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Your Silent Face

New Order

aka “Your Silent Face - 1983”

1983
472
Live performances
1
Recording
119
Release appearances
5
Covered by

Overview

Working Title: KW1 (Kraftwerk One)

Credits

Written by

Serge Gainsbourg

Written by New Order.

Lyrics

A thought that never changes
Remains a stupid lie
It's never been quite the same
No hearing or breathing
No movement, no colors
Just silence
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A thought that never changes
Remains a stupid lie
It's never been quite the same
No hearing or breathing
No movement, no colors
Just silence

Rise and fall of shame
A search that shall remain
We asked you what you'd seen
You said you didn't care

Sound formed in a vacuum
May seem a waste of time
It's always been just the same
No hearing or breathing
No movement no lyrics
Just nothing

The sign that leads the way
The path we can not take
You've caught me at a bad time
So why don't you piss off

Versions & Mixes

Recordings, remixes and alternate mixes of this composition.

  • Album Version 5:58
  • BBC Evening Sessions 2001 6:01
  • Live 1987-06-19 6:05
  • Original Version 6:14
  • Original Version 4:29
  • Original Version ?:??
  • Original Version 4:14
  • Razormaid 2002 Mix 6:44

Release Appearances

119 known appearances

Power, Corruption & Lies

Power, Corruption & Lies

1983
Republic

Republic

1993
Before & After

Before & After

2002
Retro

Retro

2002
Your Silent Face

Your Silent Face

2016
Your Silent Face

Your Silent Face

Videos

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Live History

472
Total performances
First known performance
25 Nov 1982
Palais Theatre, Melbourne
Last known performance
2 Apr 2026
Ancienne Belgique, Brussels

Recent performances

Showing 20 of 472 total

Covered By (5)

Persona Resonate Rithium Tin God Velocity Girl

Sources

MusicBrainz work ↗ MusicBrainz recording ↗