Waiting for the Sirens' Call (song)

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"Waiting for the Sirens' Call"
Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Single by New Order
From the album Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Single Released September 26, 2005 (7")
October 3, 2005 (CD)
Single Format 7", CD
Genre Alternative
Song Length 3:52 (single version)
5:42 (album version)
Record label Warner
Producers New Order and Jim Spencer
Chart positions #21 (UK)
New Order single chronology
"Jetstream"
2005
"Waiting for the Sirens' Call"
2005
"Turn"
2005

"Waiting for the Sirens' Call" is a single released in 2005 by the group New Order. The third single from the Waiting for the Sirens' Call album, it was released by London Records on 26 September 2005.

London eschewed the usual CD single, maxi CD and DVD configuration for the single, instead releasing "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" as three separate 7" singles. Each 7" contained a different mix of the single as an A-side. On the B-side, each 7" contained a brand new remix of a classic New Order single.

Many see this as a bridging of the Waiting for the Sirens' Call album and the forthcoming Singles compilation.

A CD single for "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" followed the three 7" singles, and was released on 3 October, 2005. The two track CD featured full-length mixes of the title track.

In a recent report, New Order frontman Bernard Sumner has stated that "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" is his favourite New Order song of all time. However, this statement could have been offered in order to help promote the single.

The song was added to BBC Radio 2's A-List and was also playlisted by Xfm London. It debuted at #21 on the UK Singles Chart, one position lower than New Order's last single, "Jetstream".

Contents

[edit] Tracklisting

[edit] 7": NUO15V1

  1. "Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Rich Costey Radio Edit)" (3:52)
  2. "Temptation (Secret Machines Remix)" (4:37)

[edit] 7": NUO15V2

  1. "Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Band Mix)" (3:53)
  2. "Everything's Gone Green (Cicada Remix)" (4:33)

[edit] 7": NUO15V3

  1. "Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Jacknife Lee Remix Edit)" (4:11)
  2. "Bizarre Love Triangle (Richard X Remix Edit)" (4:19)

[edit] CD: NUOCD15

  1. "Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Rich Costey Remix)" (5:39)
  2. "Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Jacknife Lee Remix)" (6:10)

[edit] CD: CD-R Promo

  1. "Bizarre Love Triangle (Richard X Remix Full Length)" (7:05)
  2. "Everything's Gone Green (Cicada Remix)" (4:35)
  3. "Everything's Gone Green (Martin Buttrich Remix)" (4:56)
  4. "Temptation (Secret Machines Remix Full Length)" (7:26)
  5. "Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Jacknife Lee Remix Edit)" (4:11)
  • Includes exclusive mix by Martin Buttrich (Timo Maas' engineer) as well as exclusive full length cuts of two other mixes
New Order
Bernard Sumner | Peter Hook | Stephen Morris | Phil Cunningham
Gillian Gilbert
Discography
Albums: Movement | Power, Corruption & Lies | Low-Life | Brotherhood | Technique | Republic | Get Ready | Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Compilation Albums: Substance | The Peel Sessions | BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert | The Best of New Order | The Rest of New Order | International | Retro | In Session | Singles
Extended plays: 1981-1982 New Order | Peel Sessions 1982 | Peel Sessions 1981 | The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack
Singles: "Ceremony" | "Procession" | "Everything's Gone Green" | "Temptation" | "Blue Monday" | "Confusion" | "Thieves Like Us" | "Murder" | "The Perfect Kiss" | "Sub-culture" | "Shellshock" | "State of the Nation" | "Bizarre Love Triangle" | "True Faith" | "Touched by the Hand of God" | "Blue Monday 1988" | "Fine Time" | "Round & Round" | "Run 2" | "World in Motion" | "Regret" | "Ruined in a Day" | World (The Price of Love)" | "Spooky" | "True Faith-94" | "1963" | "Blue Monday-95" | "Bizarre Love Triangle" (US re-release) | "Video 5 8 6" | "Crystal" | "60 Miles an Hour" | "Someone Like You" | "Here to Stay" | "Krafty" | "Jetstream" | "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" | "Guilt is a Useless Emotion"