Bizarre Love Triangle

"Bizarre Love Triangle"
Single by New Order
from the album Brotherhood
Released3 November 1986 (1986-11-03)[1]
Genre
Length
  • 4:21 (album version)
  • 3:43 (7-inch version)
  • 6:43 (extended mix)
LabelFactory
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)New Order
New Order singles chronology
"State of the Nation"
(1986)
"Bizarre Love Triangle"
(1986)
"True Faith"
(1987)
Music video
"Bizarre Love Triangle‬” on YouTube

"Bizarre Love Triangle" is the thirteenth single by English rock band New Order, released as a single in November 1986 from their fourth studio album, Brotherhood (1986), which reached the top five on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart,[9] and No. 5 on the Australian ARIA Charts in March 1987. It failed to enter the top 40 of both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100; however, a new mix included on The Best of New Order was released in 1994 and charted at No. 98 on the Hot 100. In 2004, the song was ranked No. 204 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."[10]

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