Blue Monday, Bizarre Love Triangle, or True Faith
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Which of these three songs do you like the best?
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Blue Monday 16 (20%)
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Bizarre Love Triangle 23 (28%)
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True Faith 42 (52%)
81 votes · voting closed
True Faith sounds rather fresh still at times, but BM is the classic. The one song that New order will always be remembered for.
no one chose blt yet?then i'll go for that one,even simply 'cos it's once covered by a chinese band who are/used to be friends of mine and it's my all time favourite boy on vocals.
still clear in mind how i put down the words to the song on a cardboard for him as he said that he couldn't remember them and i ended up singing along with him as kinda lyrical reminder almost every time they "jammed" together.
btw my ex was the drummer then.so yeh,you've got that pictured---bizarre love triangle:( .didn't know it'd suit me that way at the start though
The original BLT would've won this for me, no contest, but whenever I think of that track now I think of that lame 12" version they roll out. So I went with Blue Monday. A classic.
PS. 5 8 6, whenever we've done polls here I think you'll find Ceremony, Temptation and Perfect Kiss are always the top three New Order songs, so not entirely sure where this one's going???
Had to choose true faith, a perfect song, blue monday is cool but as NO say themselves, it was an experiment, a fucking good experiment, but an experiment all the same, not much of a song. BLT is good but can sound a little camp now, too 80's gay bar.
Having just knocked BM, I still think nothing since has made me listen to a single track for hours on end just picking out the different bits and analysing it, I was a music anarac even when I was 15, getting all remeniscent now, just putting BM on. can I change my vote!!!!
TF is my all time fave so I'll give it the nod.
BLT is a classic, which I still enjoy every time I listen to 316.
BM is a classic too but one I've heard plenty of times already and don't miss.
So many others you could have chosen mind, but those polls have all been done already (ahem.)
True Faith, that synth-bass line and drum pattern got stuck in me head for years, drove me to insanity (i.e., I became a fan) 
All three are popular and therefore may seem overplayed, but they are all FANTASTIC singles. I ended up picking Blue Monday 
I agree with monster; the 12" of BLT was great at the time, but now sounds extremely dated. I also don't like Blue Monday 88, and BM 95 isn't even worth mentioning. I DO like True Faith 94, but I don't like the version they've been playing in their live shows lately.
5 8 6 wrote: I just wanted to do a poll on what I think are probably the 3 most popular New Order songs.
Popular ... how?!
We've done this to death on this site and the top three always come out as Ceremony, Temptation and Perfect Kiss.
Commercially speaking, BLT doesn't even come close to the likes of Regret, Crystal, World In Motion, Confusion, Krafty(!), Fine Time, Thieves Like Us, EGG, Ceremony or Temptation. And some more.
Are we just basically helping you decide which one you like best from your top three personal favourites?! 
I have always hated True Faith, and point blank refuse to listen to the single version of BLT on the grounds they left out the best bits of the song and tried to turn it into something it wasn't. I have always liked Blue Monday, even if I wish they didn't play it every gig.
Monster wrote:
Popular ... how?!
We've done this to death on this site and the top three always come out as Ceremony, Temptation and Perfect Kiss.
Commercially speaking, BLT doesn't even come close to the likes of Regret, Crystal, World In Motion, Confusion, Krafty(!), Fine Time, Thieves Like Us, EGG, Ceremony or Temptation. And some more.
Are we just basically helping you decide which one you like best from your top three personal favourites?!
Look man, I just wanted to do a poll with these three songs. I've already stated that I think that these three are probably the most popular New Order songs. You are welcome to disagree with me if you want. I did not say the three most liked or popular on this site. And why would I need all of you to tell me what my personal favorite New Order song is? I've already said, I voted for Blue Monday. And none of these three songs are my personal favorite New Order song.
Monster wrote:
5 8 6 wrote: I just wanted to do a poll on what I think are probably the 3 most popular New Order songs.
Popular ... how?!
We've done this to death on this site and the top three always come out as Ceremony, Temptation and Perfect Kiss.
Commercially speaking, BLT doesn't even come close to the likes of Regret, Crystal, World In Motion, Confusion, Krafty(!), Fine Time, Thieves Like Us, EGG, Ceremony or Temptation. And some more.
Are we just basically helping you decide which one you like best from your top three personal favourites?!
It's probably a stateside thing. BM, BLT, and TF are the most popular (i.e. most often played) songs here. I can hear those three songs at most clubs I go to. The only other NO songs that I ever hear get any play would be Regret.
5 8 6 wrote: Look man, I just wanted to do a poll with these three songs. I've already stated that I think that these three are probably the most popular New Order songs.
But you didn't give any reason as to WHY you thought these were the three most popular - but thankfully someone else has pointed out it's probably just an American thing. True Faith and Blue Monday were both top 5 singles in the UK, BLT didn't even break the charts, so why you included it in the top three most popular tracks is beyond me, especially considering they've had at least ten other singles that outsold it over here. Comprende?
Geez, its just a harmless poll!
They're the first 3 songs Americans(!) think of when they think of New Order. Hardcore fans and critics may think otherwise.
Don't get all fussy due to a simple technicality 
these 3 tracks are pretty much the only NO singles any US non-fan would recognize.
i often play BLT and True Faith for friends and tell them it's New Order... their typical reactions are "oh! they do these songs?"
Vince wrote: Geez, its just a harmless poll!
They're the first 3 songs Americans(!) think of when they think of New Order. Hardcore fans and critics may think otherwise.
Don't get all fussy due to a simple technicality
Which is what I was trying to get at originally. Why were these three being lumped together? But thankfully it's now cleared up. It's the three songs which Americans would recognise, and specifically those Americans who aren't actual genu-ine New Order fans! Bravo, we got there eventually!!
None...
my favorite three tracks are WIM, Working Overtime and Rock the Shack...
signed,
A Septic with limited taste!!!
True Faith had marginally the more rotation than Blue Monday. Now if they had released the album version of BLT...
FAC103 wrote: None...
my favorite three tracks are WIM, Working Overtime and Rock the Shack...
signed,
A Septic with limited taste!!!
FAC103 wrote: None...
my favorite three tracks are WIM, Wanking Overtime and Rock the Shack...
signed,
A Septic with limited taste!!!
Very droll!
out of curiousity, which version of BLT was played on the radio in the US back in 1986-87? I was only 7-8 at the time, so I can't really recall.
the version in the video is a strange mixture of the intro from the extended dance mix, with the rest of the song being from the album version with the second pre-chorus cut out, then with two repeats of the chorus towards the end.
in any case, i voted for BLT.
All three are very different but great in equal amounts. I love all of them, but True Faith has that atmosphere that no other song has. Although I still love the other two a lot, all have their own distinct feel and atmoshpere.
And that version you were talking about might of been the Canadien/USA/UK promo 7' which is the best version of BLT IMO.
out of those three - BLT, for the long term listenability (word?); the other two i can't listen to repeatedly; and probably because it's tied to a memory from HS - there was a beach, a guy, and some stolen beer - it was a goodgood day.
True Faith is my favourite. It makes me feel something I can't describe, between sadness and need to dance (which means need to live).
