verse of the song into a level.^[29]

Runway listing [edit]

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Honey Will Tear U.s. Apart"	3:eighteen

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"These Days"	3:21
2.	"Love Will Tear Us Apart (Pennine version)[a]"	three:06

1995 cassette edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dear Volition Tear Us Apart" (radio version)	iii:38
2.	"Love Will Tear Us Autonomously" (original version)	3:25

1995 12" edition

No.	Title	Length
ane.	"Love Volition Tear Us Apart" (original version)	3:25
2.	"Love Volition Tear Us Apart" (radio version)	3:38
iii.	"Beloved Will Tear Us Apart" (Arthur Baker remix)	4:12
iv.	"Atmosphere" (original Hannett 12")	4:08

1995 CD 1 edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Beloved Will Tear United states of america Apart" (radio version)	3:38
two.	"Dear Will Tear United states of america Apart" (original version)	3:25
3.	"These Days"	three:25
four.	"Transmission" (live)	3:44

1995 CD 2 edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love Volition Tear Us Apart" (original version)	3:xviii
2.	"Love Will Tear U.s.a. Autonomously '95" (radio version)	3:38
three.	"Temper"	four:08

1. ^ Not listed on original 7" single and not listed as beingness alternate version where it was; the "Pennine version" characterization did non come into use until years later.

• Track 1 recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, early on March 1980
• Tracks two and 3 recorded at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham, 8 January 1980
• In her biography Touching from a Distance, Deborah Curtis explains that the reason for the two versions of the song, one on each side, was a result of Curtis'southward slightly different singing in each 1; 1 song have was allegedly done when other band members told Curtis to sing "like Frank Sinatra".
• Like other Joy Partitioning releases, including Transmission and An Ideal For Living, the 7" and 12" versions share the same tracks, but accept different sleeves.

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Cover versions [edit]

Chuzpe version [edit]

Chuzpe recorded a cover version on the vocal in 1980, which peaked at No. 8 in Austria.^[38]

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[38]	8

Paul Young version [edit]

English vocalizer Paul Young covered "Beloved Will Tear Us Apart" in 1984.

Chart (1984)	Summit position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[39]	nine
Deutschland (Official German Charts)[xl]	40
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[41]	25
Netherlands (Single Peak 100)[42]	9

Swans version [edit]

Honey Will Tear United states of america Apart
EP by Swans
Released	1988
Length	sixteen:56
Label	Product Inc.
Producer	Michael Gira
Swans chronology
Children of God (1987) Dearest Will Tear United states Apart (1988) Feel Good Now (1988)

Love Will Tear Us Apart is the fourth EP past the New York ring Swans, its 9th release. It features a cover version of the Joy Division song. Information technology was originally released in two dissimilar versions with Jarboe (black sleeve) and Gira (red sleeve) providing vocals, along with two semi-acoustic versions of songs from their 1987 LP Children of God.

EP rails list [edit]

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Beloved Will Tear Us Autonomously"	3:forty
ii.	"Trust Me"	3:07

Side B

No.	Title	Length
ane.	"Our Honey Lies"	6:56

Charts [edit]

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Uk Singles (OCC)[43]	85
UK Indie Chart[44]	2

Honeyroot version [edit]

Honeyroot reached the UK Singles Chart in May 2005 with their ambient cover of the vocal.^[45]

Chart (2005)	Acme position
UK Singles (OCC)[46]	lxx

Run across also [edit]

• Joy Partitioning discography
• List of number-1 singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)

References [edit]

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2. ^ Curtis, Deborah (2005) [1995]. Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division. Faber and Faber. p. 141. ISBN978-0-571-17445-4.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Joy Sectionalisation studio sessions". Joydiv.org . Retrieved 2 June 2013.
4. ^ Friskics-Warren, Bill (2005). I'll Have You There: Pop Music and the Urge for Transcendence. Continuum. p. 98. ISBN0-8264-1700-0. the cascading melody of Joy Division'southward sublimely gloomy post-punk canticle, 'Dearest Will Tear Us Apart'
5. ^ "500 Must-Have Music Tracks". The Daily Telegraph. 1 February 2014. p. X8.
6. ^ ^{a b} "What is Joy Division's Dearest Will Tear United states of america Autonomously about?". Radio X. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
7. ^ "Annik Honoré, the inspiration for "Love Will Tear Us Apart", dies aged 56". Uncut. four July 2014. Retrieved 21 Jan 2021.
8. ^ Cornet, Philippe (14 June 2010). "Annik Honoré: retour sur son histoire fulgurante avec Ian Curtis de Joy Division" [Annik Honoré: a look back at her dazzling history with Ian Curtis of Joy Partitioning]. Focus (in French). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
9. ^ Gale, Lee (17 Dec 2010). "An Ideal for Reliving". GQ. New York City. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
10. ^ ^{a b} Graham, Pat (2011). Instrument. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. p. 40. ISBN978-1-4521-0895-7.
11. ^ "Bono on Joy Division, 1980, RTE radio, Ireland." on YouTube
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13. ^ ^{a b} "Indie Hits". Archived from the original on sixteen October 2007 – via Cherry Crimson Records.
14. ^ ^{a b} "Disco Summit 100". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 43. 25 October 1980. p. 33. ISSN 0006-2510.
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19. ^ "Bernard Pierre Wolff: Genova, Italy, 1978: Il Staglieno". Enkiri.com. iv December 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
20. ^ Curtis, Deborah (2005) [1995]. Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Sectionalization. Faber and Faber. p. 121. ISBN978-0-571-17445-4.
21. ^ Hook, Peter (2012). Unknown Pleasures: Within Joy Division. London: Simon & Schuster. ISBN978-0-06-222258-ix.
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23. ^ "All Time Indie Top 50". 23 Indie Street . Retrieved xi Oct 2017.
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25. ^ "500 Greatest Songs of All Fourth dimension > 181 – Joy Division, 'Love Will Tear United states of america Autonomously'". Rolling Stone. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
26. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Roling Rock. fifteen September 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
27. ^ Staff (24 August 2015). "The 200 All-time Songs of the 1980s". Pitchfork . Retrieved 28 February 2018.
28. ^ Curtis, Deborah (2014) [1995]. Touching from a Altitude: Ian Curtis and Joy Division. London: Faber and Faber. p. 138. ISBN978-0-571-32241-one.
29. ^ Farokhmanesh, Megan (three June 2013). "Volition Love Tear U.s.a. Apart? transforms Joy Division song into a game". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
30. ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Nautical chart POSITIONS PRE 1989". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on xx Oct 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
31. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Dearest Will Tear United states Apart". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
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34. ^ "Finish of Year Charts 1981". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
35. ^ "End of Yr Charts 1984". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 17 Baronial 2020.
36. ^ "Italian single certifications – Joy Partition – Love Volition Tear Us Autonomously" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 31 December 2019. Select "2019" in the "Anno" driblet-down menu. Select "Dearest Will Tear Us Apart" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
37. ^ "British single certifications – Joy Division – Dear Will Tear Us Apart". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 August 2019. Select singles in the Format field.Select Platinum in the Certification field.Type Love Will Tear Us Apart in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
38. ^ ^{a b} "Chuzpe – Dearest Will Tear Us Apart" (in German). Ö3 Austria Elevation forty. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
39. ^ "Paul Young – Love Volition Tear United states Autonomously" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved sixteen July 2013.
40. ^ "Paul Immature – Beloved Will Tear Us Apart" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
41. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Paul Young - Love Will Tear Usa Apart" (in Dutch). Dutch Acme 40. Retrieved xvi July 2013.
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46. ^ "Official Singles Chart Meridian 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 Feb 2018.

External links [edit]

• "Love Will Tear Us Autonomously" official music video on YouTube
• ""Love Will Tear Us Autonomously" (Joy Division's version)" at Discogs (listing of releases)
• ""Honey Will Tear Us Autonomously" (Swans version)" at Discogs (list of releases)
• Usage in movie and idiot box: run into "Joy Segmentation. Soundtrack. 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'" at IMDb
• Accolades archived at Acclaimed Music

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