Confusion (New Order song)

"Confusion"
Single by New Order
ReleasedAugust 1983
Recorded1983
StudioUnique Recording Studios, New York City[1]
Genre
Length8:12 (1983)
LabelFactoryFAC 93
Streetwise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
New Order singles chronology
"Blue Monday"
(1983)
"Confusion"
(1983)
"Thieves Like Us"
(1984)

"Confusion" is the sixth single by British group New Order, originally released in August 1983 on Factory Records with the catalogue number FAC 93.[5][note 1] The follow-up to their breakthrough hit "Blue Monday", it was produced and co-written by influential New York DJ Arthur Baker, charting at No. 1 on the UK Indie Chart, No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and the top 10 in Ireland and New Zealand, as well as reaching No. 5 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs.

  1. ^ "Photographic image of record label" (JPG). I.ytimg.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Howard, David N. (2004). Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings (1st ed.). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-634-05560-7.
  3. ^ Petridis, Alexis (7 January 2021). "New Order's 30 greatest tracks – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  4. ^ "ASCAP entry". Ascap.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. ^ New Order - Confusion, Discogs.com, Retrieved 6 August 2009


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