Love Will Tear Us Apart
1980 single by Joy Division / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the song by Joy Division. For other uses, see Love Will Tear Us Apart (disambiguation).
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by English rock band Joy Division, released in June 1980 as a non-album single. Its lyrics were inspired by lead singer Ian Curtis's marital problems and struggles with epilepsy.[7] The single was released the month after his suicide.
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Single by Joy Division | ||||
B-side | "These Days" | |||
Released | June 1980 (1980-06)[1] | |||
Recorded | March 1980[2] | |||
Studio | Strawberry, Stockport[3] | |||
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Length | 3:18 | |||
Label | Factory | |||
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The song was certified double platinum in the UK, selling and streaming over 1,200,000 units, and has an ongoing legacy as a defining song of the era. In 2002, NME named "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as the greatest single of all time, while Rolling Stone named it one of the 500 greatest songs ever in 2004, 2010, and 2021.