Love Will Tear Us Apart
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| Single by Joy Division | ||||
| B-side | "These Days" | |||
| Released | June 1980 | |||
| Recorded | March 1980 | |||
| Studio | Strawberry (Stockport, England) | |||
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| Label | Factory | |||
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| "Love Will Tear Us Apart" on YouTube | ||||
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by the English rock band Joy Division, released in June 1980 as a non-album single. Its lyrics were inspired by lead singer Ian Curtis' marital problems and struggles with epilepsy. The single was released one month after Curtis' suicide.
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" reached number one in New Zealand and was certified double platinum in the United Kingdom, selling and streaming over 1,200,000 units. The song has an ongoing legacy as a defining song of the era. In 2002, NME named "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as the greatest single of all time, while Rolling Stone named it one of the 500 greatest songs ever in 2004, 2010, and 2021.