Bizarre Love Triangle

Infobox Single
Name = Bizarre Love Triangle

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Artist = New Order
from Album = Brotherhood
Released = November 1986
Format = 7-inch, 12-inch
Recorded = ???
Genre = Dance
Length = 3:40 (7-inch), 6:44 (12-inch)
Label = Factory - FAC 163
Producer = New Order
Reviews =
Last single = "State of the Nation"
(1986)
This single = "Bizarre Love Triangle"
(1986)
Next single = "True Faith"
(1987)__NOTOC__"Bizarre Love Triangle" is a single released in 1986 by the British alternative/dance music group New Order. A version is included on their album "Brotherhood".

Though generally regarded as one of the group's best singles,Fact|date=May 2008 it failed to make the UK Top 40, only reaching #56. [ [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=13867 chartstats.com] "Bizarre Love Triangle" UK chart history] It was, however, a surprise hit in Australia, reaching #5 and initiating a string of five consecutive Top 20 hits.Fact|date=May 2008 In the U.S, the song's popularity has only climbed steadily since 1986 and it is considered a classic in many circles.Fact|date=May 2008

In 2004 the song was ranked #201 in "Rolling Stone"'s "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Releases

The 12-inch version appears on the compilation "Substance" and a remix by Stephen Hague features on their "Best Of" album.

The music video was directed by American artist Robert Longo. It prominently featured shots of a man and a woman in business suits flying through the air as though propelled by trampolines; this is based directly on Longo's "Men in the Cities" series of lithographs. [See the [http://www.kinoteca.net/Text/Bizarre.htm full account] of the production of the "Bizarre Love Triangle" video, written by Michael Shamberg.]

The single mix features a cleaner sound with more electronics than the album version, notably the Fairlight CMI music workstation, the premier sampling keyboard workstation of the eighties, used to provide novel sounds, such as the orchestral hits that were so popular, but also to sequence the song. All instruments minus bass and voice were sequenced. [ [http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?storyCode=10692 www.keyboardmag.com] ]

A version is on the soundtrack of the 1988 film "Married to the Mob".

Cover versions

*"Bizarre Love Triangle" has been covered by many artists such as Even As We Speak, Manitu, Devine and Statton and most recently South, Rookie of the Year and Apoptygma Berzerk. Stabbing Westward covered the song for the 2001 soundtrack to "Not Another Teen Movie".
*Australian band Frente! released an acoustic cover version of the song in 1994; the band's only major overseas success.
*In 2001 the German band PAULA from Berlin maintained a side project with all songs in English language, called "Commercial Breakup", releasing their rendition of the song both on the album "Global Player" and in a different mix as a single on CD.
*Singer Julian Casablancas used several lines of this song's first verse as bridge between verse #2 and chorus when The Strokes performed their single You Only Live Once (song) at the Wireless Festival in 2006.
*The song was also remixed in 2005 by The Crystal Method (for their album "Community Service II") and by Richard X (for the New Order single "Waiting for the Sirens' Call").
*Washington, D.C.-based rock band The Speaks covered the song, and it appeared on the album "Life's a Joke."
*It was remade into Mandarin, "一个人 / 一個人 / Yī Gè Rén" ("One person") , by Sandy Lam.
*It was covered by Korean singer Ash and simply titled "B.L.T".
*A Korean remix is also in Korean singer Wax's 7th album.
*A mash up of the song with Madonna's Ray Of Light, titled "Bizarre Light Triangle" circulated on the Internet in 2007.
*A Latin version titled "TRIANGULO BIZZARO" was recorded by American Artist Phil Escobedo [ Phil Escobedo's homepage " [http://www.myspace.com/philipescobedo] ".]
*This song was recently covered by Freya Lim, a Chinese/Taiwanese singer on her English album titled "Freya's Love Songs."

Other appearances

*Spanish rock band Triángulo de Amor Bizarro takes its name from the song, which is a direct translation of the title.
*This song is also featured in Konami's video game "Karaoke Revolution".
*The narrator of "Girlfriend in a Coma" by Douglas Coupland mentioned that it is one of his favorite songs.
*The Karaoke Revolution cover of this song, by "Jerry," was featured in the 2004 US home release of Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME.
*The instrumentals of the song are featured in a commercial for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. It talks about how chocolate has strained the relationship between peanut butter and jelly.
*In The Simpsons episode 350 (Future-Drama) the song was played at Bart and Lisa's graduation party.
*There is an X-Men graphic novel called [http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=2411 Bizarre Love Triangle] .

Track listing

UK 7-inch - FAC 163

#"Bizarre Love Triangle" (3:40)
#"Bizarre Dub Triangle" (3:23)

UK 12-inch - FAC 163

#"Bizarre Love Triangle" (6:44)
#"Bizarre Dub Triangle" (7:00)

US 1994 CD - Qwest 9 20546-2

#"Bizarre Love Triangle" (Album Version) (4:20)
#"Bizarre Love Triangle" (Extended Dance Mix) (6:44)
#"I Don't Care" (7:00) " [Actually Bizarre Dub Triangle] "
#"State of the Nation" (6:31)
#"Bizarre Love Triangle" (Single Remix) (3:44)

Chart Positions

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w77T0AncLKo&feature=related A video of "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ1c9ErCn7w "Bizarre Love Triangle" covered by Frente]
* [http://www.myspace.com/spurvlaerke "Bizarre Love Triangle" covered by Spurv Lærke]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Z050yba7M "Yī Gè Rén" sung by Sandy Lam]
* [http://www.commercial-breakup.de/ Commercial Breakup's Version]
* [http://www.myspace.com/philipescobedo "Triangulo Bizzaro" covered by Phil Escobedo]