- Waiting for the Sirens' Call (song)
Infobox Single
Name = Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Artist =New Order
from Album =Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Released =September 26 ,2005 (7")October 3 , 2005 (CD)
Format = 7",CD
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative
Length = 3:52 (single version)
5:42 (album version)
Label = Warner
Writer =
Producer = New Order and Jim Spencer
Certification =
Chart position = * #21 (UK Singles Chart )
Last single = "Jetstream"
(2005)
This single = "Waiting for the Sirens' Call"
(2005)
Next single = "Guilt is a Useless Emotion " (2005)
Misc = "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" is a single released in 2005 by the groupNew Order . The third single from the "Waiting for the Sirens' Call " album, it was released byLondon Records on26 September 2005.London eschewed the usual CD single, maxi CD and
DVD configuration for the single, instead releasing "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" as three separate 7" singles. Each 7" contained a different mix of the single as an A-side. On the B-side, each 7" contained a brand newremix of a classic New Order single.Many see this as a bridging of the "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" album and the forthcoming Singles compilation.
A CD single for "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" followed the three 7" singles, and was released on
3 October , 2005. The two track CD featured full-length mixes of the title track.In a recent report, New Order frontman
Bernard Sumner has stated that "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" is his favourite New Order song of all time.Fact|date=May 2007The song was added to
BBC Radio 2 's A-List and was also playlisted byXfm London . It debuted at #21 on theUK Singles Chart , one position lower than New Order's last single, "Jetstream".Track listing
7": NUO15V1
# "Waiting For The Sirens' Call (
Rich Costey Radio Edit)" (3:52)
# "Temptation (Secret Machines Remix)" (4:37)7": NUO15V2
# "Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Band Mix)" (3:53)
# "Everything's Gone Green (Cicada Remix)" (4:33)7": NUO15V3
# "Waiting For The Sirens' Call (
Jacknife Lee Remix Edit)" (4:11)
# "Bizarre Love Triangle (Richard X Remix Edit)" (4:19)CD: NUOCD15
# "Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Rich Costey Remix)" (5:39)
# "Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Jacknife Lee Remix)" (6:10)CD: CD-R Promo
# "Bizarre Love Triangle (Richard X Remix Full Length)" (7:05)
# "Everything's Gone Green (Cicada Remix)" (4:35)
# "Everything's Gone Green (Martin Buttrich Remix)" (4:56)
# "Temptation (Secret Machines Remix Full Length)" (7:26)
# "Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Jacknife Lee Remix Edit)" (4:11)* Includes exclusive mix by
Martin Buttrich (Timo Maas ' engineer) as well as exclusive full length cuts of two other mixes
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