Touched by the Hand of God
"Touched by the Hand of God" was a single released by New Order in December 1987. The song had originally appeared on the soundtrack to the film Salvation! and the version released as a single was remixed by Arthur Baker. The B-side was a dub remix, titled "Touched by the Hand of Dub" and the release had the catalogue number FAC 193; production duties are credited to New Order. Although not a track pulled for release from a studio album, "Touched by the Hand of God" appears on the 2008 Collector's Edition of New Order's album Brotherhood in its remix version, on the 1994 compilation The Best of New Order and in remixed form on 1995's The Rest of New Order. In the US, the song was released as the B-side to the group's following single "Blue Monday 1988", though it was billed as a double A-side on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and Maxi-Singles charts.
Video
The video that accompanied the song, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, parodied glam metal groups of the same period, with the band obviously miming to the music, wearing wigs and lot of black leather. The promo video also contains a love scene that is shown at intervals throughout the song and stars Rae Dawn Chong and a young Bill Paxton. The love scene may also parody the typical glam rock music video of the era that were over the top and over budgeted.
Track listings
All songs written and composed by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner; except where indicated.
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"Touched by the Hand of God" |
3:47 |
2. |
"Touched by the Hand of Dub" |
4:11 |
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"Blue Monday 1988" (single mix) |
4:10 |
2. |
"Touched by the Hand of God" (single version) |
3:41 |
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"Touched by the Hand of God" |
7:02 |
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"Touched by the Hand of Dub" |
5:30 |
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"Touched by the Hand of God" | |
7:02 |
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"Confusion Dub 1987" | Arthur Baker, Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner |
5:23 |
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"Temptation" (actually the 1987 recording but incorrectly labelled as the Original Mix) | |
7:00 |
Chart positions
Notes:
- 1 – Charted with "Blue Monday 1988"
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