New Order - Blue Monday (Official Lyric Video)

The official lyric video for New Order's Blue Monday.

Lyrics:

[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]

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[atsignBlitzPhoenix]

0:00-0:16 - Kick
0:16-0:30 - Kick & Synth
0:30-0:59 - Drums, Synth & Synth Bass
0:59-1:03 - Hi-hats
1:03-1:18 - Drums & Synth Bass
1:18-1:33 - Drums, Synth Bass & Bass Guitar
1:33-1:36 - Drum fill
1:36-2:09 - Drums, Synth Bass, Choir & Strings
2:09-3:07 - Vocals, Synth Bass, Synth, Drums, Bass Guitar
3:07-3:21 - Drums, Synth Bass, Synth, Trumpet
3:21-3:34 - Drums, Sampling
3:34-4:02 - Vocals, Bass Guitar, Synth, Synth Bass
4:02-4:17 - Bass Guitar, Synth, Synth Bass, Drums
4:17-4:32 - Vocals, Synth Bass, Synth, Drums
4:32-4:47 - Drums, Bass Guitar, Synth, Synth Bass
4:52-5:24 - Drums, Synth Bass, Synth, Trumpet, Slapping
5:24-5:46 - Drums, Kick, Drum fills
5:46-6:08 - Drums, Synth Bass, Choir
6:08-6:22 - Drums, Synth Bass, Bass Guitar, Choir
6:24-7:30 - Drums, Synth, Strings, Synth Bass, Bass Guitar

[charlessomerset]

As a club dj in the eighties, my fondest memory was the moment I could drop this masterpiece into my set. People would freak the fuck out, nearly tearing their clothes in an effort to get to the dance floor. I have never before and rarely since seen dancers experiencing such moments of total kinetic bliss. The word "floorgasm" was coined just to describe that scene. One of the highpoints of my 25+ years working as a DJ.

P.s. It's a year since I wrote this. Just wanted to thank all those who have shared their experiences and memories of this legendary track. The stories that you've told me are as varied as they are amazing. In clubs, on the radio, in the car. It still amazes me to this day that one track could change so many lives and fill people with such joy. So thanks again.

[LIBREPUB]

I’m 50, laying in bed at 11:53 pm listening to Blue Monday same as I did as a teen in the 80s. I can’t imagine this song ever getting old. More of a journey than a song really.

[Johnmrobinson-vbvd]

40 years later and this still sounds like the future

[DeluxeStudioVisual]

*1979* : dark and powerful post punk
*1983* : the dance hit of the 80s
One of the most epic band in music history

[wyatt]

its cool seeing all the 45-60 year olds commenting how much they loved this song when they were 16. Im 16 right now and this song is badass, I love it.

[starsara]

A moment of silence for the people who still can't find this song.

[marisolosses]

I will turn 58 this June 24, the 80s were the best years of my life, listening to this music.

[Tiberon]

I've been listening to this song for almost 40 years since I was a kid and it STILL hasn't gotten old.
However I got old.

[zbghdvd]

YouTube is the only thing close to a time machine that we have. God bless the tube

[BenAri]

Dont worry guys 59 years from now and we''ll be back in the 80's :)

[telophasemusic]

The synth bass sequence is intoxicating. New Order never misses!

[billjakerson]

When you gotta communicate to your audience that your movie is set in the 80’s

[MovingInStereo]

Now this is what you call timeless music.

[evanhill]

This sounds way more futuristic and advanced than music today. Totally timeless.

[ba_three]

Actually wrote this as an outro song when they played live. Ended up being their biggest hit.

[JKR]

My dad would always play this song to test new speakers

[Canastria]

Never grows old. This track encapsulates the vibe of the early 80s edm scene. Love it!!

[Xenwarrior]

So you know, this video is based off of how the original single was sold.

It was sold in a sleeve designed to look like a floppy disc, with the band and song's name printed on one edge with a colored block code. Due to the way the paper sleeves had to be made, how many colors were in the code, and the total lack of faith in this song selling any copies, it was actually sold for less than it cost to print. So, of course, it got so popular that it nearly bankrupted the printing company.

EDIT: In case you were wondering if the code is exactly the same in this video as it is on the album, the answer is YES. The code was used by the artist Peter Saville, who used it on four albums:

Power, Corruption and Lies; by New Order: FACT75 (also comes with decoder ring seen on this video's opening shot)
Blue Monday; by New Order: FAC 73 BLUE MONDAY AND THE BEACH NEW ORDER
Confusion; by New Order: FAC 93

It was also used on the cover of From the Hip by Section 25, unfortunately, the only picture I can find of the cover is so blurry I can't actually make out the code.

Also worth mentioning; they initially wrote this song because the band never did encores (which might explain the lyrics), and they wanted a song that they could just push a button on the synth machine and leave the audience to it. But they started having too much fun getting this weird, experimental (for the time) song to work, so they packaged it as a single, and have since become known to play this song as an encore.

[christiansmith]

My dad played this song constantly when I was a kid. Now more than ten years after, I finally realize the true masterpiece that this song is.