New Order always considered themselves a dance band and were huge proponents of 12" records. Blue Monday being the best selling 12" of all time(and because of the packaging it lost money on every copy apparently).

In 1987, when i was in my early teens they released this single with the driving rhythm that was completely infectious. The excellent, if strange, video married the percussion to two beings hitting each other.

Barney Sumner's lyrics were always rubbish, but here they're oblique enough not to be irritating, and the melody is so strong that with Peter Hook's bass line it makes it one of the best tracks ever.

The B-side is not so bad either. Eschewing the usual habit of putting a dub remix on the flip, here we have a completely different non-album track, 1963, with ominous lyrics about an elder brother who goes on a murdering rampage.

The sound off these New Order 12"s is excellent and are unavailable on CD. Its not to hard to pick up 2nd hand. The cover art is minimal and striking and well deserving of a frame.