| "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" | ||||
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| Single by New Order | ||||
| from the album Waiting for the Sirens' Call | ||||
| Released | September 26, 2005 (7") October 3, 2005 (CD) |
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| Format | 7", CD | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:52 (single version) 5:42 (album version) |
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| Label | Warner | |||
| Writer(s) | Bernard Sumner Peter Hook Stephen Morris Phil Cunningham[1] |
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| Producer | New Order and Jim Spencer | |||
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"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 saw this as a bridging of the Waiting for the Sirens' Call album and the then-forthcoming Singles compilation.
A CD single for "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" followed the three 7" singles, and was released on October 3, 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.
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 the previous single, "Jetstream".
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The cover image is an Eliot Elisofon photo of a naked Tahitian as she sits in a river and places a flower in her hair in Tahiti, French Polynesia, 1954.[2]
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart[3] | 21 |