Let's Dance to Joy Division
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| “Let's Dance to Joy Division” | |||||
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| Single by The Wombats from the album A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation |
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| Released | 8 November 2007 | ||||
| Format | Digital download, CD | ||||
| Genre | Indie rock | ||||
| Label | 14th Floor | ||||
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"Let's Dance to Joy Division" is a song by The Wombats and the second single taken from their second album A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation. The song was available to download on 8 October 2007, and was physically released one week later. It is based on a drunken night when lead singer Matthew Murphy danced on a table with his girlfriend to "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. There is a hidden track on the 7" vinyl version of the single, when Tord Øverland-Knudsen sings the theme tune from children's television show Postman Pat in Norwegian. The song features on the BBC Three program "Scallywagga" as the theme tune.
[edit] Chart performance
On 14 October 2007, the single entered the UK Singles Chart at #35 on downloads alone.[1] A week later, after a physical release, it peaked at #15,[2] before falling gradually down the chart in the following weeks.
The song also came in at #12 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007.[3]
It reached #30 on the Dutch Singles Chart.
It reached #76 on the Australian Singles Chart.
It was the Free Single of the Week on iTunes Store on June 2, 2008.
[edit] Awards
On 28 February 2008, Let's Dance to Joy Division won an NME Award for Best Dancefloor Filler
[edit] References
- ^ Top 40 Singles Archive :: Week 43 : 14/10/2007 - 20/10/2007. The Official UK Charts Company (2007-10-20). Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
- ^ Top 40 Singles Archive :: Week 43 : 21/10/2007 - 27/10/2007. The Official UK Charts Company (2007-10-27). Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
- ^ Hottest 100 Countdown. Triple J (2008-10-26). Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
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