Eight Days A Week: New Order

Of all the evergreen subjects covered by rock ‘n’ roll (girls, street fightin’, cruisin’, California, love, god), the days of the week hold their own in terms of the sheer number of good songs meant to fete the seven that exist. (Plus the weekend, of course: whether we’re livin’ for it, workin’ for it or taking a Tuesday point of view of it.) MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa presents the best songs written about each day of the week.

:: MONDAY: New Order’s “Blue Monday” (1983)
From their signature squelchy synth programs and lead bass riff to their oft-sampled electronic drum fill, the artists formerly known as Joy Division busted loose with this seven-plus-minute track back, inadvertently creating the best-selling 12-inch single of all time in the process. What New Order created was a Saturday-night ode to the darkest depths of Monday and hearts growing cold—just ask anyone who partook of the Big Eighties nightclub scene whether they shook their groove thing to this track back in the day. The accompanying video (part Weimaraners losing their shit in a Keith Haring painting, part “Genius Of Love” redux) is the visual backdrop for a song supposedly inspired by such past-their-sell-by-date disco hits as Donna Summer’s “Our Love” and Sylvester’s classic “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real).” Wanna know where Madchester came from? Start here.

“Blue Monday”: