She's Lost Control

"She's Lost Control"
Song by Joy Division
from the album Unknown Pleasures
Released15 June 1979
Recorded1–17 April 1979
StudioStrawberry, Stockport
Genre
Length3:57
LabelFactory
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Martin Hannett, Joy Division
Music video
"She's Lost Control" on YouTube
"She's Lost Control"
Single by Joy Division
B-side"Atmosphere"
Released
  • August 1980 (US)
RecordedMarch 1980
Length4:56
LabelFactory
Songwriter(s)Joy Division
Producer(s)Martin Hannett
Joy Division singles and EPs singles chronology
"Komakino"
(1980)
"Atmosphere" / "She's Lost Control"
(1980)
"'The Peel Sessions'"
(1986)

"She's Lost Control" is a song by British post-punk band Joy Division. Released on their 1979 debut album, Unknown Pleasures, "She's Lost Control" was first performed live by the band in June 1978[5] and draws primary lyrical inspiration from a young woman experiencing a violent epileptic seizure.[6][7]

Two separate recordings of the song have been released: the version appearing on the band's debut album, and an extended, more electronic version released in 1980 as a 12" single.[5] This 12" single version contains an additional verse not present on the initial version of the song, and was recorded in March 1980 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, making this song one of the band's last studio recordings prior to the May 1980 suicide of their lead singer, Ian Curtis. On the US release of the 12" single, "She's Lost Control" appeared as the A-side (with "Atmosphere" as the B-side), as opposed the UK version, where the song appeared as the B-side to "Atmosphere".[8]

  1. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock ISBN 1-858-28457-0 p.552
  2. ^ "The 50 Best Post-Punk Albums Ever". PopMatters. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  3. ^ Shade, Chris (2016). "Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 432.
  4. ^ Ascap entry
  5. ^ a b "'It Sounded Like Nothing Else' — the Story of Joy Division's She's Lost Control". Financial Times. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  6. ^ songfacts.com
  7. ^ Modell, Josh (2 January 2013). "Joy Division Celebrates Epileptic Convulsions With "She's Lost Control"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  8. ^ joydivisiondata.co.uk