Everything's Gone Green

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"Everything's Gone Green"
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Single by New Order
B-side
  • "Cries and Whispers"
  • "Mesh"
ReleasedDecember 1981
GenrePost-punk, synth-pop[1]
Length5:33
LabelFactory Benelux
Songwriter(s)Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner[2]
Producer(s)Martin Hannett
New Order singles chronology
"Procession"
(1981)
"Everything's Gone Green"
(1981)
"Temptation"
(1982)

"Everything's Gone Green" is the third single by the English rock band New Order, released in December 1981.

As usual per New Order and Joy Division's releases, the recording date and location of the music is not disclosed on the original sleeve. The single was originally released in Belgium on Factory Benelux and bears the catalogue number FBN8. The single was later released in New Zealand in 1982 and was made available in the UK through import copies. The artwork was designed by Peter Saville with computer graphics on the cover designed by Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert.

Recording and music[]

The song had already been released in an edited form, as a B-side on the single "Procession" in September 1981.

Two original songs, "Cries and Whispers" and "Mesh", are included as B-sides. Both have been commonly mistitled on New Order's releases. The track names of the B-sides are correctly identified on the label, but are printed in incorrect order on the sleeve. As a result, the songs were misidentified on subsequent releases; for example, the track identified as "Mesh" on the CD version of the Substance compilation is actually "Cries and Whispers". For the 2019 12" single reissue, the tracks are properly labelled on the rear sleeve cover, with "Cries and Whispers" listed before "Mesh".

All three tracks were produced by Martin Hannett, the last that would produce with New Order. Hannett, who had previously produced Movement and both of Joy Division's studio albums, had a fractious relationship with the group, caused by his unorthodox techniques and the band's (especially Bernard Sumner's) desire to co-produce. Sumner remarked retrospectively that "Martin's last track was 'Everything's Gone Green' – fact he walked out halfway through the mix because Hooky and me asked him to turn the drums up."[3]

Availability[]

"Everything's Gone Green" and "Mesh" were rereleased the following year on the 1981–1982 EP, along with the tracks from the "Temptation" 12". The single was rereleased as a CD in 1990. All three tracks appeared on the cassette version of Substance in 1987 and were in remastered form on the 2008 collector's edition of the 1981 album Movement.

"Everything's Gone Green" appears on many of New Order's compilations; aside from Substance, the song appears in remixed form (by Dave Clarke) on 1995's The Rest of New Order, in both its original form and a live recording on 2002's Retro, in its 7" mix on 2005's Singles and in its 12" mix on the second disc of the 2008 collector's edition re-release of Movement.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner.

12": Factory Benelux FBN 8 (Benelux)
No.TitleLength
1."Everything's Gone Green"5:33
2."Cries and Whispers"3:25
3."Mesh"3:00

Charts[]

Chart (1981) Peak
position
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[4] 29
UK Independent Singles Chart[5] 3
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[6] 64

References[]

  1. ^ Hsu, Hua. "Better Than Prozac". Slate. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. ^ ASCAP entry
  3. ^ Nolan, David (2007). Bernard Sumner – Confusion (1st ed.). Church Stretton: Independent Music Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-9552822-6-3.
  4. ^ ""Discography New Order". charts.nz. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  5. ^ "Indie Hits "N"". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2 Oct 2008.
  6. ^ "New Order: Billboard singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-11-23.

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