Love Will Tear Us Apart

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single song

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a seminal 1980 post-punk single by Joy Division, widely regarded as one of the most influential and enduring songs in alternative music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Joy Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithLabelScene Factory Records roster ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Manchester music scene ⓘ
bSide Love Will Tear Us Apart (Pennine version) NERFINISHED ⓘ
These Days NERFINISHED ⓘ
catalogNumber FAC 23 NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Bernard Sumner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ian Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stephen Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstChartedIn United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
hasCoverArt Love Will Tear Us Apart single sleeve ⓘ
hasIconicStatusAs Joy Division signature song ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme emotional alienation ⓘ
marital breakdown ⓘ
romantic disintegration ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersionBy Broken Social Scene NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fall Out Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swans NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedIn Joy Division compilation albums ⓘ
inspiredBy Ian Curtis's personal relationship difficulties ⓘ
isSeminalWorkIn alternative music ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
label Factory Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:18 ⓘ
peakChartPositionUKSingles 13 ⓘ
performer Joy Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
posthumousReleaseRelativeTo death of Ian Curtis ⓘ
producer Joy Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
Martin Hannett NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankedOn NME greatest songs lists NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rolling Stone greatest songs lists ⓘ
recorded 1979 ⓘ
recordedAt Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Strawberry Studios, Stockport NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1980-06 ⓘ
titleDerivedFrom lyric "Love will tear us apart again" ⓘ
writer Bernard Sumner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ian Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stephen Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Joy Division → notableWork → Love Will Tear Us Apart ⓘ
Joy Division → single → Love Will Tear Us Apart ⓘ